People are bound to respond to a story like this on an emotional level but the truth is, this is a mental health condition and needs to be treated as such.
Animal hoarding nearly always leads to gross neglect of those animals and is a diagnosable mental illness. It is usually treated with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) but has a 100 percent relapse without appropriate treatment.
http://www.adaa.org/living-with-anxi...ects-can-peopl