The Lucy’s Law campaigner and PupAid founder explained up to 300 dogs were kept in dark, metal-walled barns with rats and not given clean water or proper food. He added their welfare was completely compromised as the puppies were left “damaged” and “at risk”. Speaking to Express.co.uk, Mr Abraham said: “When I went undercover in puppy farms, it’s basically dogs kept as agricultural animals which obviously they’re not designed to be.
“They’re kept in pens of sawdust and straw in metal-walled agricultural barns often in the dark. There have been plenty of documentaries about it.
“It’s very noisy because they’re barking all the time which obviously damages eardrums, especially for a newborn pup.
“They’re not given preventative healthcare by vets.
“They’re not given proper food, not given clean water.
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“There’s rats, there’s everything possible to compromise welfare.
“Puppies are removed too early which obviously has effects on the puppies in later life but obviously with the mother as well.
“Every single aspect of welfare is damaged or at risk in a puppy farm.
“We’re talking 200 to 300 breeding dogs is quite normal, sometimes more.”
He said: “They’re in these places that are almost unreachable like the Welsh Valleys or southern Ireland or eastern Europe that the public would never ever go and see.
“So why not breed as many dogs as possible and spend the least amount of money on them and basically keep them alive just to breed from.
“When they’re infertile they’re effectively useless and most of them are shot.
“It’s a brutal, horrific industry and hopefully it will be coming to an end soon.”