Overview

• The Civil Police seized dozens of dogs and a cat from a clandestine kennel in Riachuelo, where animals lacked food and water and showed skin disease and infections, with Alerj and OAB support and no license found as the probe continues.
• Federal Police in Porto Velho rescued abused dogs during Operation Abomination, and digital forensics uncovered evidence of child sexual exploitation, with a court order barring the suspect from keeping animals.
• A couple in Maricá was arrested after a video showed six dogs attacking another reportedly due to hunger, and veterinarians reported malnutrition, tick-borne disease and severe injuries among the rescued animals.
• Separate actions in São Paulo included a man jailed in Conchas after a video showed him whipping a horse, a woman arrested in São João da Boa Vista where 15 dogs were found in filthy conditions, and a detention in Capivari over dogs kept without food or water, with veterinary reports attached to inquiries.
• Four ducks and a goose recovered from a dumpster in central Rio are undergoing exams amid suspicion of theft from Parque Guinle, while authorities investigate a dog’s death in Volta Redonda and a municipal inquiry in Tarauacá over an injured dog at a public kennel.