Web Directory

» Amarillo Globe-News: Cat Collector to Seek Counseling
   A brief article about a woman who recognized herself as a collector, yet her animals were well taken care of.
   http://www.amarillo.com/stories/012100/usn_cats.shtml

» Animal People: Animals in Bondage: the Hoarding Mind
   An article about seven cases, statistics on dog, cat, and horse hoarding, and enabling behavior.
   http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/99/1/hoarders.html

» Collectors: Kindness Gone Awry
   Factsheet from PETA about the disorder, with references.
   http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=27

» LA Weekly: Palisades Rathouse: Unchallenged by Health Officials, Elderly Twins Fed Local Vermin Population
   An extreme case of hoarding and the failure of local government agencies to deal with it.
   http://www.laweekly.com/news/features/palisades-rathouse-unchallenged-by-health-officials-elderly-twins-fed-local-vermin-population/19342/?page=all

» Loving Animals to Death
   "Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends, but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches." [Salon]
   http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/08/hoarders/index.html

» Psychiatric Times: People Who Hoard Animals
   An article by Randy Frost, Ph.D., providing an overview of research, hoarders' rationales, and possible explanations for the behavior.
   http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p000425.html

» St. Petersburg Times: Woman may be Animal Hoarder
   An article by Jamie Malernee about a local incident as well as other cases and the problem across the U.S.
   http://www.sptimes.com/News/070201/Hernando/Woman_may_be_animal_h.shtml

» Tufts.edu: Animal Hoarding Research
   Definition of pet collecting, research findings, links to articles.
   http://www.tufts.edu/vet/hoarding/