F-ing unbelievable. Didn't ANYONE notice barking, whining, THE SMELL from this "cabin?" And if they DIDN'T? OMG what has happened to the social fabric of our communities??? This man obviously needed help and no one even noticed him. Sad. Very sad. And those POOR poodles. They look horror-struck. May God help every one.

Hoarders endanger the health and lives of every living creature in their possession, and the suffering they cause is extreme and long term. The rate of recidivism for hoarders nears 100%. Currently, most states have no mandatory requirements keeping convicted animal hoarders away from animals following their convictions. The Animal Legal Defense Fund is urging states to adopt a First Strike and You're Out law—a model law written by ALDF that would prevent animal abusers from having the chance to harm other animals again. We need to educate prosecutors, judges, and legislators that hoarding is like alcoholism: an incurable addiction that means that they must never have another drink-or, in this case, another animal. This proposed legislation would stop convicted hoarders from going on to abuse other animals—you can ask your legislators to support a First Strike and You're Out law via an online letter at http://www.aldf.org/firststrike. The current issue of O, The Oprah Magazine gives an in-depth profile of how the Animal Legal Defense Fund used the law to rescue 300+ dogs from an animal hoarder (http://www.aldf.org/oprah).