Human-Animal Relationship Dysfunction: A Case Study of Animal Hoarding in Italy.

ABSTRACT: "Animal hoarding" or "compulsive hoarding of animals" is a psychiatric disease, which has important social implications and a profound influence on animal welfare. To date, this phenomenon has been little investigated and largely unexplored. The present study aims to systematically describe a case of animal hoarding, which remains unresolved. The report refers to a case of a woman suffering from animal hoarding that emerged in 2005. From March 2014 to December 2019, 450 animals were seized over nine different occasions. This disease had significant implications on the welfare of the animals collected, which lived in poor housing and hygiene conditions that frequently led to their death. Since animal hoarding cases involve sanitary, legal, and veterinary aspects, we believe that a multidisc

SUBMITTER: d'Angelo D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552271 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature