Luigi Sacchettino, Claudia Gatta, Viviana Orsola Giuliano, Francesca Bellini, Alessia Liverini, Francesca Ciani, Luigi Avallone, Danila d'Angelo, Francesco Napolitano
The hoarding of animals is a psychiatric disease, characterized by a compulsive collection of animals, with a relevant impact upon the care and welfare of animals, as well as on human society. In Italy, there are neither substantial reports nor information shared about such a phenomenon, making it difficult to draw a clear picture of the hoarder profile. Therefore, in the present work, we sought to detail 29 cases of animal accumulators in Italy, who lived within two areas of the Lazio region, and accumulated a total of 1080 animals from 2019 to 2022...
September 20, 2023: Animals: An Open Access Journal From MDPI