Overview
- Mexico City authorities, in a Thursday briefing, said the dogs will not go back to Refugio Franciscano and will start moving 293 from the Ajusco site to the Animal Surveillance Brigade in Xochimilco.
- The government holds 824 dogs across three temporary locations, including Gustavo A. Madero, Ajusco, and the Animal Surveillance Brigade facility in Xochimilco.
- Health officials confirmed 34 canine deaths since the January 7 removal, with 12 in Gustavo A. Madero, 11 in Ajusco, and 11 at the Brigade facility.
- Seventy-six dogs were sent to the city’s Veterinary Hospital, where 42 were discharged and 34 remain in care, including six in delicate condition with cancerous tumors.
- Adoptions are paused while the city and shelter representatives settle the animals’ legal status and a shared process, as officials also plan transfers under civil society observation and build a new public refuge expected to open its first stage in about three months.