not a chicken or dog left / Even chickens and dogs are not spared -- utter extermination. / Even fowls and dogs are not spared -- ruthless mass slaughter. / cruelty on the part of the marauders / No living thing, not a fowl, or a dog remained.
complete devastation (of land) / be devastated / be left in complete devastation / leave not even a blade of grass / not to leave even a blade of grass