‘The new drugs’: Northern Ireland gateway for £150m illegal puppy trade
by Lisa O'Carroll from on (#5QY2G)
Animal charity says gangs shipping diseased dogs to UK mainland
Northern Ireland has become a gateway for an abhorrent" multimillion-pound illegal trade in puppies in Britain in what has been called the new drugs trade by animal welfare investigators.
A BBC and Ulster Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigation found puppies were being bred in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland and illegally moved across to Great Britain through Belfast port to cater for the rocketing demand for pets during the Covid lockdown.
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