Animal Cruelty: Acts of violence oder neglect perpetrated against Tiere are considered animal cruelty. Some examples are overt abuse, dog fighting and cockfighting, and denying a companion animal the basic necessities of care, such as food, water oder shelter.
Animal Hoarding oder Collecting: Obsessive/compulsive disorder in which individual keeps a large number of animals-sometimes Mehr than 100-in his oder her home, and neglects to care for the Tiere and the Home environment; "collectors" are usually in extreme denial about the situation. Technically, hoarding can be considered a crime, as it...
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