Police have rescued 41 skinny dogs from a farm in Spain where they were kept in a very terrible condition. The incident happens at a farm near Quintanar de la Orden in the central province of Toledo.
Officers were alerted to the farm by a local animal charity and arrived to find dogs are starving and dehydrated in the unhygienic building.
It is said that a woman who lived at the farm with her partner who was responsible for taking care of the dogs, has been arrested by the authorities and accused of animal abuse.
All of the dogs had not been microchipped and also did not have legally-required paperwork on their health. Officers say 29 of the dogs were so weak that they could not eat and had to be fed via an IV drip, but all of them are now recovering. The animals are now being housed with local charities until they can be rehomed.
“Thanks to information given to us, it was possible to save the lives of 41 dogs who displayed serious symptoms of malnutrition, organic deterioration, physical weakening, and dehydration,” police said in a statement.
“It is not clear why she had so many dogs which she kept in such terrible conditions,” the police spokeswoman said.
Source: Daily Mail