puppy trafficking. The escalating value of puppies, which peaked during the pandemic, when prices ranged from £3,000 to £7,000, has created rich opportunities for the criminally entrepreneurial in an illicit economy with an estimated value of £150 million a year.‘Like any industry – and it’s awful to think that puppies are an industry – it’s market-led and the more people keep buying puppies and forcing the demand, the more we see them come through,’ says Dave*, the manager of this quarantine centre, supported by the Dogs Trust, which rescues victims of the puppy trade.
More than 600 puppies have come through the quarantine centre in the last year – on the day of my visit there are around 30 trafficked puppies.Jackie, one of a litter of.
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