Nightmare unfolds at illegal animal boarding facility, 14 dogs rescued

All of them injured and malnourished; 3,000 sq.ft house stinks of poop, urine, rotten food

- SV KRISHNA CHAITANYA

AN illegal animal boarding facility functioning under pathetic conditions in the middle of a residential locality in Kattupakkam was busted on Thursday and 14 malnourished dogs bearing multiple injuries and skin infections were rescued. Independent animal rescuers and members of the Tamil Nadu Animal Welfare Board with the help of police shifted the dogs, including three puppies, to two shelters for necessary care and immediate treatment.

TNIE visited this boarding facility run by Swarna Priya, who allegedly took a five-bedroom residential house for rent in November last year. All the rooms, terrace and corridor of the 3,000 sq.ft house were stinking with dogs' poop, urine and rotten food. It seemed like nobody had cleaned the house for the past several months. All the dogs were locked inside the house and forced to live under extremely inhume conditions.

They had open wounds that were infected with fleas and ticks. One dog was in advanced stage of pregnancy.