Animal Hoarding
What is Animal Hoarding?
This is a condition in which pets such as dogs and cats are overpopulated and their owners can no longer keep them.
If animal hoarding happen, owners or shelters are facing these problems.
Why does this happen?
One reason why hoarding happens is that owners do not spay or neuter their pets.
Even if you only have one pet, something can trigger a pregnancy.
In the case of cats, it can happen while you are out for a walk, while in the case of dogs, it can happen while you are out on a dog run.
How much does spaying or neutering cost?
Cats：Male 15,000〜25,000yen Female 20,000〜35,000yen
Dogs：Male 20,000〜30,000yen Female 30,000〜50,000yen
The more pet you have the more you have to pay.
What would happen without surgeries?
Cats：1 pregnancy=3 to 5 Kittens, twice a year
Dogs：1 pregnancy=6 to 10 puppies, twice a year
The number would increase dramatically!
What would happen to the animals after hoarding?
After they go to the health center, they may find a new owner or else killed.
Effect to Neighbors
When animal hoarding occura, it can cause problems for nearby residents. In fact, there have been many complaints about the strange odors caused by animal hoarding and the noise caused by the animals' noises, with data from 2018 showing more than 2,000 complaints.
Conclusion
Animal hoarding is a situation in which an owner has too many pets and is unable to take care of them. Even if a pet is rescued from a collapsed multi-pet household, if the owner cannot be found, the pet will be killed.
In addition, the noise and odor caused by animal hoarding can effect people living around.
