the vet report that we ve got from the specialist vet said he shouldn t be bred from. the whole purpose of the breed is to try and make them as small and stocky as possible. lots of muscle and bone into a very, very small frame. their legs are splayed out, they re so muscly. it s cruelty breeding, there s no other word for it. griff and the other pups are being looked after at this south wales rescue centre, casualties of a trade in designer dogs. the local authority actually seized them with a view to prosecuting them. when they went in, they could obviously see that they d had their ears cropped as well. sadly, there is a demand for dogs with their ears mutilated. they actually cut the floppy bit of the ear off.
they actually cut the floppy bit of the ear off. this is what he should look like. look. he should have lovely, lovely floppy ears like this. they are the ears he would have had. it s purely an aesthetic to achieve a certain look that some people think is attractive. they go for anything from 3,000 uptoi0,000, 15,000. phenomenal amounts of money. so, you can have a litter that s literally worth about £60,000. it s illegal to cut a dog s ears like this in the uk, but, at the moment, you can import one with its ears already cropped. tonight, we ll show what the huge demand for dogs has led to. there are laws in place to protect animals, but we ve found plenty of backyard breeders who are staying one step ahead of the authorities
of the ear off. this is what he should look like. look.should have lovely, lovely floppy ears like this. they are the ears he would have had. it s purely an aesthetic to achieve a certain look that some people think is attractive. they go for anything from 3000 uptoi0,000, 15,000. phenomenal amounts of money. so, you can have a litter that s literally worth about £60,000. it s illegal to cut a dog s ears like this in the uk, but at the moment you can import one with its ears already cropped. tonight, we ll show what the huge demand for dogs has led to. there are laws in place to protect animals, but we ve found plenty of backyard breeders that are staying one step ahead of the authorities to make some serious cash.
questions is dr chris smith, a virologist at the university of cambridge, and presenter of the naked scientist podcast. we ve got lots of questions. we will kick off straightaway but first when it comes from sharon in essex. she says she is vaccinated but she doesn t understand how a coronavirus path can work. can t it still is bad in spite of your vaccine status? hello. the answer is that vaccines, when you first have them, they are very good at preventing both infection and severe disease. they are about 95% effective in case of pfizer vaccine. are about 95% effective in case of pfizervaccine. it are about 95% effective in case of pfizer vaccine. it is true that with time after vaccination, immunity does wear off, and it was off more in older people than younger people. and so, for that reason, you do enter a period after about two months when your level of immunity has fallen a bit, and you can still
good. thank you. i think women across the country are swooning for tom, but give me a readout, tyrus, is this going to be the highest watched football game thus far this season? the highest first half watch. this is going to be one of those 42 the-13 qualms. 42-13 games. so the first quarter, oh! then at one point they re going to be the like, tom, please stop. and, listen, you can wear cutoff sleeves with long sleeves when you win super bowls. and when you don t, you look weird. get it together. [laughter] bucs, 42 but if you cold, why cut the sleeves? is. nobody knows why. it s about super bowls. no one asked van gogh while he cut his ear off. well, he couldn t hear em anyway. [laughter] i don t want to talk about this anymore. all right, tyrus. we ll watch tonight. up next is the big four.