Dogs Trust have actually provided a petition to restriction puppy farms — with almost 60,000 signatures from the general public — to the chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice.
It comes as an outcome of their campaign from November of in 2015 which highlighted the “cruelty and suffering sustained by dogs who reside on puppy farms and the often-lenient penalties offered to those who contravene the law”.
As part of this campaign, the charity asked the general public to support their require harder penalties for puppy farmers by signing their online petition.
Dogs Trust provided this petition, consisting of 59,907 signatures, to James Lawless on Thursday.
Speaking about the petition, Mr Lawless said: “Organisations like Dogs Trust see a lot of dogs being available in from puppy farms with substantial behavioural issues.
Mr Lawless, who owns a dog himself, kept in mind there should be “absolutely no tolerance” for cruelty or disregard of any puppy or dog.
He included: “Studies have actually revealed that where there is a concentrate on socialisation in the very first couple of weeks of a puppy’s life, there is a smoother shift to life in a family home.”
Dogs Trust executive director Suzie Carley said: “Sadly we have actually seen the scary in a lot of dogs’ eyes since of the cruelty and disregard they suffer on puppy farms.
“Many mums are so distressed and closed down when they enter our care that they don’t bark or make a noise. As a charity, we are typically delegated get the medical and behavioural costs of getting these poor dogs to a condition where they can be rehomed.
“It’s not a deterrent and will not help to mark out this repellent trade, we wish to see modification.”
