A man has admitted causing unnecessary suffering to animals at a rescue centre he owned where 41 dogs were found dead.
Animal remains and a number of still-alive dogs were found during a raid at a property in Crays Hill, near Billericay, Essex, on 13 May.
Oaveed Rahman, 26, who lived at the site of the rescue centre in Hope Road, admitted harming 21 dogs and a cat, as well as 11 counts of fraud by false representation.
He will be sentenced, at another hearing at Basildon Crown Court, on 20 February.