Originally posted by cyber-sibes
That IS a tough one. I know you don't want to report your mom. Is there someone living nearer to them that could lodge an anonymous complaint? Or perhaps you could send a letter to the local humane society so they could look into it. If the local authorities get involved, they'll have to clean up their act or cut down on the number of animals, but at least it'll get looked into for the animals' best interests. And it won't be from a family member, it will be someone with authority. With that many animals, I'll bet there are health codes that they need to abide by. Those animals deserve to be given proper care.
I totally agree! The way I've been thinking about this lately, is that even though my mom is not involved in the whole thing, she is somewhat responsible for standing and doing nothing about it. She is the type that loves animals in that oh he's cute kinda way. But she doesn't really like having any herself. So if at worse I have to report them and they both get in trouble, hopefully they won't be allowed to have animals anymore. Or at least maybe they will learn something from it all. I don't know. I just know something has to be done.