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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eleanor de Jong in Hobart

A new home for Noodle, one of 250 labradoodles rescued from a Tasmanian puppy farm

Emilie Harris with Noodle the labradoodle
‘He didn’t even know how to run,’ Emilie Harris says of Noodle, who has been rescued from the Tasmanian Labrodoodles puppy farm. Photograph: Eleanor de Jong/The Guardian

No one knows for sure how many puppies Noodle the labradoodle has sired but it’s estimated to be in the dozens, if not hundreds.

The slight, golden-haired dog is one of more than 250 rescued from Tasmanian Labradoodles, a breeder in northern Tasmania and the biggest known puppy farm in the state. An out-of-court agreement with the RSPCA stipulated that 70 animal welfare charges would be dropped if it agreed to shut down its business and immediately surrender all dogs in its possession.

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