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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. Registration is required to view the article.
Animal People: Animals in Bondage: the Hoarding Mind - An article about seven cases statistics on dog cat and horse hoarding and enabling behavior.
Collectors: Kindness Gone Awry - Factsheet from PETA about the disorder with references.
Loving Animals to Death - "Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches." [Salon]
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.
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.
Tufts.edu: Animal Hoarding Research - Definition of pet collecting research findings links to articles.