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Japan officials discover 164 starved, flee-bitten dogs crammed in tiny house

Thu 05 Nov 2020    
EcoBalance
| < 1 min read

Japanese health officials have found 164 emaciated dogs crammed into a tiny house in one of the country’s worst cases of animal hoarding, an animal rights activist said on Wednesday,

The parasite-infested animals were found in a 30 square-metre (323 sq foot) house in the city of Izumo, in western Japan, in mid-October after neighbours had complained, said Kunihisa Sagami, the head of animal rights group Doubutukikin.

The dogs lived crammed onto shelves and under tables and chairs.

The dogs are now up for adoption at Doubutukikin, a Japanese public interest corporation and an Animal Fund. [Image: @doubutukikin/Instagram]

“The entire floor was filled with dogs and all the floor space you could see was covered with faeces,” said Sagami.

Public health officials first visited the house seven years ago after getting complaints from neighbours about the noise and bad smell but the owner refused to let officials investigate at that time.

The three people living in the house said they could not afford to spay and neuter the dogs, so they kept getting more of them.

Sagami said the family has agreed to give up the dogs and his group would look for foster homes for them after they got medical care.

[Sourced from Agencies]