Puppies rescued from a 'scene from hell'

Workers were instrumental in rescuing almost 200 Yorkshire terrier puppies and a ten-year-old German shepherd found packed in crates in a shed at Hurstpierpoint.

Centre manager and chairman of the trustees, Colette Marshall, said the trust had taken on 89 of the terriers and the German Shepherd.

'We've vet checked them all but it will be weeks before they are re-homed. We have to sort out health problems first.

The animals were found when a widow died at her isolated home. Rescuers also found 30 cats.