Dog breeding ‘must be regulated’

AN ANIMAL welfare organisation has again called for new regulations for the dog breeding industry after 50 dogs were removed from a “quagmire of muck and faeces” during a raid on a puppy farm in Co Waterford.

The dogs - 15 pure-bred puppies and 35 fully grown - were housed in a filthy makeshift kennel made from a stack of pallets on lands in Lissarow, Grange, Ardmore.

Some of the puppies were just days old in small pens filled with excrement. The dogs included King Charles spaniels, West Highland terriers and Shih-tzus, all popular domestic pets.