Tuesday 29 January 2013

It's time for the RSPCA to face some hard questions - Telegraph

The charity’s zeal for campaigning means it should no longer act as an arm of the law

Britain is rightly seen as a nation of animal lovers. Some 13 million households, one in two across the UK, have at least one pet. Eight million cats warily eye eight million dogs and we are the proud keepers of some 25 million fish.

In such a land, it is no wonder that the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals enjoys an annual income of more than £100 million and traditionally has been widely admired for its work in protecting, rescuing and re-homing unwanted or unloved animals. For these reasons, I was a member for many years.

The RSPCA is believed to be Britain’s most prolific private prosecutor. It pursues around 10 cases a day at a cost of more than £8 million a year. By contrast, its Scottish sister, the SSPCA, prosecutes no one, leaving that task to the police and Procurator Fiscal.

It's time for the RSPCA to face some hard questions - Telegraph

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