Dear Supporter,
On Wednesday a group of ARAN members joined outspoken human rights campaigner and former 2011 presidential candidate, Senator David Norris, as he delivered a giant “Postcard” to the office of the Minister for Environment, Phil Hogan. Whilst Senator Norris held the “postcard” for media photographers, ARAN members held placards of a helpless puppy with the tagline ‘We Hear Your Cries and We’re Coming to Help’. Watch exciting footage of the event here.
Ireland is known as Europe’s puppy farming capital and this is for a very good reason. Hundreds of puppy farms operate across the country without any laws to govern their activities — the only hope of securing governance over these operations is the ‘Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2010’. For the last year ARAN has been working to ensure the legislation is signed into law and TV3’s recent ‘Animal A&E Investigates’ programme showed the need for the legislation to be enforced. The heartbreaking footage showed unscrupulous puppy breeders keeping female pregnant dogs in damp, dull, dirty and unhygienic ‘sheds’, where the animals appeared filthy, thirsty, hungry and deeply traumatised. Now that we have the Welfare of Greyhounds Act as part of Irish law, we must ensure the Minister signs the ‘Dog Breeding Establishments Bill 2010’ into law without delay.
Pictures from the event below
TAKE ACTION:-
Send the Minister a polite email outlining why these farms, if they must operate, should be monitored by such legislation to ensure blatant cruelty and suffering is stamped out. Urge him to enact the legislation as a matter of urgency, email:Philip.Hogan@oireachtas.ie.
ARAN believes that there should no puppy farms or dog breeding operations existing in Ireland or anywhere in the world, considering that tens of thousands of helpless and homeless dogs are killed in Irish pounds as well as millions around the world - there should be no need to breed an animalwhen there are thousands awaiting death in pounds and tens of thousands desperate for a good home in many rescue shelters across Ireland and around the world. ARAN’s message is to adopt, never buy and always to spay or neuter your companion animal.
As always, thanks to our supporters and members who ensure that cruelty to animals in this country and around the world does not go unnoticed and unchallenged.
Animal Rights Action Network (ARAN)
'Fighting animal abuse across Ireland'
P.S. To find out how you can take part in upcoming ARAN campaigns, press events, demonstrations and other events designed to bring attention to cruelty to animals, please get in touch.
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