Horrifying Puppy Mill

Appalling scenes greeted USPCA officers during a raid on one of the "WORST" puppy farms ever discovered in Northern Ireland.

The shocking images - now in the possession of police - graphically show a horrifying catalogue of abuse and cruelty at an illegal breeding operation in Katesbridge, Co Down.

Our exclusive pictures show how:

• Calves and lambs were fed to starving Boxers, Rottweilers and Westies.

• Dogs were fed dead RATS.

• Various dog breeds lived in concrete pits and sub-zero conditions.

• Lamb and calf carcasses had been left to rot.

• A dead Boxer had been left on a path.

Other images show how dogs were suffering from malnourishment, how they had no bedding and were penned in by breeze-blocks.

It was also discovered that at least six Westie pups were held in tiny make-shift dens, made from wooden doors.