Dear Anonymous, go to http://geocities.com/sukieslist and read the section on animal hoarding. Then get that info to your state's district legislators and governor since there's not a state that can't use more teeth and better policies in this regard. In fact most states have no legislation on board in regard to hoarders. Those materials are by very respected experts and will be noticed. Meanwhile, do contact your local humane groups and see what options are currently available in your state. Many animal hoarders also live under horrendous conditions and if that is the case then some states approach this by having building code inspectors, the health department, and the human groups work together, so if there are things like feces all over, vermin, non-working toilets, etc. contact the health dept. and the building inspectors as well. Because hoarders have reasoning difficulties don't forget the social workers of your area. Is the person showing signs of senility or other mental impairment such as depression that is too bad to handle life's responsibilities? Has a gas leak been looked for? That literally could be an explosive situation. Have you considered that these animals may be being starved to death or dying from anemia from the flea problem the person won't control? > 've tried being polite, rude-everything except slap her across the >face. Call in the authorities, and at the same time work to get hoarding materials out to state politicians. We all need to be doing that. [Posted in FML issue 3783]