The article doesn’t say whether the cats were abused, nor what state the frozen ones were in (other than frozen).
This seems mostly sad to me. I can see protecting cats from abuse, assuming she was, but isn’t it obvious some sort of psychological problem exists? Shouldn’t she be taken somewhere else than jail?
I dunno...
Yes, it is a mental disorder. These people take in more animals than they can possibly care for or afford. It can range from not turning away any stray that they encounter, or actively adopting animals from shelters. It’s not that they don’t mean well, initially.