Almost 100 puppies have been seized at Holyhead port, after being illegally shipped from Dublin.

The planned seizure was part of Operation Delphin - a joint Irish-UK initiative targeting puppy smuggling. 

The puppies included Beagles, Cocker Spaniels and Yorkshire Terriers.

These are all described as ‘very profitable’ breeds by the DSPCA amd could have been sold for a combined €40,000.

The puppies have now returned to Ireland and are being cared for by the DSPCA at their centre in Rathfarnham. 

Brian Gillen CEO of the DSPCA says some of the pups are in a bad way: