ISPCA inspector 'horrified' at state of dogs on Cork puppy farm

The smell was so putrid that the inspector repeatedly retched, and there was so much faeces and sewerage she had to change into oilskins and rubber boots to inspect it, Mallow District Court heard

Judge Colm Roberts noted that for the State to suggest a custodial sentence in such circumstances was highly unusual. Picture: iStock

"Horrifying" conditions in a Cork puppy farm left emaciated dogs so disfigured they could only walk on their knees.

Vasyl Fedoryn had 13 dogs in “putrid” conditions, many with no water, their coats matted in faeces at his home in Ballypierce, Charleville, Cork.