Puppy farmers who mistreated 11 dogs in Glasgow appeal jail sentence

Two puppy farmers jailed for selling ill dogs are to appeal their nine-month jail terms.

Tom Mongan, 28, and brother William Mongan, 40, sold pets online from rented Airbnb properties across Glasgow.

The dogs were found in poor shape and were discovered living in unsanitary conditions by SSPCA inspectors.

Some of the 11 pets the pair were responsible for were later put down due to ill health.

Tom Mongan pled guilty at Glasgow Sheriff Court to three charges of causing unnecessary suffering while William Mongan admitted two charges.

The charges span between December 2020 and February 2021.

Appeal lodged

The brothers - who are of the Irish traveller community - were sentenced to nine months behind bars each last week by Sheriff Mark McGuire.

The sheriff said: "Each of you pled guilty to what can be described as animal cruelty on 11 separate dogs.

"What I heard is what the public would know as puppy farming.

"It must have been obvious the dogs were unwell and the conditions they were kept in was poor - you took no steps to get help for these animals.

"The motivation was for financial gain - each dog was priced at over £1,000.

"It was clearly greed and it brought unimaginable misery to those who unfortunately bought them.

"I am satisfied there is no other appropriate sentence than custody."

The pair, from Belfast, were also disqualified from keeping animals for 10 years.

The two brothers have since lodged an appeal of their sentence with a hearing to take place later this month.

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