ALV Exposes and Shuts Down
Dog Farming Hellhole
For a full report visit Prisoners For Profit
ALV's undercover investigation at a Beremboke puppy factory farm received national media coverage setting off a public outcry with Victorian Premier John Brumby even joining the fight to shut it down. ALV's Openrescue team took video footage of breeding dogs trapped in appalling conditions - forced to eat rotten maggot infested meat on a filthy floor and laying in their own excrement. The Geelong Advertiser gave it fornt page coverage three days in a row (Feb 25th 26th 27th). The Paxton's were taken to VCAT by the Council and forced to remove all but five dogs.
While Premier John Brumby did speak out against the mistreatment
of these dogs, he won't go as far as saying that animal protection
laws need to be strengthened. However, the fact that many other puppy farms just like this one are allowed to continue operating with the full
knowledge of the authorities, simply highlights that the current laws
are not sufficient.
We need to let John Brumby know
that the public wants an end to this cruelty, that the Beremboke puppy
farm is not an isolated incident, in fact thousands of dogs are
suffering right now in equally squalid conditions in puppy farms across
Victoria and the rest of Australia. Until puppy farms are banned and
the sale of animals in pet shops is banned, this will continue to
happen.
How You Can Help
Please write to John Brumby and tell him that puppy farms are a
disgrace, that you want new legislation to ban the factory farming of
dogs and the sale of animals in pet shops, that you support Oscar's Law
john.brumby@parliament.vic.gov.au
Please send a copy of the same letter/email to Ted Baillieu:
ted.baillieu@parliament.vic.gov.au
If you haven't voted for Oscar's Law on the Premier's website please do now!
Please also sign the petition in support of Oscar's Law here.
Background Information
On February 22 ALV's Openrescue team investigated a puppy farm at
Beremboke between Bacchus Marsh and Geelong. Members took video footage
of around 40 dogs trapped in appalling conditions - forced to eat
rotten meat on a filthy floor and laying in their own excrement.
ALV Puppy Campainer Debra Tranter is demanding that the owners be prosecuted for cruelty.
The ALV investigation has made front page news on the Geelong Advertiser three days in a row (Feb 25th 26th 27th). To read the news coverage of this investigation and listen to radio interviews click on the links below.
Newspaper articles:
Geelong Advertiser - Feb 27th
Geelong Advertiser - Feb 26th
Geelong Advertiser - Feb 25th
Herald Sun
The Age
Moorabool Leader
The Courier
Radio interviews:
ABC Sydney Radio
ABC Ballarat
3AW Radio
Read more about ALV's ongoing campaign to ban puppy farms and Oscar's Law here.
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