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1 J. Animal & Envtl. L. 32 (2009-2010)
Animal Cruelty by Another Name: The Redundancy of Animal Hoarding Laws

handle is hein.journals/jael1 and id is 39 raw text is: Animal Cruelty by Another Name: The Redundancy of Animal Hoarding Laws Jason Schwalm* I. INTRODUCTION Police officers and officials from the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals served a warrant at the home of Wanda Oughton on March 26, 2009.' There they found 93 cats that had virtually destroyed the interior of the structure.2 The two-story, million dollar brick home in the upscale Chester Township neighborhood of Morris County, New Jersey, was filled with feline urine and fecal matter in piles that reached two feet high.3 For New Jersey health officials, this sad and somewhat bizarre story is not unique. Less than two years ago, in Bergen County, health officials condemned a 12,000-square-foot mansion containing 62 live cats, as well as a couple dozen dead ones.4 In a house emitting an odor University of Louisville-Brandeis School of Law, J.D., magna cum laude, 2009. 1 Tanya Drobness, Nearly 80 Cats Found Inside $1 Million Chester Township Home, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/nearly_80_cats-fo und inside 1.html (last visited July 22, 2009). 2 Lawrence Ragonese & Brian T. Murray, Chester Twp. Woman Accused of Hoarding 93 Cats Faces Animal Cruelty Complaints, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/03/owner of 1 mchest er homeexpec.html (last visited July 22, 2009). Id. 4 Brian T. Murray, Charges Filed in Historic Animal Hoarding Case, http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/08/23_dead-dogs-and cats found in.html (last visited July 22, 2009).

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