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Animal Welfare
Advice
06
small
talk
?
Where is your
Christmas
puppy
coming from
If you were planning to
buy a puppy for Christmas,
then think again!
An interview with
Marc Abraham
BVM&S MRCVS
Winner of 'Vet of the Year'
CEVA Animal Welfare
Awards 2014.
Founder of PUP AID campaign
against puppy farming.
Puppy farming is the mass
commercial production of
puppies purely for profit and
without a thought for the
welfare or happiness of the
pup, breeding bitch, or stud
dogs. On puppy farms the
breeding dogs and pups are
usually kept in horrific dark
conditions, totally unsocialised
and riddled with both
infectious and hereditary,
often incurable, diseases. These
poorly pups are then sold en
masse to pet shops, garden
centres, online, or from free
newspaper ads and usually
die soon after reaching their
new home.
Marc Abraham is the founder
of PUP AID, which was set up
to raise awareness as well as