If you decide to buy a puppy from a commercial business, it is important to be very careful and do your research first. Never buy your puppy from the internet or a pet shop as you will have no guarantee where they came from. Find a breeder who allows you to visit the premises and see the parent animals and the conditions in which they live. The RSPCA’s Smart Puppy Buyer’s Guide provides comprehensive information on how to ensure that your puppy had a great start in life.

CAUTION: Many dog breeders claim to be a ‘registered breeder’, but this doesn’t give any guarantees. Often this simply means that they have registered as a business with their council which may have no relevance for the welfare of the animals in their care. But even when a breeder is a member of a breed association or breeders organisation one still has to be careful. While such organisations do have rules and guidelines for their members, being ‘registered’ does not necessarily mean a breeder is responsible or meets good animal welfare standards.

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It was the inhumane breeding facility that sparked a NSW parliamentary inquiry into puppy factories.

Last year, a joint investigation by The Sun-Herald and animal rights group Oscar's Law exposed a puppy farm near Inverell, in northern NSW, where conditions were so deplorable, dogs were living inside old portable water containers. Their only purpose, to pump out never ending litters of "pure bred" pups being sold online for as much as $1500 each.

Resulting raids by NSW Police and the RSPCA confirmed a string of animal welfare breaches. Dogs were rescued. Notices were served. Eight months on, not only have those squalid conditions worsened, the government inquiry has tabled recommendations which, if approved next month, do not empower the RSPCA to close non-compliant sites or seize dogs because they are found at such locations.

A registered pet enterprise which promotes itself as a rescue organisation and collects public donations, is discovered abusing dogs. Peter Wicks reports.

A LONG TIME AGO I had a mate at work that we all called Curly, I can't even remember his real name. 

We called him Curly, not because had had curly hair, but because he had none — in fact he was a skinhead.

It is the same logic we use when we call someone Shorty when they are clearly so tall they duck when going through doorways.

I wonder if this is the same logic that Simone Dines of pet enterprise “Off The Chain Rescue” used.

A few weeks ago, in a little place called Blind Bight near Cranbourne in Victoria, residents bunkered down in fear as a man let loose with a shotgun. The man was screaming abuse at neighbours and firing at their houses with a shotgun — one woman with a young child was reportedly deeply traumatised.

In the end, helicopters were called in, streets were cordoned off, residents were advised to stay indoors and eventually the man was arrested. How nobody was injured or even killed was nothing short of a miracle.

The man, whose name is Troy Scoble, was arrested on site and released later after reportedly cooperating with police, although investigations are continuing. Why he was released back into the community so soon after going mad with firearms in a community is rather bewildering. 

So what was the cause of this madness?

Scoble had a few dogs on the property he lived on with his parents — well quite a few in fact. He has had issues with several councils over the years regarding his tendency to procure and hold large numbers of unregistered dogs. These dogs were all dogs of breeds used for hunting: Staffie crosses, American Bulldogs and Staghounds. It is unclear how many of these dogs were his as many were unregistered and had no micro-chips but there were approximately 40 dogs on the property.

These dogs were held next to the house and some in a clearing in bushland several hundred metres from the house.

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https://independentaustralia.net/life/life-display/in-chains-an-abuser-brands-themselves-as-a-rescuer,9052