Overview
- Police located and raided a commercial criadero in Almayate after a passerby reported a badly injured dog, removing about 300 dogs and cats and dismantling the facility.
- The 74-year-old owner and a 40-year-old employee were detained on suspicion of continued animal cruelty with a death result and of abusive intensive breeding linked to sexual exploitation.
- Officers documented widespread filth, animals living among waste, a dead cat in a cage, many infectious diseases, parasite infestations, and multiple serious injuries that needed urgent surgery.
- More than a dozen local protectoras are now caring for the rescued animals and veterinarians performed emergency spays for females with uterine infections while the facility’s attending veterinarian has been questioned.
- The case highlights recurring risks from poorly supervised commercial breeders and is likely to trigger forensic veterinary assessments, formal judicial charges, professional reviews, and long-term rehabilitation and rehoming efforts.