WATCH: Convicted illegal Hednesford puppy farmers deny mistreating 60 dogs rescued from their home
Illegal puppy farmers Ian and Susan Wilson vehemently deny pumping female dogs with hormone drugs so they could be impregnated at an unnaturally fast rate.
Cannock Chase District Council raided the Wilson's home and rescued 60 dogs who were in "rancid" and "filthy" conditions.
Prosecutor Mark Jackson told the court: "They purchased non-prescription hormone treatment in order to increase the reproductive productivity of their breeding bitches.
"That of course was not an expense incurred for the benefit of the dogs and puppies, it was an investment for the sole purpose of lining the pockets of these defendants. Such was the scale of the defendants illegal breeding operation; they even had a pet incubator.
"The majority of the female adult Chihuahua dogs examined presented with enlarged mammary glands which suggested repetitive breeding."
