Police seize 101 sausage dogs from seven homes across Greater Manchester in crackdown on illegal puppy traders

• Sausage dogs were seized from Rochdale, Heywood, Oldham and Little Hulton
• Nine homes are suspected of selling 101 dogs without a license in Manchester
• Thirty police took pups to RSPCA which put them in kennels, on November 12
• A number of individuals are under investigation but no arrests have been made 

Police have seized 101 sausage dogs from nine homes across Greater Manchester in a crackdown against illegal puppy traders.   

The dachshunds were pulled from breeders in Rochdale, Heywood, Oldham and Little Hulton in Salford who were suspected of selling dogs without a license.

Thirty police then took the pups to the RSPCA which put them in kennels across the county, on November 12.

Police have seized 101 sausage dogs from nine homes across Rochdale, Heywood, Oldham and Little Hulton in Salford after receiving complaints from neighbours who suspected they were selling dogs without a license

It was a result of a two-month investigation after police received complaints from neighbours.     

Mark Widdup, director of neighbourhoods at Rochdale council, told Manchester Evening News: ‘It is really pleasing that we have been able to execute the warrants successfully and place the dogs into care.

RSPCA officers partnered up with Greater Manchester Police and Rochdale Trading Standards to execute warrants in the addresses.

The raids were a result of a two-month investigation into illegal puppy farming in Greater Manchester and a number of individuals are currently under investigation in relation to the discoveries

But the sausage dogs are not available for adoption as they still form part of an investigation, according to an RSPCA spokesperson.      

Rochdale council have said a number of individuals are currently under investigation but no arrests have been made.   

Greater Manchester Police has been approached for comment. 

In 2016, Grace Banks, 29, made more than £500,000 selling sick puppies to unsuspecting buyers at her home in Oldham, Lancashire.

The sausage dogs, and their puppies, are not available for adoption as they still form part of the investigation. This comes three years after Grace Banks was found guilty of selling sick puppies to unsuspecting buyers at her Oldham home, Lancashire 

She was told to pay this within three months and was banned from selling dogs for life.

And three years earlier, illegal puppy selling was exposed at Bentley Hall Farm in Bury, Greater Manchester. The breeders were found selling up to 400 Border Collies, Alaskan Malamutes and Labradors which were kept in cramped barns. 

Anyone who has bought a dachshund in the Rochdale borough in the last 12 months has been asked to call the council’s environmental health team on 0300 303 8871.    

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