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.
We see many animal hoarders, people with mental disorders who accumulate  many pets till they can't take care of them.
It's disgusting, right? I've heard of cases where animals get trapped under hoarded garbage and die and the owner doesn't find them until they're flattened.
Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning. Such features may be persistent, relapsing and remitting, or occur as a single episode. Many disorders have been described, with signs and symptoms that vary widely between specific disorders. Such disorders may be diagnosed by a mental health professional.
The causes of mental disorders are often unclear. Theories may incorporate findings from a range of fields. Mental disorders are
- 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