Ireland’s SHAMEFUL negligence of barbaric PUPPY FARMS must be addressed.
Despite Ireland being known as the Puppy Farming capital of the world, dog breeding licenses are awarded to ruthless individuals who breed dogs for greed at the expense of dogs. Puppies bought from puppy farms are more likely to develop illnesses and have long-term problems with their behaviour. The worst part is a lot of owners won’t even know they’re buying from a puppy farm.
BAN online sale of dogs
The unscrupulous Puppy Farming industry supplied an estimated 66,000 puppies into the UK alone in 2021. Make no mistake puppies die through sales on line. Encouraging ‘one-click’ impulse buying behaviour often ending with puppies being dumped. Apart from adding to the pressure on rescue agencies, purchasing online brings untold cruelty and tragedy for the helpless dog or pup.
Regular COMPULSORY random INSPECTION of Dog Breeding Establishments.
The Dog Breeding Establishments Act, 2010, which came into force in Ireland at the beginning of 2012, outlines strict animal welfare regulations for anyone keeping six or more female dogs, which are more than six months old and are capable of breeding. Yet flying in the face of legislation, ‘Puppy Farmers’ are granted licenses. Rather than through compulsory random inspection empowering local authorities to simply withdraw a licence, in line with legislation.
Appoint Dept of Agriculture as SOLE GOVERNING BODY to implement, police & ENFORCE ‘Animal Welfare Act 2013’ & ‘Control of Dogs Act’.
As a means to realistically end the current abdication of statutory responsibility to animal welfare. With the introduction of a cohesive centralised approach to maintaining and enforcing animal welfare legislation as centre-stage in Government, aided by an ‘All-Party, Parliamentary Dog Advocacy Group’.
Establish dedicated Animal Welfare Unit in every GARDA DISTRICT to ENFORCE Animal Welfare Protection Legislation.
In addition to tackling local cruelty and neglect cases, The Animal Welfare Unit would encourage responsible dog ownership. Motivating owners to benefit from a dog license scheme that offered benefits: training and behaviour advice, nutrition and Vet advice, as well as a sense of community and responsibility that is morally mandatory.