Overview
- Officers removed 40 small mixed-breed dogs and puppies Tuesday from a roughly 500-square-foot unit on 70th Street in La Mesa.
- Staff described piles of feces, old food and cockroaches inside, with some animals underweight, dehydrated and caked in waste.
- Technicians provided vaccinations, deworming and microchip scans during triage before moving the animals into care.
- The intake pushes the Humane Society’s canine population to nearly 800, and the organization is asking for adopters, fosters and donations.
- The tenant was evicted Dec. 23, the owner has not been located, and Humane Society law enforcement has opened an investigation that could lead to cruelty charges.