Pet industry's top dogs overlooked puppy factory cruelty complaints

By Eamonn Duff
Updated July 5 2015 - 9:08am, first published 12:15am
A South Australian RSPCA puppy factory in Adelaide Hills, which was found to be selling dogs to a pet store backed by the industry's peak body PIAA. Photo: Supplied: Oscar's Law
A South Australian RSPCA puppy factory in Adelaide Hills, which was found to be selling dogs to a pet store backed by the industry's peak body PIAA. Photo: Supplied: Oscar's Law
Dogs from the Adelaide puppy factory were funnelled to pet stores. Photo: photos@smh.com.au
Dogs from the Adelaide puppy factory were funnelled to pet stores. Photo: photos@smh.com.au
Scenes of horror: More than 175 dogs were removed from the Adelaide Hills puppy factory by the RSPCA. Photo: supplied: Oscar's Law
Scenes of horror: More than 175 dogs were removed from the Adelaide Hills puppy factory by the RSPCA. Photo: supplied: Oscar's Law
Oscar's Law founder Debra Tranter with five-year-old Oscar, who she rescued from a puppy farm. 
 Photo: Penny Stephens PKS
Oscar's Law founder Debra Tranter with five-year-old Oscar, who she rescued from a puppy farm. Photo: Penny Stephens PKS

Australia's pet industry peak body has been rocked by allegations that two successive chief executives overlooked advice relating to its retail stores selling puppies from inhumane breeding factories.

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