Dozens of dogs rescued from scam shelter in Uganda (opens in new tab)

Dozens of dogs have been rescued in raids by police and animal rights organisations in Uganda as they were discovered to have been kept in sham shelters. These shelters used the dogs for social media scams, in which the owners depicted the dogs in distress to claim hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of donations from dog lovers across the globe. One suspect was arrested during the raids, which targeted three shelters, with two more at large. Owen Godfrey Membe has pleaded not guilty to a c...