Puppy farms - The cruelty continues

THERE will be red-faces at the Department of Environment following the discovery of yet another appalling puppy farm where the treatment meted out to hapless animals can only be described as cruel, inhumane, and unacceptable by every civilised standard.

Despite repeated calls for a crackdown on such activities, the Department has been notoriously slow to introduce laws to curb these farms.

A report from a working group on the Management of Dog Breeding Establishments, in response to cases of mistreatment of dogs at puppy farms, was not acted upon by former Environment Minister Martin Cullen.