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JE News Desk: As many as 14 street dogs have been rescued from a house in south Delhi's Greater Kailash area where they were confined in a miserable condition by a woman, Delhi Police said on Thursday.

The officials said that for the past two to three years, a woman has been housing stray dogs within her flat without providing them with proper nutrition, care and protection.

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"The entire staircase to her apartment was littered with the urine and faeces of the street dogs. Even basic standards of hygiene were not to be seen in the area surrounding the apartment. There was a foul smell all over the surrounding area of her flat," an officer said.

Soon after the matter came to light, the case has been registered at Greater Kailash-1 Police Station under sections 269 and 291 of IPC and carried out an investigation.

During the investigation, the alleged woman was repeatedly requested to hand over the dogs to Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) teams for their treatment, but she was not cooperating, the officer said.

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According to the police, a search warrant was also obtained from the court to rescue the dogs from her apartment but she didn't comply even after that.

"The woman was repeatedly requested to hand over the dogs to SPCA/MCD teams for their treatment but remained adamant and wasn't cooperating. A search warrant was issued by the court and the woman was, again, requested to hand over the dogs to the SPCA team for their treatment but she didn't comply," the officer added.

The dogs rescued in the operation were shifted to a veterinary hospital in Delhi for further treatment.

"During the rescue operation, it was found that the 14 street dogs were in a miserable state inside her apartment. They were rescued and kept in the animal vans in the presence of veterinarians. With due care, they were shifted to a veterinary hospital for further treatment," he added.
Police said the accused was counselled by the IHBAS team in the presence of her lawyer.


(With ANI Inputs)