TV sanctuary boss banned from keeping pets after 200 found in squalid conditions

THE founder of a £1million animal rescue charity who shared her home with 106 dogs has been banned from keeping pets for life after they were found in "appalling conditions".

- Adam Dutton

Tamara Lloyd once starred in a Channel 5 documentary about her animal sanctuary, where she spoke of her love of rescuing abandoned dogs.

But she was prosecuted by the RSPCA in 2020 after concerns were raised about welfare at the Alternative Animal Sanctuary in Boston, Lincs.

More than 70 cats, 14 pigs, along with dogs, horses and terrapins were among the beasts being kept in squalid conditions by Lloyd.

Police labelled it as one of the "worst ever cases of animal neglect".

A total of 14 Vietnamese potbellied pigs were found homed in an area described as being dirty, with faeces and urine accumulation and cluttered with debris.