DID RSPCA DRIVE MAN TO SUICIDE?

Several times in recent years I have reported on the change which has come over one of Britain’s richest charities, the RSPCA. Its officials too often seem bent on harrying genuine animal lovers, luridly misrepresenting alleged cases of cruelty in order to win the publicity which will keep funds rolling in, to the tune of some £115 million a year. Eleven days ago, at the instigation of the RSPCA, Mr Brough was arrested at 8.30am and held in custody at Carlisle police station while officials of the charity put the ponies onto lorries bound for RSPCA-approved sanctuaries. When Mr Brough was released at 3pm and discovered what had happened, he was, according to his family, “trance-like”. He drove to a nearby church, then to a riverbank, where some time later his 18-year-old grand-daughter found him. He had hanged himself.

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I read with sadness this item about dear Mr Brough. My husband and I have also been persecuted by the RSPCA and as a result over the past few years my husband has suffered from a series of small strokes, these only being picked up on when he was admitted to hospital this year. The doctors reckon it was the stress and strain of the constant persecution from these people that triggered the first one some 6 years ago. We have neighbours who are behind all these problems but we wont move, why should we. I fear for my husbands and my own mental and physical health if we come across these people again. They say they have the animals interests at heart, this couldnt be further from the truth, they are only interested in lining their own pockets. The sooner there is an investigation into the running of this so called animal charity the better. They are a disgrace to any charity looking to help genuine animals and their owners in distress. And the sooner the great British public wake up and see them for what they really are, the better.
My condolences to the Brough family.



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Perhaps their action against the RSPCA will return some form of restraint and commonsense to a once-fine organisation that now seems to have lost sight of its mission.

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It's maybe twenty years since I decided that I'd never give another penny to the RSPCA, for just this kind of reason. I can't now recall the precise details of the crazy case which led me to that decision, but even then they were showing clear signs of being controlled by extremists drunk with their own power. I won't willingly maintain or increase their power by giving them money.

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A good man is dead due to the heavy-handed actions of this ex-animal welfare organisation and all that some people here can think of is having a dig at Mr.Booker?

Here is a description of the RSPCA today.
"Members of the Inspectorate wear uniforms which make them as much like police officers as the law will allow. They are not. The LOWEST "rank" in the Inspectorate is Inspector (apart from Trainee Inspectors). Above that they have "Chief Inspectors", "Superintendent", ’ and "Chief Superintendents". None of these ranks are officers of the Crown, and have no legal significance whatsoever. They are designed to impress the public.
 

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