ISPCA: buy puppies from reputable breeders

GIVE power to the puppies this Christmas by buying pets from reputable breeders

That was the message from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) yesterday, which has spent €100,000 this year exposing appalling cruelty in four disreputable puppy farms.

ISPCA spokeswoman Niamh Delahunty said one of the worst cases they came across was in Tipperary where 110 dachshunds were kept in makeshift wooden containers with very little food and water.