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Tenant vanishes, leaving dog in filth and unpaid rent

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A property agent in Nanning, China, discovered a tenant had disappeared after defaulting on rent, leaving behind a severely neglected Alaskan malamute and a flat filled with rubbish. The agent, surnamed Tang, found the one-bedroom apartment in a state described as a "canine kennel" with a pervasive foul odor. He shared a video of the scene, which went viral, and has since taken the dog for a veterinary check-up, reporting it to be underweight but otherwise healthy. AI

RANK_REASON This is a human-interest story about animal neglect and a defaulting tenant, not AI news.

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Tenant vanishes, leaving dog in filth and unpaid rent

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Alice Yan ·

    ‘Smells like hell’: Chinese woman disappears owing rent, abandons pet dog in filthy flat

    When a property agent in China went to check a flat leased by a woman who had defaulted on two months’ rent, he discovered she had disappeared leaving the room filled with rubbish and an abandoned dog. A shocking video showing the one-bedroom flat in Nanning, southwestern Guangxi…

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