Warring Tories torpedoed new laws that would have outlawed puppy smuggling after ministers caved in to "extremists" on their own benches, MPs heard.
Conservatives today voted down a bid to resurrect its own flagship animal welfare bill, less than three weeks after scrapping it what campaigners branded a "betrayal".
The Kept Animals Bill, if it became law, would have included tough new measures to clamp down on puppy farms, and banned exports of livestock for slaughter.
