Long awaited legislation outlaws puppy farming in Ireland

I say it's high time, and I wish we had this same law in the US...I cannot bear to think of all the animals that are used as lab experiments, dog fighting rings, and just abandoned and mistreated....I pray that in my lifetime it all stops. Breeders should only be allowed to create as many animals as they can prove there are responsible, loving homes for BEFORE the mother animal is bred.

Theres also the DSPCA in Dublin Lausane who take in more dogs than the pound but they do not euthanize them if they dont get housed.

I should have added in my last post that we are very disappointed that our new President has opted to buy a puppy from a breeder, instead of taking a rescue pup or dog from one of the several local dog sanctuaries that are within a stone's throw of his residence!! Dublin's one and only dog pound, Ashton Pound, which is always busting at the seams with stray and abandoned dogs, literally dying for want of a new home, is a five minute drive from the President's residence in the park. President Higgins, you have a big house and garden there in the Pheonix Park-get yourself over to the pound and get a couple of nice mutts to liven up the place! He should be setting an example by taking a rescue dog- not buying from a breeder!!

Arent you glad youre not Irish so Georgie!

It is high time that this legislation,has been passed in Ireland.This legislation should be mandatory in every country,because,puppy farming,and animal abuse is a world wide practice.Puppy farmers are in this business purely to make money.No care or regard or veterinary treatment is deemed necessary by these cruel and explotive people.The female dogs are breeding machines,and when they are no longer able to breed,usually do to lack of care,they are discarded like an old sock.I am an Australian and puppy farming also happens here.

i am delighted that ireland has chosen to end this practice, but i am still waiting for the dog LENNOX to go home to his 7 year old friend! he has been jailed for over 1 year now , and he was dna tested and is not a pitbull, so what is preventing him from being released?

not before time,wicked/ immoral/ money driven exploitive/ cruel,a stain on our nation and people,should be no room in ireland for enterprises of this nature,end it ,

The Irish have an atrocious record with regard to animal abuse. I was just reading the online Irish Independent and it was talking about a "farmer" who left a donkey tied up and standing in its own excrement. It got no food or drink for days. When it finally went down it was trod on by a herd of cattle. Mercifully, the donkey has died. I could write a book about the cruelties doled out to horses in Ireland. The idiot Bono a few years ago lent his name to a campaign to allow children and teenagers in suburban communities to keep horses. Of course then he went off to his yacht on the Cote d'Azur and forgot about the horses. But now the authorities in Ireland are overrun by cases of neglect of those same horses. Some cases are simply that the owners have no money to feed their horses. Other cases show the dirty dark side of Ireland, despicable cruelties to defenseless animals. You see, there is a pattern in Ireland--abuse of children sprang from the same society where abuse of animals was endemic.

We need that kind of law here in the USA but I fear the majority of pet stores would shut down any thing like that since it keeps them in cheap animals to sell at high price. So we just battle them one at a time, one shuts down and they just move somewhere else. breaks my heart.

Didnt hear anything about this at all but Im delighted that all the campaigning has finally paid off!

This very needed and welcomed bill is a victory for compassion and sanity. Let's just hope that its vigorously enforced.

Filled with grief, sadness and shock at how this outrageous situation is allowed...heart goes out to all the animals that have suffered in these deplorable places for profit...a life is held in such low esteem..I just die with each outrage..so be it

I can never understand the abuse of an animal. The first thing a child is given as a toy is a stuffed animal because it is soft and cuddly. The respect love and care for an animal should start in the home from infancy through the age of reason and beyond. Puppy mills, farms whatever you choose to call them are a disgrace and should be banned worldwide. I guess it should not be too shocking as there is little if any respect for human life let alone a dogs! This world of ours is a very sad place and we all need to start changing it for the better.

It is beyond my comprehension why anyone would want to treat dogs in such a heinous, contemptible manner! Where are peoples' compassion and common sense? Now, find all these poor pups kind, loving homes and do NOT just take them out and "euthanize" them for the sake of "convenience," and for God's sake please don't let them end up in lab experiments and dog fighting circles!