Dogs found living in faeces in RSPCA’s ‘worst’ case for decades

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Scores of dogs have been saved from a house where they were found living in their own faeces. Ninety-three hounds were rescued, including dachshunds, labradors and bulldogs.

Officers from Gwent Police also retrieved poodles and Bichon Frise from the property which has been described as “one large, disgusting kennel”. The dogs were passed on to the RSPCA.

Inspector Darren Oakley said: “The conditions inside the house were horrendous: the floors were covered in faeces with dogs in cages living in their own filth.

“Every room contained more dogs and pups, the whole house had become one large, disgusting kennel.

“The smell and sights were clearly having an affect on the police who were in attendance.”

He added the dogs had no food or water except for a few which could get outside and drink rainwater.

Mr Oakley said: “When food and water was placed down, for the loose dogs, they ate [and] drank ravenously.”

After the force handed the dogs over to the RSPCA, many went on to give birth to litters. This took the total number of rescued pooches to 137.

Due to the sheer number of canines in need of help, multiple shelters have now chipped in to help.

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This includes Cotswolds Dogs and Cats Home which has taken in 18 pooches, including French bulldog pups.

Ebony Poole, Senior Animal Care Assistant at the home, said: “I remember the day so clearly and unfortunately not for anything positive.

“It was actually my day off, but I took a call from my colleague who asked for help as we had 18 dogs on the way to the centre which isn’t a call we take every day.

“The dogs had already arrived by the time I got there and what I and my colleagues witnessed that day is a sight that will never leave me.”

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She added: “I walked into the office and my colleague had a tiny French bulldog puppy on his lap. This poor puppy couldn’t even raise her head because she was so weak.

“To be honest, she was just a shell of a puppy. Puppies of that age should be bright, alert, playful, and interactive. This puppy was weak, lethargic, scared, and completely shut down.”

Shortly after arriving, more and more of the dogs started to come down with parvovirus which can be fatal.

It is a highly infectious virus so staff had to work even harder to keep the pooches safe.

Sadly, despite their best efforts, two of the puppies died.

Sixteen managed to survive and are on the mend as centre staff begin to seek new homes for them.

The RSPCA is prosecuting the owner of the house where the dogs were found, according to the Mirror.

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