Kanche Kennels appeals Bundaberg Regional Council decision

A legal challenge is underway as the owner of a proposed 100-dog Bundaberg puppy farm fights for the controversial project.

Owners of controversial Wallaville puppy farm will appeal the Bundaberg Councils decision.

A proposed puppy farm which received 2000 objections is fighting back against the Bundaberg Regional Council’s rejection of a development application.

Kanche Kennels owner Geraldine Moran applied to have 100 chihuahuas on the Wallaville farm, including 49 breeding dogs.

Animal welfare groups were quick to oppose the application, calling it a “failure” and expressed concerns for the dogs’ livelihoods.

If the application was approved, Kanche Kennels would have legal rights to destroy any dogs that were “no longer required” by any means so long as they are deemed “humane”.

A vet would not need to present, and current legislation on puppy farms does not limit litters or the ages of mother dogs.

The application listed eight spaces for the dogs to roam.

On August 27 the council voted unanimously to deny the application, citing noise complaints and the thousands of objections received.

Since the denial of the application, Mrs Moran has enlisted Bundaberg solicitors at Finemore Walters and Story to appeal the decision.

Kanche Kennels failed to provide acoustic reports for the application in line with noise pollution concerns.

The appeal, lodged in October, said Kanche Kennels and Mrs Moran were not given the chance to remedy any issues the council had with the application.

It also said the development complied with all benchmarks.

When contacted for a comment on the appeal Mrs Moran said “that’s my own business, there’s already been enough splattered across the place that isn’t right”.

The council was unable to comment on the ongoing legal battle.

“The Council will work with the owner of land to ensure that the number of dogs kept on site complies with local law,” a council representative said.