164 Dogs Found Crammed Into Tiny House by Public Health Officials in Western Japan

164 Dogs Found Crammed Into Tiny House by Public Health Officials in Western Japan
Dobutsukikin/Handout via REUTERS
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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-meter (323-square-foot) house in the city of Izumo, in western Japan, in mid-October after neighbors had complained, said Kunihisa Sagami, the head of animal rights group Dobutsukikin.