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Investigations
Puppy Love investigations have exposed many licensed puppy farms and agents, which have in turn been used to raise awareness and mount public pressure. We've provided footage and photos to Channel 5, BBC, and ITV Wales, the Guardian and many other media and animal protection organisations. As a consequence, puppy farms have been closed and also a pet shop.
When we hear about incidents of sick and dying pups we investigate where these puppies were bred, which leads us to Carmarthen, Wales, again and again. We then go undercover to check out the premises of these breeders.
The licensed breeding establishments you see on the films (see below) are just a few of many we have complaints against. It's almost a year since we were there last and despite concerns being raised nothing has changed.
The dogs are in bad condition since they are kept in filthy, barren enclosures and are never exercised. Many are even lacking in the very basics of life; water. Most of the time they are in semi-darkness and some are in solitary confinement for years on end. This is very stressful for dogs, who are pack animals; the stress takes its toll on both their physical and mental health.
On closer inspection of dogs we found rotten teeth, conjunctivitis, infected ears running with pus, mammary gland infections and matted coats.
All these conditions have been untreated for years and dogs are still expected to produce pups on every season regardless of their health. From what we have witnessed, especially on working farms, any old shed or barn will do to house dogs and they spend their lives in dark, dingy buildings with no outdoor runs or exercise given, the lucky ones get cleaned out once a day and fed and watered and that is it.
The farmers seem to think this is acceptable and have no care for the dogs. The consequence of this is that puppies are not socialised, adult dogs are often bred until they can breed no more and illnesses are left untreated, as going to the vets cost money.
We are often asked if we report what we find to RSPCA, the answer is yes. We have made statements and produced vet reports but no action was taken. We have had no explanation why.
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Part 2.
Puppy Love would like to thank Y Byd ar Bedwar and ITV Wales for allowing us to use this programme to educate more people to the horrors of puppy farming. Working with them was a pleasure.