There's a theory that human hoarding is related to animal hoarding but there isn't sufficient evidence.
That' interesting.  I have never known an extreme hoarder like the ones you see on tv.  Have you?
Yes my mother was actually a compulsive hoarder it was intense.
Oh wow.  That had to be hard to deal with.  My mom keeps a lot of stuff, but not to that level.
Yes I think she was mild compared to the people on the show on A&E. That television series ran for six seasons.
A&E has some quality reality programming.  A girl I knew was actually on Intervention.  
Was she really? I know the network is available to almost 100,000,000 households in the United States!
Holy cow! I had no idea that it was so widely available.  And yes, she was.  Her addiction cost her a chance at the Olympics.
Holy Cow is right!!! You know that expression is a euphemism for "Holy Christ".