The founder of a £1 million charity who shared her home with 106 dogs has been banned from keeping animals for life after her pets were found living in “appalling conditions”.

Tamara Lloyd previously starred in a Channel 5 documentary about her animal sanctuary, where she spoke about her love of rescuing abandoned dogs.

But she was prosecuted by the RSPCA in 2020 after concerns were raised about welfare at Boston’s Alternative Animal Sanctuary, Lincs.

More than 70 cats, 14 pigs, as well as dogs, horses and turtles were among the animals kept in squalid conditions by Lloyd.

Police called it one of the “worst cases of animal neglect.”

A total of 14 Vietnamese potbellied pigs were found in an area described as dirty, with an accumulation of feces and urine and cluttered with debris.

There were also dead rats, overflowing dirty litter boxes, dirty stagnant water, and hazards littering the environment. Vets who visited the site said the animals had to be removed after seeing clear signs of illness and poor health.

The RSPCA said 70 cats were found without a suitable place to live, surrounded by urine, faeces and ammonia.

Some did not have access to adequate food or fresh drinking water, and one wild boar had a very ingrown tusk.

The Charity Commission also found that the sanctuary spent just £900,000 on animal care, from an £8 million fund raised by the public over seven years.

Lloyd was convicted of 17 welfare offenses and sentenced to a 10-year banning order in 2020. But after failing to appeal some of her convictions, she is now banned from keeping animals at life and ordered to pay £65,000.

Lloyd, who appeared on Channel 5’s The Woman With 106 Dogs, was also sentenced to eight months in prison, suspended for two years, when she returned to Lincoln Crown Court last week.

A court appeal verdict said: “We found that Ms Lloyd prioritized her beliefs about the animals’ psychological difficulties over their concrete and obvious physical ailments. She repeatedly struggled to accept the pain and suffering of the animals in her care.

“She kept virtually no record of the animals or the medical treatments they received, so much of what she says is a matter of assertion. His testimony was completely unreliable and lacked credibility.

Later, RSPCA inspector Kate Burris said: “The road to recovery has been long for many of the animals who were rescued, but they are now thriving. »