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If we look at vaccines for — for dogs, they are prescription—only medications, so they have to be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon. he's not a licensed seller of these medications and he's not a veterinary surgeon, so that is where the illegal activity is happening. we also asked daniela about the second breeder, joshua harty. .. ..and his associates. this sounds like a horrendous syndicate — multiple people involved at multiple different stages with these dogs. at one point, they said they're moving the puppies at a certain point because they don't need the mother anymore. that's not ...

As rickyjust told us, cropping is illegal in the uk. but online, you're struck byjust how many dogs in this country have had the procedure, and how popular it seems to have become. we contact the breeder, joshua harty, again. he agrees to sell us a pup. but what about its ears?

The cuts that we've experienced over recent years, and i think this year, to date, we've had 400 reports into trading standards across wales about illegal dog breeding. authorities can't deal with that. so, you know, we have got now an established team, that has a wales—wide remit, that's specifically looking at illegal dog breeding, but still, 400 complaints is a significant amount of work. but what about the backyard breeders who told us they could help arrange to have dogs is cut to have dogs�* ears cut and provide dodgy passports? joshua harty from cardiff's finest bulls, offered us th...

Cropping of ears is an illegal mutilation. it's done for no other reason than, as he said, cosmetic reasons. it's all for status. there is no health benefits to these dogs at all. if we look at vaccines for dogs, they are prescription only medications. so, they have to be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon. he's not a licensed seller of these medications and he's not a veterianry surgeon, so that is where the illegal activity is happening. we also ask daniella about the second breeder, joshua harty... ..and his associates. this sounds like a horrendous syndicate — multiple people involved at...

And what he's suggesting? it's all illegal. it's all completely illegal — the cropping of ears, the false passports. everything about this is a dodgy system. i think this whole situation, however, talks to a more — a wider social issue here. we are harming these dogs purely because we want them to look a certain way. the reason this is happening is because there is a loophole that allows the importation of dogs with cropped ears. and that's just acting as a smokescreen, clearly, for it happening in the uk. the uk government plans to close the loophole and ban the importation of dogs with c...