Hoarding Isn’t Just About Humans. It’s About their Animals.

When most people think of hoarding, they think of teetering piles of junk and television crews poking through broken furniture. What rarely gets airtime is the reality for animals caught in these situations—trapped, breeding, and often dying in invisible pockets of neglect, all while someone insists they’re “rescuing” them.

A new study out of New York Ci…