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Animal hoarding is an understudied phenomenon and a potentially severe behavioral disorder that has serious negative effects on the individuals and the hoarded animals. The present study assessed animal hoarding behaviors and their effects among a large sample of self-identified individuals who hoarded objects and also owned animals (n=550) and family/friends of people with hoarding (n=494). The sample...