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WA puppy farmer fined $112,000 for gross neglect of 39 labradoodles seized by RSPCA

William Moyes has been convicted over WA animal cruelty charges. (Supplied: RSPCA)

A man who was living with 39 dogs in his country Western Australian home, described in court as being "thick with dirt and faeces", will be allowed to own dogs again despite being fined thousands of dollars for animal cruelty offences.

William Mangles Carlyle Moyes, 60, had been running a puppy farming operation from his Bridgetown property from where he was selling labrador-poodle crossbreeds, known as labradoodles.

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