Assisi Animal Sanctuary has been forced to stop taking in dogs due to a noise complaint from a neighbour at their Co Down site.
And the dogs they currently have on site, at least 12, must be placed in emergency foster care.
In the last 27 years the charity has rehomed more than 50,000 animals. And for 25 years before that, then called Whitespots and run by the USPCA, it was the best known dog charity in Northern Ireland, attracting people from all over the country who came to rehome a dog.
