at the border. what does it say about the at the border. what does it say about the efficacy at the border. what does it say about the efficacy of at the border. what does it say about the efficacy of the - at the border. what does it say about the efficacy of the whole | about the efficacy of the whole passport system? find about the efficacy of the whole passport system? and certainly brinus it passport system? and certainly brings it all passport system? and certainly brings it all into passport system? and certainly brings it all into question. - brings it all into question. and the man who illegally sold us the passport, what does he have to say? flavio vargas, do you sell american bullies? is in your pictures on the internet. i m from the bbc in the uk. can you tell us why you sold us a fraudulent pet passport? mr vargas? sold us a fraudulent pet passport? mrvargas? mr sold us a fraudulent pet passport? mr vargas? mr vargas clearly doesn t want to answer questions. in
comedic reasons. it is all for status. there is no benefit of the dogs at all. if we look at vaccines for dogs, they are prescription only medications so they have to be prescribed by a veterinary surgeon. he is not license with any of these medications and he is not a veterinary surgeon. that is where the illegal activity is happening. brute where the illegal activity is happening- happening. we also asked daniela about happening. we also asked daniela about the - happening. we also asked daniela about the second | daniela about the second breeder, joshua harting. and his associates. his associates. this sounds i have read his associates. this sounds i have read the his associates. this sounds i have read the syndicate. - have read the syndicate. multiple people involved multiple different stages with these dogs. at one point they said they are moving the puppies to a certain point because they don t need to mother anymore. that s not true. already, all else aside, this is not
from cardiff. he has a criminal record and a large online following. griff and his other pups following. griff and his other pups were seized and it will be “p pups were seized and it will be up to a judge to decide if he gets his dogs back. social media is a big marketplace. plenty of legitimate breeders, but also those keen on cropped ears. we found this account with tens of thousands of pounds worth of pups. lots of dogs pictured with cut or cropped ears. it is run by this man. he calls himself sons of adam and posts clips like this. under his brand name, we found images of puppies for sale with
just told us, cropping is illegal in the uk, but online, you are struck byjust how many dogsin you are struck byjust how many dogs in this country have had the procedure. and how popular it seems to have become. we co nta ct we contact the breeder, joshua, again. he agrees to sell us a pup- again. he agrees to sell us a pup. but what about its ears?
we leave without handing over any money. but adam wasn t the only breeder that we came across. many simply both the big as of pups and then waited for a response. deals are then done through direct messages, a kind of marketplace, but hidden from public view. and it is one that we have just entered. this account is called cardiff s finest bulls. again, dog after dog with cropped ears. similar extreme features as we saw at the rescue centre earlier. this man, joshua, seems to be behind the account.