El_Bee wrote: » In my experience the majority of dog breeders need to be dragged into the street and shot.
batgoat wrote: » Don't think such cruelty to animals can be explained away as trauma from a family tragedy. It's a pretty disturbing attitude towards animals to the point where it's not beyond possibility that he's a danger to people as well as animals. But definitely not a sudden thing to develop.
whisky_galore wrote: » People should wise the fcuk up and stop buying dogs from these breeders. Cut off their revenue.
Dog’s Aid patron and animal rights activist, Linda Martin, said she welcomed the fact the sentence was upheld. “This is a precedent now. This is going to make people realise that if you abuse animals, Ireland is not going to tolerate that anymore, and I think that is very, very important.” She said Ireland was known as the “Puppy Farming Capital of Europe”, which was “a terrible moniker to have”. “There are at least 1,000 premises out there like this (Kavanagh’s). Trust me, north, south, east and west, all operating with appalling cruelty, for the owners to make vast amounts of money”. “I’m not saying don’t breed dogs, because there are very decent breeders out there, and those dogs are very well cared for. I’m talking about the people who have hundreds of breeding bitches in the most appalling conditions. And the message has to go to them, we’re not going to tolerate it any longer.”
Irish Guitarist wrote: » Nothing dodgy about Carlow council at all. No way. https://evoke.ie/2019/04/10/news/irish-news/carlow-inspection-reports-james-kavanaghs-puppy-farm
anewme wrote: » There was also a long running thread in Carlow Section on Boards before the Court case. It had been running since the discovery of the "farm". After the Court case, I was going to post about this case as I feel it is a landmark in relation to change in tolerance of animal abuse and I found that thread. Rather than start another thread here, I added to that thread already open. I posted that this result should be recognised as a great result for animal welfare. A mod told me I was lucky I was not getting a ban from Boards and that I was either "sick or not aware of what happened". Then the thread has disappeared from Boards. It is not me that is sick and treated the animals like that and the thread should not have disappeared. Irrespective of what happened afterwards, it is a landmark ruling and yesterdays result strengthens that point.
[Deleted User] wrote: » I would imagine that the mod was referring to his sons death rather than your post about animal cruelty.
Deebles McBeebles wrote: » A million times yes. Adopt a dog if you want one. Plenty of older, well trained dogs are available. You don't all need an 8 week old pup that you can trace lineage back to the 1800's ffs.
RHJ wrote: » That's still not good excuse to remove a thread just because you are worried that someone might get upset with what is said.
Deleted User wrote: » I would imagine that the mod was referring to his sons death rather than your post about animal cruelty.
Deleted User wrote: » If it was at the time the lad died, I would agree with their decision. We don’t need add to the families heartache.
Grayson wrote: » Apparently the puppy breeding industry in this country is horrible. It's just loads of animal rights abuses. And there's a ridiculous amount of inbreeding to keep the different lines pure. I also don't get the desire to own a breed which has genetic defects. At this point in time it should be illegal to own a dog that has been bred to have defects. When you see the difficulties that animals like bulldogs have it's just horrible.
anewme wrote: » It was at the time to be fair, but you need to bear in mind this case has taken 3 years to come to Court and was frustrated at every hands turn by this man, who used every excuse in the book from depression to alcoholism to avoid taking responsibility for his crimes and avoid prosecution. I am very happy that the decision was upheld yesterday and he was not able to use these circumstances to avoid justice. He has avoided it long enough.
Deleted User wrote: » Don’t get me wrong. I’m happy that the decision was upheld. I’m also happy that Boards didn’t want to add to the families distress by allowing it be debated while they were coming to terms with their bereavement. As Darina Allen famously said, you can still love the sinner but abhor the sin.
strandroad wrote: » Another interesting aspect is how his farm passed its inspection by the Carlow county council just a few months before he was found out. The number of carcasses and the woeful state of the animals found alive all point to a long term development on his farm. Carlow CC refuses to publish inspection reports. They are also hiding reports on other ongoing puppy farm investigations. I don't know Carlow, how is it run?https://evoke.ie/2019/04/10/news/irish-news/carlow-inspection-reports-james-kavanaghs-puppy-farm
El_Bee wrote: » Even the "decent" breeders deliberately breed defects into certain dogs German Shepards for example are breed to have shorter back legs because it's the fashion at shows, absolutely disgusting.
Fr_Dougal wrote: » This has nothing to do with specific breeds of dogs, it’s to do with a greedy scumbag breeding dogs to send to rescue homes for profit.
Deleted User wrote: » I posted this earlier but got no response. “Does the county council actually visit the premises before issuing the license? There are also rules about the export of dogs. Are these enforced?”
Tombo2001 wrote: » My own view is that this sort of discussion really lets boards.ie down. Given the tragic circumstances of his family, which affect not just the guy himself but also his wider family - I dont know if he has other kids, but if he did - given the grief and trauma they are living with - and they were then shown this thread....which in social media age they probably will be.
[Deleted User] wrote: » I’m also happy that Boards didn’t want to add to the families distress by allowing it be debated while they were coming to terms with their bereavement.
Fr_Dougal wrote: » That’s not even what happened here. This scumbag realised that he could earn more money by breeding dogs, mistreating them, and then bring them to animal rescue centres in the U.K. to pocket >£50 per dog.
strandroad wrote: » It's unusual logic though, threads and news are not stopped when a gangland figure family member dies. Their crimes or relevant investigation or judocoal process or any systemic failures continue to be debated; what mods police and rightly so is only that any family references appearing are respectful.
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