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  • that is the sound of 164 emaciated dogs that have been crammed into a tiny house in western Japan.

  • They were discovered by health officials in what activists have called one of the country's worst cases of animal hoarding.

  • The parasite infested animals were found in a 323 square foot house in the city of Izumo in mid October after neighbors have complained.

  • That's according to Coney.

  • He's a cigar.

  • Me, the head of animal rights group WKYC, in three entire floor was filled with dogs on the floor.

  • Spaces you could see were covered with feces.

  • Thing way will be spaying and Neutering the dogs, vaccinating them and getting rid of the parasites way the dogs had been packed onto shelves and under tables and chairs.

  • The house was first visited seven years ago by public health officials after complaints about the noise and a bad smell, but the owner refused to let them in to investigate.

  • At the time, three people live in the house.

  • They say they could not afford to spay and neuter the dogs, so they just kept breeding.

  • Sagami says the family has agreed to give up the animals.

that is the sound of 164 emaciated dogs that have been crammed into a tiny house in western Japan.

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