Scots puppy farm gangsters use rented flats and fake families to earn trust of dog buyers

dogs were snatched from Scots streets in apparently linked thefts at the weekend. A four-year-old pregnant bitch Shiatzu/Chihuahua cross was taken from Scott Street, Stirling around 2pm on Saturday- being driven off by a man in a blue old-style Land Rover Discovery.

puppy farming has told how her daughter dropped to her knees in tears after their puppy died just hours after arriving at its new home. Glasgow mum Annemarie bought Pomeranian crossbreed, Angus, online as a present for her two young daughters.

coronavirus pandemic.The Scottish SPCA says it has recorded an increase in the number of calls to its helpline about unwanted animals, with more than 136,000 calls received in 2020.Its frontline team attended an average 214 incidents each day - nearly 78,000 across the year - with 3,369 animals rehomed and more than 7,000 others admitted to the National Wildlife Rescue Centre.A rise in demand for puppies has also led to an increase in the number of raids and seizures of dogs from low-welfare

Paisley. Tragic Stephen Quigley was discovered dead at around 7.20am on Wednesday, March 24, but was initially unidentified.

Love Island'sLaura Anderson is facing upset and asked for help after discovering that her beloved Pomeranian puppy Buddy is going bald. Scots born Laura, who recently moved house from Glasgow's West End to Stirling where she has moved in with her dad for the time being, admitted she was 'totally stressing out' over her puppy Buddy's condition.

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puppy was shot and killed on a Fife farm following an incident of sheep worrying. The pooch died just before 12pm on Tuesday on a farm in the Ballingry area.

Glasgow on Sunday afternoon.

puppy farmers. William and Maureen Mackenzie wanted to bring a dog into their home to love but have been devastated by the death of Jack Russell Sandy who died just days after they bought him.

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Read more. Police are investigating the sudden deaths of a man and woman found in a East Dunbartonshire property.Officers were called to a property on Station Road, Milngavie, around 11.30am on Sunday morning.

violence.The Irishman and a network of accomplices have flooded Scotland with sick puppies –many of which have died in agony of diseases like parvovirus and giardia.When one buyer investigated the man who sold her a sick pup, she was shocked to see a Facebook account in Mongan’s name and with his photos displaying images of shotguns, knuckle dusters and machetes.After the Record exposed Mongan and wife Ellie as key players in the puppy trafficking operation, we were inundated with reports of

dogs if it can be proved that action had to be taken to protect their livestock. It comes as part of a wider message from Greater Glasgow Police Division about worrying livestock.Worrying livestock means to attack or chase where animals are either injured or suffer in some way.

family are paying tribute to their tragic dog by putting out a bucket of free balls for other pets.Kerry Grace, 35, and husband Tom, 40, from West Kilbride made the emotional gesture this morning as they grieve their dog Kaiser.The 12-year-old American Cocker Spaniel had to be put down on Wednesday after vets discovered a cancerous lump in his leg.Kerry and Tom along with their seven-year-old son vowed never to forget him.They decided to put out a bucket at his favourite spot at Seamill beach in

shipbuilders'. American fashion giant Ralph Lauren is selling the blue coveralls, which have white markings across them, for an astonishing £620.

snake in the UK Stuart Stoddart was taking his black Labrador, Reuben, for an early morning walk yesterday when he spotted the large snake enjoying the sun near Ladhope Golf Course in Galashiels. The 51-year-old paramedic was alerted to the Adder when it scared a female runner and she warned him of its presence.

puppy farmers who have brought misery to hundreds of Scots. The pair, understood to have based themselves in different rental flats to escape detection, are accused of taking huge sums from families for gravely ill puppies.

puppy farmers who dropped her off lifeless on the doorstep of a Scots family. Little Skye was advertised for sale in Glasgow on Gumtree for £1000 and was bought by a family in Rutherglen.Mum Carolann Thomas, said the seller dropped the puppy off at their house on February 27 and everything seemed fine until they took Skye inside.She noticed immediately that the puppy was extremely underweight and could barely walk. Carolann said her paws and tail were covered in dog poo and urine burns.She told

border collie puppy Karma for £1000 from a female seller on Gumtree last week.The 38-year-old, from Kilwinning, had saved up money to purchase the dog for her two daughters aged 15 and nine. But the family were left heartbroken when Karma began to defecate blood and died just hours later.