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SUBMITTER: Sacchettino L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC10525848 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sacchettino Luigi L Gatta Claudia C Giuliano Viviana Orsola VO Bellini Francesca F Liverini Alessia A Ciani Francesca F Avallone Luigi L d'Angelo Danila D Napolitano Francesco F
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI 20230920 18
The hoarding of animals is a psychiatric disease, characterized by a compulsive collection of animals, with a relevant impact upon the care and welfare of animals, as well as on human society. In Italy, there are neither substantial reports nor information shared about such a phenomenon, making it difficult to draw a clear picture of the hoarder profile. Therefore, in the present work, we sought to detail 29 cases of animal accumulators in Italy, who lived within two areas of the Lazio region, a ...[more]