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16/02/2025
🔴 (Alleged) Animal Abuser at Large 🔴 | Alicia Jane Woods, 38, a commercial dachshund breeder from Ogbourne St George, Marlborough, Wiltshire.
On 2 February Dachshund Rescue UK - Finding Forever Homes were called to deal with an emergency situation at a cottage in the village of Ogbourne St George, near Marlborough.
Rescuers found dozens of dachshunds at what has been deemed by an eyewitness a "house of horror" where unwell dogs and puppies had been left in unimaginable squalor and without food and water.
In a Facebook post the rescue wrote that the operation was "unprecedented in the size of the numbers involved. This included dachshunds with injuries in need of immediate treatment, whelping puppies needing support, a number of pregnant bi***es, and there were other medical issues too numerous to mention."
The person responsible for the dogs' care, Alicia Woods - a commercial breeder who has shown dogs at Crufts - had been admitted to hospital days earlier. But the witness - a breeder himself - said the state of the home was the result of months of neglect rather than just a few days.
He said that much of the cottage's interior was covered in urine and compacted faeces, with other hoarded junk, mess and paperwork strewn around the home, along with a living room sofa shredded to pieces, and wet flooring from a flowing tap in the kitchen.
Around 35 dogs were running around freely, though some were tied together and others were pregnant.
There were no food or water bowls - the dogs were being fed dried food thrown onto bin lids which were covered in excrement.
He added that a box with three puppies from overseas that had been dropped off by a courier was left near the entrance, some dogs in the bedroom had eye issues, and there was an “overwhelming” smell of ammonia.
Along with the fully-grown dachshunds, there were six litters of puppies around the house, including one in a closed bedroom closet as well as others penned in the annex and living on tarpaulin with underweight mothers who also had eye issues.
The breeder said: “What I witnessed at that property, I have never experienced before and never want to experience again – the sights, the sounds, the smells, the heat, the squalor, and vile conditions, it was overwhelming.
“After some time, we managed to locate and extract our dogs though due to the conditions, the sheer number and poor visibility inside the ruined property, they were not easy to catch to identify.
“Other breeders came, then the authorities along with animal welfare and finally the dogs were all freed."
All of the dogs are safe and receiving care, but, astonishingly, it seems that Alicia Woods is not to face prosecution.
A Wiltshire Police spokesperson said that no crimes have been recorded and the case is being closed with no formal action taken.
https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/24927622.70-dachshunds-abandoned-without-food-water-ogbourne-st-george/
