'Puppy farm capital' Ireland dogged by trafficking
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ILLEGAL dog-breeding on an industrial scale has turned Ireland into the "puppy farm capital of Europe", according to campaigners who say a recent crackdown is failing to curb the lucrative business.
Thousands of puppies worth hundreds of euros each are shipped to British ports and then on to mainland Europe every year, many of them secreted in the back of vans and cars.
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