A PROPOSED puppy farm in Ballan has received more than 1300 objections.The application will come before the Moorabool Shire Council on July 21.It was lodged in November last year by a Melbourne puppy breeder who hopes to keep 15 dogs and 85 breeding bitches at a property on Geelong-Ballan Road.Moorabool Shire acting chief executive officer David Serpell told The Courier adjoining and adjacent properties were notified of the application by mail and a sign placed on site.The council received more than 1300 responses, including objections from Barwon Water and the RSPCA."Most of the other objections received were of the same content and appeared to be the result of a form letter," he said. RSPCA spokesman Tim Pilgrim said he was thrilled the community had rallied together to speak out against intensive animal farming."The RSPCA believes in terms of breeding facilities where they are mass producing puppies for profit, the operators are simply business people so they have little or no concern for the animals in those facilities," he said."Often these puppies live a life of deprivation, they're not socialised, have serious behavioural and health problems."They're seen as a commercial money maker."Ballan resident Colin, who works in the animal industry, said he was definitely opposed to puppy farms."I don't like the idea of them, they're not my idea of a good thing," he said."I think the Moorabool Shire should do the right thing by their residents, 1000 signatures is an awful lot."A report has been prepared for the council's next meeting.The application comes after 11 dogs were freed from a puppy farm in Meredith.A raid by Animal Liberation Victoria last week revealed about 30 dogs were being kept in freezing conditions, huddled in wet mud or on a cold concrete floor.On Saturday, activists entered the Meredith property to provide new beds and blankets for the dogs. They also negotiated the legal surrender of 11 dogs which required veterinary care. Some of the dogs were suffering from mammary tumours.