Overview
- The court-authorized operation deployed roughly 200 personnel from SSC, the Animal Surveillance Brigade, prosecutors and environmental authorities.
- Officials counted 936 dogs and cats, with at least 798 showing signs consistent with neglect or cruelty, 20 already hospitalized and 21 found dead outside the property.
- Animals are being moved to the city’s veterinary hospital, Animal Surveillance Brigade facilities and a SEDEMA shelter in the Ajusco, with critical cases routed to additional clinics.
- City leaders stress the action targets animal welfare rather than the ongoing property dispute between Refugio Franciscano and the Haghenbeck foundation, which remains before the courts.
- Activists blocked the México–Toluca highway and clashed with police during the extraction, while prosecutors continue assembling a case that could be brought to court.