Falintil's biggest problem today is the sheer numbers of refugees who have flocked for protection to their camps, swamping their capacity to feed them, let alone conduct military operations.

CNN: Back in the Thick of It

The Irish Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals said the owner had been making efforts to feed them but it had spiralled out of control.

BBC: 140 dogs rescued from one house in County Leitrim