A father and son have been banned from owning dogs for a decade after a multi-agency operation discovered a horrific puppy farm in which the animals were kept in filthy and squalid conditions.
Samuel Ronald Hessin, 49, and Samuel Arthur Hessin, 22, pled guilty to failing to provide veterinary treatment or suitable living conditions at Elgin Sheriff Court, after inspectors found 56 dogs suffering from disease and a host of problems at the site in September 2019.
The two men, from Crossroads, near Keith in Moray, were banned from owning dogs for a decade and handed 300 hours of community service after the in-demand Staffordshire bull terriers and Labradors were seized in a joint Moray Council, Police Scotland and Scottish SPCA operation.
