Animal hoarding is one of the most complex, costly and difficult to manage animal welfare issues, but it is poorly understood and little researched. In addition to the considerable welfare issues and animal suffering, animal hoarding has a significant impact on the humans involved, as well as their communities and the environment. The hoarding of equines is not uncommon, but it is not specifically recognised or addressed in the published literature. There is also very little information published about any interventions that can be successful with those who are, or are at risk of, animal hoarding. One intervention that has been briefly mentioned is Motivational Interviewing, a well-researched and evidenced intervention used across a range of difficult to change human health behaviours, including substance misuse and other addictions. This paper describes the evaluation of motivational interview training which was delivered after a preliminary exploration of equine welfare officers’ experiences of complex multi-horse cases which confirmed that equine hoarding occurs. The training taught motivational interviewing skills and theory to equine welfare officers, in order for them to be able to use this approach during their general duties as well as more specifically in equine hoarding cases. The findings indicate that, for many equine welfare workers these skills can be beneficially applied to their caseload and can have good outcomes in the most difficult of areas, that of equine hoarding.

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什么是马囤积？是否可以实施“动机访谈”培训以帮助改变动物主人的行为？

动物囤积是管理动物福利问题最复杂、最昂贵和最困难的问题之一，但人们对其了解甚少，研究也很少。除了相当大的福利问题和动物痛苦之外，动物囤积对所涉及的人类及其社区和环境也有重大影响。囤积马的情况并不少见，但在已发表的文献中并没有特别承认或解决这一问题。也很少有关于任何干预措施可以成功用于那些囤积动物或有囤积动物风险的信息。简要提到的一项干预措施是动机访谈，这是一项经过充分研究和证明的干预措施，用于一系列难以改变的人类健康行为，包括物质滥用和其他成瘾。本文描述了动机面试培训的评估，该培训是在对马福利官员的复杂多马案件经验进行初步探索后进行的，这些经验证实了马囤积行为的发生。培训向马福利官员教授了动机访谈技巧和理论，以便他们能够在一般职责中使用这种方法，更具体地说是在马囤积案件中。研究结果表明，对于许多马福利工作者来说，这些技能可以有益地应用于他们的案件量，并且可以在最困难的领域，即马囤积方面取得良好的成果。