RSPCA £245,000 LOTTERY GRANT, AND THEY SPEND £3,500 A DAY ON PROSECUTION BARRISTERS

RSPCA FORCE BANKRUPTCY ON HORSE TRADER, PROSECUTE CHILDREN, PENSIONERS AND THE DISABLED, SPEND MILLIONS ON CONTESTING WILLS AND ON LEGAL FEES, AND YET RECIEVE LOTTERY FUNDING. DISGRACEFULL.

WE ASK WHO BENEFITS FINANCIALLY FROM RSPCA PROSECUTIONS?

Gray lost his appeal against a life ban on keeping horses and 24 weeks' jail in May, and today Judge Christopher Tyrer, at Bicester Magistrates Court, awarded extra costs to the RSPCA — bringing the amount the horse trader owes the charity to £600,000.


http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/419/303646.html

http://www.politics.co.uk/opinion-formers/press-releases/animal-welfare/rspca-245-000-lottery-grant-for-unique-youth-education-project-$21385695$366366.htm

TOP VET EVANS LEAVES RSPCA; GOOD RIDDANCE

Good Riddance to bad rubbish but to be honest he just highlighted how this so called charity no longer has anything to do with saving animals from cruelty!

MARK EVANS, the controversial vet who branded show dogs and dog shows as a ‘parade of mutants’, has left the RSPCA as its chief veterinary adviser.

Evans caused an uproar two years ago after his statements about certain breeds were aired during the programme, Pedigree Dogs Exposed.

Comments from our readers and on the OUR DOGS facebook page saw a unanimous sigh of relief at his departure: Victoria Wilkins said: ‘I can't understand why he couldn't justify what he said. In effect, he's saying that pedigree dogs, the dogs where we can trace most of the history and breed development, are more of a concoction and mutation than a crossbreed which can be more susceptible to problems because the breed is thrown together and their parentage cannot be traced, only guessed. Although he had good views on other aspects of animal welfare I feel that this is the right move.’ Kay Martland said: ‘Has he finally realised that they (RSPCA) are more interested in political matters than actually doing 'what it says on the tin'.. '.....Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' ????’ and Serena Parker simply said ‘Good riddance!
http://www.ourdogs.co.uk/News/2010/Nov2010/News121110/evans.htm

http://pedigreedogsexposed.blogspot.com/2010/11/mark-evans-leaves-rspca.html

FURY AS RSPCA REFUSE TO ATTEND EMACIATED DOG

ANIMAL lovers who discovered a dog almost dying in the street called in the cops and the RSPCA – but were shocked to be told by the charity to “let it go, and it will find its own way home”.

Last night they lashed out at the RSPCA for not turning out to help the pooch, which was in a terrible state.
Tina Fitzpatrick, who was one of those who found the French Bullmastiff dodging traffic on Queslett Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, said: “The dog was in awful condition.
“It kept collapsing. It had belonged to somebody but had been badly neglected.
“It was dehydrated, underweight and had marks around its neck from where it had been kept on a chain.
“Its mouth was full of ulcers and all its teeth had gone from gnawing at the chain. It was terrible to see.”
The passers-by rang the police, who managed to get the dog to safety at the side of the road and then contacted the RSPCA.
What happened next outraged Tina, 41, of Kingstanding, who has three dogs herself.
“The RSPCA said they didn’t have any wardens free to come out and collect the animal,” she said. “The police officer asked, ‘what shall I do with the dog?’ and the RSPCA told him, ‘just let it go and it will find its own way home’.“
He was shocked and couldn’t believe it. There was no way you could let the dog go. What would have happened if it had got hit by a car or run into the road and caused an accident?

“It wasn’t a small dog. It was enormous, the size of a small Shetland pony.”
The dog stayed with a friend of Tina’s overnight, and they rang an emergency vet.
“I know the dog wasn’t injured,” said Tina. “But we told the RSPCA it was in a bad way and kept collapsing. They still refused to come out. For them to tell us to let the dog loose on a busy road was irresponsible and unforgivable.
“I’m disgusted by their behaviour. I used to give money to them, but won’t anymore.”
But a spokeswoman for the RSPCA said “If there’s nothing wrong with the dog then it’s the local authority who should take it,” she said.

“They receive money from the Government for this service.”

http://www.sundaymercury.net/news/midlands-news/2010/11/07/animal-lovers-fury-over-rspca-s-treatment-of-stray-dog-66331-27614137/2/

RSPCA REAP WHIRLWIND OF PUBLIC DISCONTENT IN WIRRAL

Devastated Pat Seager watched in horror as inspectors stormed in and began filming and making notes on the 47 neglected or injured animals that had been left on her doorstep.

The RSPCA needs to review its "unjust" policy on animal cruelty prosecutions, MP Frank Field has said.

"The whole thing makes my blood boil…it is so unjust," he added.

The MP's concerns however were echoed by leading barrister Jonathan Rich who said he was very troubled by the sort of defendants who were becoming typical of RSPCA prosecutions. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7631635.stm

DONATIONS DRY UP FOLLOWING PENSIONERS PROSECUTION

A "top priority" to ensure that "all available resources are set aside to ensure that the Animal Centre can continue to support RSPCA inspectors".

WE SAY

The same Inspectors who raided Pat Seager, have the ability to do this to ANYONE else.

Perhaps someone at the RSPCA's palatial HQ in Horsham will make the link between the activities of the inspectorate against animal lovers - like Pat Seager - and the "abuse" and "lack of funds" being experienced by the charity's long-suffering foot soldiers and volunteers?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-11685002

Public stop donations after RSPCA prosecuted animal sanctuary pensioner Pat Seager.

WELL IT SERVES THEM RIGHT!

Pensioner Pat Seager is surrounded by police and RSPCA officials during the raid on her home

 A couple of years ago the local RSPCA inspectorate decided to prosecute the wildlife lady from Rock Ferry and take her to court. After that episode, a large number of Wirral people vowed they would never support the charity again and if that is the case, then the RSPCA have only themselves to blame for their dwindling funds. http://www.wirralglobe.co.uk/yoursay/wirralletters/8427094.RSPCA_has_only_itself_to_blame_for_dwindling_funds/

Pat is forced to watch helplessly as RSPCA and Police remove animals she rescued

"I have never experienced anything so terrible in all my life."

Pat Seager

Chester branch of RSPCA face axe

http://www.chesterfirst.co.uk/news/95023/chester-branch-of-rspca-face-axe.aspx

STOP DONATIONS TO PUBLICITY CRAZED RSPCA

The RSPCA, that once-admirable charity, now often seems to pursue animal-lovers through the courts simply to win the publicity that keeps its £115 million a year in donations rolling in. And why do the police now regard themselves as the charity’s enforcement wing? What an admission from Northumbria police that they seek to justify holding a 66-year old man of impeccable character for nine hours by saying “the RSPCA is leading this investigation”. When did Parliament empower RSPCA officials (all ordinary members of the public) to order our police around like this?

I would urge anyone who reads this not to give the RSPCA a penny. They've got entirely too big for their boots, and our legal system has allowed it to happen – encouraged it, even.

One charity I do regularly support is the RNLI. Can you imagine the effect if they went the same way as the RSPCA? We'd have armed high-speed lifeboats cruising our shores and estuaries, arresting people for not wearing a life jacket or capsizing their racing dinghies. http://www.grumpyoldsod.com/rspca4.asp