I volunteer at my local no kill animal shelter, where they protect unwanted dogs and cats.
That's incredible, my best friend works for the ASPCA
That is wonderful!! The ASPCA has been around since 1866 and does excellent work in preventing animal cruelty.
Incredible. Without humane society organizations like those, our streets would be overrun with strays.
Animal hoarding
Animal hoarding is keeping a higher-than-usual number of animals as domestic pets without ability to properly house or care for them, while at the same time denying this inability. Compulsive hoarding can be characterized as a symptom of mental disorder rather than deliberate cruelty towards animals. Hoarders are deeply attached to their pets and find it extremely difficult to let the pets go. They typically cannot comprehend that they are harming their pets by failing to provide them with proper care. Hoarders tend to believe that they
- American Humane (AH)
- Animal Liberation Front (ALF)
- Animal liberation movement
- American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA)
- Animal Welfare Institute (AWI)
- Eco-terrorism
- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA)
Further reading.
- Amory, Cleveland, "Man Kind? Our Incredible War on Wildlife" (1974).
- Balcombe, Jonathan, "The Use of Animals in Higher Education: Problems, Alternatives