Torture Dog Breeding by Convicted Drug Dealer

The picture posted on Twitter by Jemima Harrison is incredible.  

What the hell is this?  It’s more Rorschach test than puppy picture.  

Where are the eyes?  

Where is the nose?

Jemima linked to an article ("Designer Dugs; Convicted drug dealer runs a high-tech canine fertility service with qualified vet") and a quick Google search found an earlier article in the Scottish Daily Record with a notable headline and kicker:

Drug dealer shot in face runs posh pooch clinic for gangsters' favourite dogs

Puppy farmer Scott Bennett offers hi-tech ultrasound scanning, DNA sampling and sperm shipping for Bulldogs.

A drug dealing puppy farmer is running a breeding operation for controversial designer dogs.

Scott Bennett and his wife Lynne Brockett have set up a sophisticated clinic in Strathaven, Lanarkshire, close to a kennels complex he erected without planning permission.

Bennett, who was shot in the face in a suspected gangland hit in December, is using sperm from overseas and stud dogs in Scotland to breed types like English and French bulldogs – as well as American bullies, which are favoured by gangsters and can change hands for thousands of pounds.

The Platinum Dog Care Scotland business offers ultrasound scanning in identical fashion to that used on pregnant women.

Bennett also administers artificial insemination, progesterone testing, DNA sampling and sperm shipping, as well as microchipping of pups.

Despite his background, Bennett’s puppy business has been successful and his state-of-the-art facilities include an operating bench, microscopes and an ultrasound machine.

Because the procedures are non-invasive, they do not need to be carried out by vets.

 

You would think local zoning officials, the SSPCA, business licensing, and the neighbors in Strathaven -- a small market town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland -- would put this fellow out of business in short order. 

Perhaps that will soon happen.  It's a good sign that the SSCA, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons and the Veterinary Medicines Directorate have visited along with local police.