This is pretty common online, and
almost always originating from shithole countries. I've never heard of Investigations or consequences, mostly due to the places of origin having little in the way of animal welfare. However, so many are so shittily produced it's obvious to most viewers and it has caused an uproar for a few years now, sporadically; mainly concerning content found on YouTube. Examples are places like VICE discussing it for only one article when it was/is a hot topic, and petitions (
one from about a year ago) made in vain by those disgusted by the practice.
There are exceptions though like The Dodo which isn't exactly new to hosting animal abuse, but then again they're in bed with animal rights nuts so it's pretty expected. The content they host is
generally believable or at least well-produced enough no one tends to notice unless they work in a relevant field or aren't already a biased fan of either The Dodo or the specific rescue/person featured. I wish I had examples on hand but one that stuck out to me a long while ago was a "rescue" in some shithole they featured, but the thing is, it's just some guy hoarding dogs. Including aggressive ones. And due to being in a shithole, he has no decent infrastructure to house such animals by themselves due to the quantity he owns, and before you know it there was dogs getting lose killing puppies, cats, etc, that he was
also hoarding. Of course they didn't mention that, but the you went through his "rescue's" social media posts, it was a semi-regular occurrence, while the dogs lived on dirt lots that were barely maintained to top it off. It went from "aww dog sanctuary/rescue in poor country" to "this is dog hell" real quick.
I will say though, it's a sliding scale because there's less egregious forms of abuse that totally slide in countries with decent animal welfare laws. Think things like: Refusing to put down an animal that is literally in constant agony because a random woman with no kids and too much money/time decided "it has the will to live!" whilst all the vets have attested there's no quality of life. Said animals become absolute cash cows almost immediately, and are forced to stay alive until it finally
cannot any longer.. I think that sort of content is definitely the most common The Dodo (and similar) features on a regular basis that contains abuse.