by the end of the year. but high demand for booster appointments and lateral flow kits overwhelm the government s online systems. the american citizen anne sacoolas is to face criminal proceedings in the uk over the death of 19 year old harry dunn by dangerous driving. alongside the surge in demand for designer dogs during lockdown, a bbc investigation has found networks of breeders offering to arrange to cut dogs ears to create a look popular on social media. cropping a dog s ears is illegal in the uk but bbc wales investigates has found fraudulent pet passports being offered to help hide the origin of illegally mutilated dogs. wyre davies reports. good boy, griff. you ve been such a good boy.
the breeder denied doing anything illegal. we showed our evidence to an expert. i would say his practices are abhorrent. he s ultimately advocating an illegal, painful, unnecessary mutilation. it is all for cosmetic reasons. there is no health benefits to these dogs at all. the uk government says the planned changes to the law would restrict the importation of dogs with cropped ears and puppies under six months old. but as part of our investigation, we got hold of a blank foreign pet passport. this is what allows some breeders to claim they ve imported a dog with cropped ears to hide illegal activity here. an activity that can generate huge profits but in which designer dogs are often made to suffer. wyre davies, bbc news. you can watch the full investigation the hidden world of designer dog breeding at 7:35pm tonight on bbc one wales, and on iplayer. anne sacoolas, the american woman accused of causing the death of harry dunn by dangerous driving,
activity here. an activity which can generate huge profits but in which designer dogs are often made to suffer. you can watch the full investigation the hidden world of designer dog breeding at 7.35pm tonight on bbc one wales and on iplayer. now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. good morning. it is a lot quieter here in the studio than it was last night across the north of scotland. a pretty wild night with wins getting close to 80 mph which are going to die down today. try hazy sunshine in places and across northern england north and west wales they will be outbreaks of rain. to the south plenty of cloud. a south west wind and it has been a very mild start so far and it will
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they didn t realize that a purebred doesn t mean it s well bred. there s a lot of very poorly, poorly nonbreed standards out there and i wanted people to realize that not only were there cute little dogs like this in rescue but they were actually pure bred. they had been passed along. one isn t better than the other but people think that purebred is better. these are actually what you call designer dogs. chihuahuas and yorkies and this is a mother and this is a daughter. what was the story with sarah and molly? they were abandoned at a kill shelter. i think they were bought from the original breeder and then they didn t want them and so they took them look at this face. and so they had rotten teeth. we had to pull like 18 teeth from one. you know, they ve got like $500 dental work in them. they have a little mammary tumor and they they re fine now. they re fine now. they need homes. they re very bonded. is it true, joy, that they they re grateful.