Some Snake News out of Southern California

That's terrible, clearly the man became severely depressed and stopped caring for himself and the animals, ppl need to learn to seek help

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Originally Posted by kylearmbar

ppl need to learn to seek help

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For some, the hardest thing in the world is to ask for help...

Just what the title says. For those of you that don't read the news or just haven't heard, a "breeder" in Santa Ana, California went pretty much totally crazy and left his hundreds and hundreds of animals to die. The stench of rotting mice and snake alerted the neighbors and called the cops. Hundreds were eventually found dead and the 186 survivors, in terrible shape, were turned over to a rescue group nearby. Obviously the snakes require serious medical attention and the group is trying to raise money to fund their recovery. Donate to these wonderful people saving the animals we love.

A link to the article:

http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/30/us/cal...html?hpt=hp_t2


A link to DONATE to these beautiful, loving people:

http://www.gofundme.com/6k852w


Breaks my heart. I really can't not tear up. :(

Asking for help is SO hard. I am so sorry his animals had to suffer for his grief and pain, and from what I hear they are pressing charges, so I imagine part of his penance will be a psych eval and proper treatment to help him cope with his immense loss. Hoarding is just one symptom of a much larger issue.

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Thank you for the donate link, I posted it on my social media as well.

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Originally Posted by Archimedes

Thank you for the donate link, I posted it on my social media as well.

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Thank you so much! I posted on my Facebook too! I'm hoping our community can reach out and help these people.

Reading those comments has me fired up. :mad: I will be donating tomorrow after I get a check deposited.

Any information on how to get involved or volunteer? I live about 45 minutes away and would like to help out any way I can.

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Originally Posted by Misha

This is really sad... I'm glad they're prosecuting this guy on criminal charges. It's crazy to me how people loose control.

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Well, I'm NOT glad that their pressing charges. This guy was a member of this forum, a rather well liked and respected member who suffered a recent tragedy. While I'm not a psychologist, I do deal with severe depression every day and this sounds like a pretty classic case to me.

It's a very sad story all around, it's very sad that the animals were suffering and dying, but remember that in the middle of all of this there is also a human being who is suffering as well.

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Originally Posted by MarkS

Well, I'm NOT glad that their pressing charges. This guy was a member of this forum, a rather well liked and respected member who suffered a recent tragedy. While I'm not a psychologist, I do deal with severe depression every day and this sounds like a pretty classic case to me.

It's a very sad story all around, it's very sad that the animals were suffering and dying, but remember that in the middle of all of this there is also a human being who is suffering as well.

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I had no idea. (I also didn't read the news story, so that's my own fault).
I guess it completely depends on the situation...
When mental illness is involved, it can be a whole other thing. The most important thing here, to me anyways, is that the animals get taken care of (along with the person who had them) and that the public be aware. As in, of THE TRUTH. But, when the hell does that ever happen with the media.