Puppy farming has been outlawed in Ireland – with harsh penalties now imposed on anyone who breaks the country’s new laws.
Legislation banning puppy farms came into effect on New Year’s Day as the government looks to clean up the country’s act.
The move comes after Ireland became known as the Puppy Farm of Europe.
Campaigners have fought for years to protect puppies from unscrupulous breeders.
Now two laws – the Welfare of Greyhounds Act and the Dogs Breeding Establishments Act – have been introduced to control dog breeding and force breeders to look after their animals properly.
The new anti-puppy farming legislation makes it impossible to produce hundreds of puppies in grim conditions.
Puppy Farms, Puppy Mills, same thing……Congratulations to the Government of Ireland for pulling out all the stops of this illegal profiteering and making dogs suffer because of greed. These people need to be locked up for running a corrupt money gaining, exploitive and unjust treatment of animals. It takes “whistle blowers” and people like me that are the voice of these abused animals and the abusive owners they forced to call their owners. I really hope that one of these abusive and greedy lot get thrown in jail for their misdeeds….They need to be trashed within an inch of their lives.