The dead animals, which included 28 chihuahuas and birds, were “in different stages of decomposition, some even mummified,” the force said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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Spanish police said in Oct. 11, 2025 that they made an arrest after finding 250 dead animals in a filthy warehouse.<\/p>\n
Spanish Civil Guard<\/p>\n
The Civil Guard saved 171 other animals, including exotic and protected bird species such as macaws and cockatoos, which were found in a life-threatening condition.<\/p>\n
The survivors were feeding off the dead animals due to the lack of food and water, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Police released images<\/a> of officers tending to the rescued animals. The surviving animals were “relocated to appropriate centers for their recovery and well-being,” police said.<\/p>\n The site manager was arrested on charges of animal abuse, illegal possession of protected species and unqualified veterinary practice.<\/p>\n Police said they rescued 171 other animals, including exotic and protected bird species.<\/p>\n Spanish Civil Guard<\/p>\n The Civil Guard also said authorities found a large stockpile of professional veterinary medicines and supplies that were unprescribed and mostly expired.<\/p>\n In recent months, Spanish authorities have uncovered illegal animal trafficking rings. In August, two men were found with more than 150 exotic animals<\/a> at an illegal pet store in the town of Nules. In April, officers dismantled an online trafficking operation<\/a>\u00a0in big cats, including white tigers, lynx and pumas, in the Balearic Islands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Spanish police on Saturday said they made an arrest after finding 250 dead animals, mostly dogs, in a…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":295180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[24144,50,128,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-295179","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-animal-cruelty","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-spain","11":"tag-world"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115356677343130252","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"bird-2025-10-11-maltrato-animal-coruna-2.jpg](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/bird-2025-10-11-maltrato-animal-coruna-2.jpg#.jpeg\")
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