Refused to hear last appeal of Animal Orphans founder WASHINGTON D.C., PHILADELPHIA––The U.S. Supreme Court in early December 2005 recognized the right of humane societies and animal control agencies to seize animals from alleged hoarders and charge convicted hoarders for their care, by refusing to hear the last appeal of Janet Jones, 55, of Hatfield, […]
Animals in bondage: the hoarding mind
by Merritt Clifton LYLES, Tenn.; ANAMOSA, Iowa; SALT LAKE CITY, Utah–Near Lyles, Tennessee, the shelterless Hickman County Humane Society just before Christmas 1998 seized 299 dogs, 38 horses, and various cats from an alleged puppy mill reportedly owned by one Patricia Adkisson. The site was littered, rescuers said, with the remains of dead dogs. On January 1, 1999, […]