Animal hoarding is addressed through New Jersey's statewide animal-cruelty laws (N.J.S.A. 4:22), enforced by municipal officers, county prosecutors, and the SPCA. Camden County has no separate hoarding ordinance; the state statute applies.
New Jersey's animal-cruelty statutes (N.J.S.A. 4:22-17 and related sections) make it an offense to fail to provide necessary care, or to keep animals in conditions that cause suffering, which is how hoarding cases are charged. Since 2017 reforms, enforcement is handled by municipal humane law enforcement officers, local police, county prosecutors, and county-designated animal-cruelty investigators rather than a countywide code. The local health authority and animal-control provider respond to unsanitary or nuisance conditions. Report suspected hoarding to local police or your town's animal-control officer. Penalties range from disorderly-persons offenses to indictable crimes with fines and possible imprisonment.
Cruelty and neglect carry fines from hundreds to thousands of dollars and possible jail; courts may order forfeiture of the animals and bar future ownership.
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