"Cheryl" > wrote in message
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> On 1/4/2016 11:36 AM, wrote:
>> 2.The statement that their animals are "non-sheltered" does NOT mean they
>> are euthanized. Quite the contrary, it means the animals are kept
>> ("fostered") in volunteers' homes until adoption.
>>
>> Now there is a danger in this, and the danger is animal hoarding.
>> However, presuming the volunteers police each other, to make sure
>> that none of them are overloaded to the point they can't care
>> for the animals, all should be well.
>
> Hoarding is a common problem among fosterers so it seems in my limited
> experience. I volunteered for our local SPCA and fostered cats, and two of
> those on the board were hoarders. I learned of the first one when she
> asked me to pet sit one holiday weekend and she needed to leave town for a
> few days. She had more than 60 cats, more than half of them kittens and
> were sick. It was HORRIBLE. I know I found a dead one, and more were
> dying. I was overwhelmed and had no idea what to do.
Terrifying
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>
> The second woman was found to be a hoarder after she unexpectedly died and
> other volunteers had to go pick up the foster cats she had. They had taken
> over the house, the garage, everywhere. Even the one place her husband
> asked to keep as his own, his camper. I had to quit as a volunteer after
> that. It was right around the time that my son died and I already had a
> broken heart and thinking the volunteering would get me outside of my
> head, it did just the opposite.
My current rescue dog came from a hoarders house. 41 dogs and 2 cats. The
owner had died and they were starving. The RSPCA broke in (I presume
because they were making so much noise) They didn't know how long she had
been dead. I don't know anything other than that. My girl is coming along
nicely given her start in life. I doubt we will ever get her to be
comfortable around other dogs and she doesn't like other people much either
but she loves us and will cuddle up. It has taken us long enough to get
her to that stage though. Slowly slowly
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