Spanish police on Saturday mentioned they made an arrest after discovering 250 useless animals, principally canines, in a dirty warehouse that native media dubbed “the breeding floor of horror.”
The Civil Guard said the unlawful web site within the northwestern village of Meson do Vento had “extraordinarily poor” hygiene and animal welfare situations, with cages “completely coated in excrement.”
The useless animals, which included 28 chihuahuas and birds, had been “in several levels of decomposition, some even mummified,” the drive mentioned in a press release.
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The Civil Guard saved 171 different animals, together with unique and guarded fowl species similar to macaws and cockatoos, which had been present in a life-threatening situation.
The survivors had been feeding off the useless animals because of the lack of meals and water, authorities mentioned.
Police released images of officers tending to the rescued animals. The surviving animals had been “relocated to acceptable facilities for his or her restoration and well-being,” police mentioned.
The location supervisor was arrested on costs of animal abuse, unlawful possession of protected species and unqualified veterinary observe.
Spanish Civil Guard 
The Civil Guard additionally mentioned authorities discovered a big stockpile {of professional} veterinary medicines and provides that had been unprescribed and principally expired.
In latest months, Spanish authorities have uncovered unlawful animal trafficking rings. In August, two males had been discovered with greater than 150 exotic animals at an unlawful pet retailer within the city of Nules. In April, officers dismantled an online trafficking operation in massive cats, together with white tigers, lynx and pumas, within the Balearic Islands.
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