Authorities recently discovered that
a tiny house in Utah was filled to the brim with 156 dogs and cats. They covered every surface in the miniscule space, hiding in cardboard boxes, standing on cooking appliances, wedged under furniture, teeming around recycling supplies, and jumping around on mattresses that were somehow rotting.
Sign the petition to urge mandatory psychological counseling for their owner!The home was so filthy with their excrement, unwashed bodies, hoarded items, trash, and dust that the officers who arrived at the scene
had to wear gas masks in order to safely enter. The odor was so strong, it burned their eyes and noses.
Since then, officials have seized all 156 animals, and the majority have already been adopted out to loving, responsible families.
Sadly, the pets' previous owner had been an elderly man in his 70s, who was
clearly struggling emotionally or cognitively. In fact, the reason authorities showed up at his home was because a concerned person
had requested a welfare check on him, unsure if he was well.
He has now been charged with 637 counts of animal abuse.
What he obviously also needs is psychological counseling to keep him healthy in the future.The animals are all safe now, but it's not clear that this man is, too. Please sign the petition to urge authorities to provide mental health services and mandate counseling for this man.