Animal Hoarding

[robby]

I was a little worried when I suddenly had four dogs in August, but I just met the queen of animal hoarders. All the chickens and feral cats around here are hers. She has easily 3 dozen cats right around her porch, and her chickens are uncounted. She says she catches them when she can, but so many lay eggs and propagate outside her control that she admits they are really just wild. She was often talking to her favorite cat, while I was there, I guess she's lonely and all these animals provide her with something. Her husband is in prison for spousal abuse, and together they used to own a lot of the land to the north of me.