50 chihuahuas, cats, dogs, pigeons, squirrels, chinchillas, beavers, and a fox found in Philly Home

[LynneSin]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/98471734.html

Doggie hoarding in S. Philadelphia
By Robert Moran

Humane officers wearing Tyvek protective suits and air-filter masks to enter a South Philadelphia rowhouse Wednesday afternoon collected 50 chihuahuas - and that was just from the first floor of the three-story residence in the 700 block of Earp Street.

From the street, the stench of dog urine was hard to ignore. Inside, dog feces was everywhere, said George Bengal, director of law enforcement for the Pennsylvania SPCA.

A woman in her 50s lived the house, Bengal said. A neighbor said the woman's husband lived there, too, but he was laying low nearby while the PSPCA was collecting the animals.

The Department of Licenses and Inpections condemned the house, Bengal said.

"It's unfit for human habitation, let alone animals," he said.

In all, more than 100 animals, most of them chihuahuas, were taken away, according to some reports.

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Humane officers found cats, dogs, pigeons, squirrels, chinchillas, beavers, and a fox, Bengal said

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I want to know how a fricking beaver or fox ended up in a South Philly Row home!!

[mike_c]

1. this is so sad....

People who hoard animals often have the best intentions. It's damned hard to turn your back on an animal in need, especially companion species who are all too often neglected and abandoned, yet everyone eventually realizes that beyond some threshold, most folks simply cannot do more without doing harm. Still, my heart goes out to anyone who cares enough about animals to sacrifice their own quality of life for them. :cry:

[hamsterjill]

3. A compassionate post

Thanks for a compassionate post. It truly is a sad subject! Saddest, probably, because you can bet that most of the animals removed will be euthanized for lack of homes available for them, of course.

[Arugula Latte]

2. I'm ever more amazed at how common hoarding is.

It's all sad, but animal hoarding is the saddest of all. :cry: