The NSPCA said that inspectors arrived at the property on Tuesday to find 43 greyhounds confined in “horrendous enclosures” without access to water.
“The dogs were forced to live in enclosures that were unkempt and parasitic. Some of the dogs were underweight, some had old wounds that were left untreated and had become infected,” said the council.a number of dogs had untreated broken bones that had healed abnormally;all the dogs were infested with internal and external parasites; andThe inspectors removed 20 dogs due to their poor condition and issued a warning to the owner for the remaining animals.
“The NSPCA was informed by members of the public that the owner of these dogs allegedly rents them out for the purposes of hunting wild animals, although the owner denies this, claiming that he owns and breeds these dogs for the love of the animals.” The NSPCA said apart from laying charges against the owner, it would continue to undertake follow-up inspections to ensure that conditions there drastically improved.