A mum-of-five who ran an unlawful puppy promoting business from her home has walked free from court. Carol Warr ended up earlier than magistrates after being caught breeding and promoting puppies illegally.
The 49-year-old marketed on the market quite a few litters of puppies throughout her two-and-a-half-year rip-off. The prosecution was introduced by Dudley Council following an investigation by its environmental well being officers.
Officers found Warr had been selling the sale of puppies together with Pomeranians and Pomeranians crossed with Chow Chows and Akitas. Even after being handed warnings about her unlawful work, she continued to breed and promote dogs for ‘monetary acquire’.
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Warr, of Fairgreen Gardens, Brierley Hill, admitted breeding dogs and promoting a business of promoting dogs with no licence between October 27, 2020, and April 27, 2023. The defendant was fined £480 and ordered to pay £415.92 prices, alongside a £192 sufferer surcharge when her case was heard at Dudley Magistrates’ Court on December 20.
Councillor Ian Bevan, the council’s cupboard member with duty for environmental well being, stated: “The wonderful and thorough investigation by our officers found Warr had been working a business promoting puppies from her home for a lot of years. As the dogs have been being bred and offered by the defendant for monetary acquire, she wanted to have a licence.
“Despite earlier warnings, Warr did not type this. Dog breeding licences are necessary as a result of they permit us as a council to make sure folks working such businesses know what they’re doing, and for us to make sure animal welfare is being maintained.
“For all the breeders who do adjust to the legislation, it is vital we ship out this message that those that don’t can be prosecuted and introduced earlier than the courts.”
