Home Condemned, Couple Arrested for Hoarding 76 Dogs
Posted on 21. Oct, 2010 by Nora Betz in News
Several animal hoarding cases have been reported in the past several months in the East Tennessee area. Suspecting animal cruelty, officials entered the home of couple James Edward Cagle, 67 and Glenda Marie Cagle, 64 on Neubert Springs Road in South Knoxville to find animals hiding in the wall panels. The floor was buried 6-12 inches deep in feces. The damage to the house was so bad that the City had to condemn the residence. On April 22nd the couple was arrested on 5 separate counts for hoarding the 76 dogs in their home.
This type of hoarding can spiral out of control and cause inhumane and often irreversible damage to the animals. Many of the dogs had to be “euthanized because they were too aggressive, suffered severe health problems or were too malnourished to be nursed back to health,” said Tim Adams, Executive Director of Young-Williams Animal Center.
Additionally, animal hoarding often destroys the real estate occupied by the hoarder and can result in the structure needing to be demolished. Not only can it be extremely expensive to local property owners, animal hoarding poses dangers to nearby residents and the community. Unfortunately, few laws exist that specifically address animal hoarding.
Source: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2010/jun/13/hoarding-danger-people-animals
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Do you know someone who may be a hoarder? Intervention is needed, however an intervention from animal control or law enforcement only address the physical presence of the animals and does not address the psychological or emotional factors that are fueling the situation. If the psychological component of animal hoarding is left untreated; the recidivism rate for animal hoarders is near 100 percent.
Confessions: Animal Hoarding is a documentary series on Animal Planet that tries to find solutions to the problems of animal hoarding before it becomes criminal animal abuse. Animal Planet provides safe opportunities to explore the compulsive care-giving, digging deep into desire for love and paralyzing fears of loss to understand how the problem grew so extreme and to provide tools to put a healthy plan into action. Dr Gray Patronek has worked along side producers from Animal Planet on the documentary series, with phenomenal results!
Confessions: Animal Hoarding, bring together a taskforce of psychologists, veterinarians and animal welfare organization to work with concerned friends and family members to craft a real viable solution for the individuals and their pets. Now in the second series of Confessions: Animal Hoarding – the results although early are looking promising. In comparison to law enforcements near 100 percent recidivism rate, Animal Planet with the help of Dr Patronek and their taskforce of experts has reduced these behaviors dramatically.
Animal Planet is dedicated to finding comprehensive long-term solutions and believes therapy to be key to this. The production team treats all submissions with confidentiality and respect and has a full time aftercare department to monitor the participants.
If you are dealing with a suspected hoarding case, contact us. 1 -877-698-7387 or email us at help@animalhoardingproject.com.
Or visit our website for more information. http://www.animalhoardingproject.com
Thank you for your response to this news article about animal hoarding. Although the subject matter is shocking and can be horrific, we are glad to know that Animal Planet is addressing this issue in an educational program called “Confessions: Animal Hoarding.”
It is important for property managers to be aware of these conditions in order to recognize the signs of hoarding and help facilitate a safe environment for all inhabitants.