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Overview
- On March 19, gendarmes with the DDPP and the SPA raided a wooded site in Flassans-sur-Issole in southeastern France.
- Authorities seized 823 animals, including 237 dogs, and moved them to protection groups across France.
- Inspectors reported cages fouled with excrement, very little food, no natural light, and no ventilation.
- Investigators say the breeders sold animals on the Le Bon Coin marketplace as part of an undeclared business.
- Financial checks identified more than €200,000 in undeclared receipts since 2020, and the couple was questioned as the Draguignan prosecutor pursues the case.