Overview

• The investigation began in February when a neighbor in Caspe found four two-to-three-day-old puppies abandoned in a garbage container.
• The puppies, suffering from hypothermia and starvation, received emergency care from a veterinarian in Alcañiz.
• Seprona agents used surveillance footage to identify a man who discarded two bags in the trash and linked him to the crime.
• Forensic DNA analysis confirmed that the man's dog was the mother of the abandoned puppies.
• The Guardia Civil formally opened a criminal case on April 27, with the owner under investigation for violating Spain's animal welfare laws.