Puppy Mill Awareness Week is dedicated to raising awareness around the ethical breeding of dogs.
In particular, vets and breeders across South West Yorkshire are pushing for education around covert puppy milling.
Under this practice, ‘breeders’ are selling designer dogs as ‘co-owns’ for large sums of money.
This lucrative trade is a “sneaky” way of mass-breeding puppies for profit according to Vet Nurse, Kaden Zhou, 24.
Reporter Hannah Auld spoke to vets regarding Sheffield’s ‘covert breeders’ to discover why the practice is far more unethical than it appears.