DUBLIN: Up to 100 defenceless puppies have been rescued from filthy conditions at Holyhead Port after being smuggled into the country.
An operation led by the RSPCA found Beagles, Basset Hounds, Labradoodles and Pomeranians that would have meant a “cash bonanza” for whoever planned to sell them on.
They had been hidden behind bales of hay in two lorries that were intercepted at the port. They had no ventilation, food or water, and some were as young as six weeks old.
Ian Briggs, of RSPCA’s special operations unit, said: “These poor puppies were being carted into Wales in deeply inappropriate conditions in the early hours of the morning. “Sadly, to unscrupulous dealers, these young pups are nothing more than a cash bonanza – and dealers would have been targeting tens of thousands of pounds from these shipments.
