The animal-human relationship is considered by many as detrimental to their physiological and psychological well-being; but what happens if this relationship becomes dysfunctional and problematic?

Animal hoarding is a complex and poorly understood problem that has devastating welfare implications on both the animals and the hoarder.

As a society, it is easy for us to dismiss animal abusers and perpetrators of animal cruelty as evil and ill-intentioned; so how come these labels don’t exactly correlate with animal hoarders? This website will outline characteristics of animal hoarders, what Canada is currently doing to regulate animal hoarding, the welfare implications of both human and animal, and what can be done in the future to better manage this issue.