Dogs Trust presents petition of 60,000 signatures to Oireachtas to ban puppy farms

Deputy James Lawless receiving the campaign petition from Suzie Carley, Executive Director of Dogs Trust Ireland. and Minnie, a Maltese crossbreed. Picture: Kenneth O’Halloran

Dogs Trust have delivered a petition to ban puppy farms — with nearly 60,000 signatures from the public — to the chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice.

It comes as a result of their campaign from November of last year which highlighted the "cruelty and suffering endured by dogs who live on puppy farms and the often-lenient punishments given to those who contravene the law".