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Amarillo Globe-News: Cat Collector to Seek Counseling
A brief article about a woman who recognized herself as a collector, yet her animals were well taken care of. (January 21, 2000)
URL: http://www.amarillonet.com/stories/012100/usn_cats.shtml


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Animal People: Animals in Bondage: the Hoarding Mind
An article about seven cases, statistics on dog, cat, and horse hoarding, and enabling behavior. (January, 1999)
URL: http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/99/1/hoarders.html


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Collectors: Kindness Gone Awry
Factsheet from PETA about the disorder, with references.
URL: http://www.peta.org/factsheet/files/FactsheetDisplay.asp?ID=27


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Companion Animal Hoarding Fact Sheet
Definitions and information on proposed legislation, from Animal Protection Voters.
URL: http://www.apvnm.org/2003legistation/animal_hoarding/hoarding_faq.html


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Loving Animals to Death
'Animal hoarders think they're helping their furry friends, but mostly they're just feeding their own twisted psyches.' [Salon] (March 8, 2002)
URL: http://archive.salon.com/people/feature/2002/03/08/hoarders/index.html


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Psychiatric Times: People Who Hoard Animals
An article by Randy Frost, Ph.D., providing an overview of research, hoarders' rationales, and possible explanations for the behavior. (April, 2000)
URL: http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/p000425.html


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St. Petersburg Times: Woman may be Animal Hoarder
An article by Jamie Malernee about a local incident as well as other cases and the problem across the U.S. (July 2, 2001)
URL: http://www.stpetersburgtimes.com/News/070201/Hernando/Woman_may_be_animal_h.shtml


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Tufts.edu: Animal Hoarding Research
Definition of pet collecting, research findings, links to articles.
URL: http://www.tufts.edu/vet/cfa/hoarding/


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