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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Hayman" data-source="post: 370135" data-attributes="member: 52867"><p>I think it wrong to say someone who collects/buys/is given/accepts far more animals than he or she can look after humanely is suffering from a "mental illness".  "illness" suggests a condition  that can be cured or at least treated.  And John1975's use of "moron" brings up a specific mental state: "a  person  having  an  intelligence  quotient  of  between  50  and  70,  able  to  work  under  supervision".  This woman was certainly obsessed about cats.  It was the outcome rather than the obesssion that brought her to light.  Could it not be said that Tiger Woods is/was obsessed about golf, Andy Murray about tennis?  As for people who scramble around derelict places . . .</p></blockquote><p></p>

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