Tiny Japanese home 'filled' with 164 starving dogs

Experts say extreme animal hoarding cases are linked to poverty, isolation and ageing population

Health officials in Japan have found 164 emaciated dogs crammed into a tiny house, in the latest case of animal hoarding that experts say is linked to poverty, isolation and the ageing population.

The parasite-infested animals were found in a 30 square-metre (323 square feet) house in Izumo, a city in western Japan, last month following complaints from neighbours.