Ellen DeGeneres: I Never Had To Fill Out An Application Or Have My Home Inspected - Page 2
On the video located at Access Hollywood, you can hear dogs in the background barking. Not just one dog, but lots of dogs, many dogs. It also seems, from the video, that this woman shelters many dogs who have medical issues that require medication or they will die (her words, not mine). She's had to have them taken to the vet and had a two thousand dollar bill for medical services for these dogs because she has not been able to properly medicate these dogs due to the stress of this case.
Now, these are just my thoughts, take them for what they're worth. There is a very real problem among some people called "animal hoarding". They truly believe they are doing a good deed, but in reality they are prolonging the misery of the animal. It ranges from one end of the spectrum, which is collecting many animals and trying to find them homes, but being hypervigilant about it, to the other end of the spectrum, which is collecting and keeping more animals than they can care for and ignoring their physical needs to the point that the animals are in real danger.
I am NOT saying this woman is putting any animals in danger. I am NOT saying she is ignoring their physical and medical needs. I am NOT saying that I know for certain that she has animal hoarding tendencies. What I AM saying is that she seems to be entirely too hypervigilant about where these animals go...attempting to pick out the perfect home, with no children under fourteen, and only she can be the one to make that decision. Nobody else can make that decision. She alone knows what is best for these animals. It is a form of obsessive/compulsive behavior.
Let's face it. As much as we do not like to think about it, every animal reaches the point where keeping it alive is just cruel, due to physical ailments. And YES, some animals can live full and happy lives while taking medication every day, but for some it is just prolonging the suffering, and who is best to make that decision? Is this woman a licensed vet? Does she have some sort of animal degree? If you are prolonging an animal's life who needs this amount of care every day, just who are you thinking of....the animal, or yourself? If you're to the point of you have to give the animal medication or it will die (her words, not mine), are you doing it for their good, or to make yourself look good? "Look at me, without me these poor animals would not have a good home, without me these animals would die, aren't I a good animal rescuer?"
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