35 DOGS RESCUED FROM ILLEGAL FIGHTING GANG; Gardai also find EUR165k of drugs in raid on rat-infested building.Byline: BY GARY ANDERSON CRIME REPORTER SHOCKED gardai smashed a drugdealing and dog-fighting ring when they raided rat-infested buildings, it emerged yesterday. Officers, accompanied by an animal protection team rescued 35 dogs from appalling conditions. It is suspected some terriers and bulldogs were being used in cruel illegal fighting and badger baiting. Gardai also seized EUR EUR In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Euro. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 165,000 of cocaine, cannabis and ecstasy and they found the remnants of a drug factory at the remote outhouses OUTHOUSES. Buildings adjoining to or belonging to dwelling-houses. 2. It is not easy to say what comes within and what is excluded from the meaning of out-house. in Tallaght, Co Dublin. Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is any of a number of animal welfare organisations whose operations include protecting and providing shelter to animals in danger. spokeswoman Orla Aungier said: "The level of cruelty these animals were being subjected to was really shocking. "There was no dry bedding. They had very dirty bodies and their coats were matted. There was a huge number of rats both alive and dead. The buildings were filthy, horrendous conditions. "But it's not a surprise to see people involved in other serious crimes treating animals in this way." DSPCA DSPCA Dublin Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals welfare officers called for Garda assistance when they followed up a tip-off from a concerned member of the public at 3.30pm on Monday. Two cats, two pigs and five rabbits were found along with the dogs in outbuildings on the run-down farm in the Mount Seskin area at the foot of the Dublin mountains. Investigators were met with an overpowering stench of urine and faeces and found some of the flea-ridden animals in cages - while one cat was found alive in a zipped-up sports holdall. The buildings were crawling with rats - with dozens dead in open drains. DSPCA officers believe the presence of cats and rabbits suggests thugs were trying to blood young terrier pups for badger-baiting. The rescued dogs range from pups up to adult females with some believed to be pregnant. They included greyhounds, lurchers, Yorkshire Terriers, English and American bulldogs, Dobermans, German Shepherds and other terrier breeds known to be used in badger-baiting. No one was at home at the time and no arrests have been made. Gardai said officers recovered 10,000 ecstasy tablets, half a kilo of cocaine worth EUR35,000 and 4.5 kilos of cannabis resin worth EUR30,000. Drug paraphernalia drug paraphernalia Controlled paraphernalia Substance abuse As defined in a regulatory context, DP is a hypodermic syringe, needle, metal or plastic (snorting) tube, or other instrument or implement or combination adapted for the administration of controlled - including a pneumatic press, weighing scales and a generator - was also seized along with the gas-operated air pistol and several hundred steel ball bearings. A computer hard drive was taken away for analysis by Garda IT experts. The animals were taken to the DSPCA refuge in Rathfarnham, South Dublin, where they were being examined by vets yesterday. Staff are concerned about the risk of leptospirosis leptospirosis (lĕp'təspīrō`sĭs), febrile disease caused by bacteria of the genus Leptospirae. The disease occurs in dogs, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, and horses and is transmissible to humans. or Wails disease, which can be passed to humans, due to the number of rats at the scene. The level of cruelty these animals were subjected to was disgusting DSPCA'S ORLA AUNGIER YESTERDAY CAPTION(S): NEGLECTED Dog found during raid in Tallaght, Dublin; GRIM Terrier dogs and, left, caged cat |
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