http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/10/20/whisker-connection-assists-in-animal-hoarding-situation/ from the Mount Vernon News Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:13:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.mountvernonnews.com/blog/2010/10/20/whisker-connection-assists-in-animal-hoarding-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-6646 Chelsea Fri, 22 Oct 2010 17:27:28 +0000 Hoarders endanger the health and lives of every living creature in their possession, and the suffering they cause is extreme and long term. The rate of recidivism for hoarders nears 100%. We need to educate prosecutors, judges, and legislators that hoarding is like alcoholism: an incurable addiction that means that they must never have another drink-or, in this case, another animal. The Animal Legal Defense Fund’s proposed legislation called the “First Strike and You’re Out” law would stop convicted hoarders from going on to abuse other animals—you can ask your legislators to support this via an online letter at http://www.aldf.org/firststrike.

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