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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You also worry with rescues that you are supporting the crazy animal hoarders.

For example, a small house in Ohio just burned down, with 20 dogs inside. 10 were rescued, 10 died.  You never know whether supporting rescues is supporting that kind of animal hoarder abuse.[/quote]

This is a ridiculous excuse.  Hoarders don't care about whether or not you adopt from rescues or not.  Hoarders hoard because they have an illness.  Whether or not you adopt isn't going to encourage or discourage them.

There are some hoarders who try to present themselves as "rescues," but you can usually tell if you visit the place.  And then you can make a report to animal control.

But adopting doesn't support or encourage animal hoarder.  [/quote]

Not necessarily.

There are rescues who only show their animals in public places.

I lived next to a cat hoarder like that

She was an active cat rescuer, and rehomed a ton of cats.  She always met people in public, like outside Petsmart or the Starbucks parking lot.

When her landlord discovered she was hoarding over 50 cats in her home, it was too late. The place was trashed.

I knew several people who got cats from her. She was really well regarded and no one had a clue that she was hoarding.[/quote]

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