Our website has been created to raise awareness to the horrors of what is generally known as "Puppy Farming"
If you would like to give any information about puppy farms anonymously, please use the form on our contact page. For a list of puppy sellers to avoid see here.
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Puppy farming
Puppy farms are large-scale breeding premises. The aim of puppy farms is to make money, no matter the cost to the dogs, who are kept in cramped and cruel conditions. The puppies are sold through pet shops, internet and newspaper ads.
Puppy farms in the UK have been found to have as many as 150 breeding dogs, most kept locked inside 24 hours a day, often in complete darkness. They are usually located on farms in barns, disused chicken houses garages or any disused outbuilding. The dogs are forced to eat, sleep and give birth in the same area they urinate and defecate; something they would never do given the choice.
Dogs on puppy farms are often neglected; matted coats, infected eyes and ears and rotten teeth are just a few of the painful conditions the dog suffer. When breeding dogs become too old and exhausted to continue producing puppies they are killed or discarded. The puppies also often have behavioural and psychological problems, such as aggression and fearfulness, because they are not exposed to the outside world.
We carry out undercover investigations to provide evidence of the cruelty of puppy farms so we can educate people and put pressure on those with the power to close them down.
Ireland & Wales: the puppy farming capitals
Puppy farms are most common in Wales and Ireland; the puppies they produce are sold in pet shops all over the UK and through newspaper ads and the internet. There are currently no laws in Ireland to regulate puppy farming which is no doubt why the country has become the "puppy farming capital" of Europe. It is estimated that 50,000 trafficked puppies are believed to be imported from Ireland each year, most destined for pet shops in Southern England. The county of Carmarthenshire in Wales alone is thought to produce 28,000 puppies a year.
We hold demonstrations outside pet shops that sell puppy farm dogs as part of our work to raise public awareness and to convince pet shops to stop fuelling this cruel trade.
Puppy farms are not illegal
Puppy farms in England, Wales and Scotland are licensed by their local council and are not illegal. The premises are inspected by the council who issue the license every year. The inspections focus on the premises and little attention is paid to the health and well being of the dogs. It is the responsibility of the licensing council to ensure dog breeding facilities in their area meet high welfare standards and in many instances they fail to do this; particularly in Wales.
We focus much of our efforts on lobbying the the Welsh Assembly and local authorities where there are most puppy farms, such as Carmarthenshire.
If you feel, like us, that a ban on puppy farming is long overdue - then please join us.
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