YET ANOTHER RSPCA FREEDOM FOOD SALMON FARM INFESTED WITH LICE

RSPCA FREEDOM FOOD SALMON FARM INFESTED WITH LICE

A HIGHLAND salmon farm that was granted £630,000 of taxpayers’ money, given an environmental prize and labelled as a “Freedom Food” producer has been accused of lice infestation and pollution that breach official guidelines.

Wester Ross Fisheries near Ullapool is under investigation by Government and voluntary agencies following complaints from a local landowner, Jenny Scobie. She says sea lice from caged salmon are contaminating wild fish on the River Ullapool, which flows through her land on the Rhidorroch Estate.

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/transport-environment/award-winning-fish-farm-in-pollution-row-1.1132021

AND ITS A REGULAR OCCURANCE, RSPCA ARE ONLY INTERESTED IN £'s NOT ANIMAL WELFARE

http://rspcainjustice.blogspot.com/2010/09/6000-salmon-killed-at-rspca-approved.html

RSPCA PROSECUTE WOMAN FOR PROVIDING BETTER STANDARDS THAN THEIR OWN FREEDOM FOODS

'Freedom Farm cruelty' exposed
THE RSPCA THINK THAT THIS IS OK

RSPCA FREEDOM FOODS
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article1328275.ece

BUT THIS ISN'T

WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE? THE RSPCA RECEIVE ££££'s FROM ONE AND NOT THE OTHER (UNLESS THEY PROSECUTE)

A woman has been banned from keeping geese, ducks, hens and chickens after admitting not feeding her pets properly.

Fiona Christine Standring, admitted one charge of causing unnecessary suffering to animals at Hyndburn Magistrates Court.

Standring, who was prosecuted by the RSPCA, had been keeping the animals. She was given a two-year ban on keeping geese, ducks, hens and chickens and ordered to pay £600 to be paid at the rate of £50 per month.

The RSPCA said ducks, geese and chickens need plenty of fresh clean drinking water and there containers should be cleaned at least once a day.

They also need plenty of grass but require a balanced diet of protein, vitamins and minerals.

http://menmedia.co.uk/accringtonobserver/news/s/1463277_womans-bird-ban-after-rspca-case?ss=yes

POLICE INCORRECTLY CLASS RSPCA AS PROSECUTING AGENCY

POLICE WRONGLY CLAIM THAT RSPCA ARE STATUTORY AGENCY.

THEY ARE JUST A PRIVATE PROSECUTOR, WITH ONLY THE SAME RIGHTS UNDER LAW AS ANY ORDINARY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC.

Select Committee on Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Minutes of Evidence

MICHAEL FLOWER RSPCA

"I will respond to that, if I may, Chairman. The present situation is that the RSPCA prosecutes as a private prosecutor. We do not claim and we do not have any authority from local or central government to act as a prosecutor. We act now as a private prosecutor; if the Bill becomes law we will continue to act as a private prosecutor"

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmenvfru/52/4101402.htm

Reply from FOI Request from Derbyshire Constabulary.

Where an agency is undertaking a prosecution they are permitted under the Data Protection Act 1998 to make a request under Section 29 of the Act for personal information relating to an alleged offender in terms of specific evidence required to further that investigation / prosecution. Where this is a legal request we have a duty to provide relevant information for the judicial process. The information is disclosed purely for the purpose of that investigation / prosecution.
We do receive requests purely for criminal record checks from statutory agencies e.g. Local Authorities, Social Services, Social Security / Pensions, Department of Transport etc (this may include the RSPCA on occasions in relation to an impending prosecution in gathering specific evidence of antecedents for a court hearing as required by national legislation) in connection with alleged offenders.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_6#incoming-219358

Link to section 29 Data Protection Act 1998
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/29/section/29

Reply from FOI Request from Kent Police
This appendix details the circumstances under which Kent Police would share information with organisations including the RSPCA and the type of information which would be shared.
http://www.kent.police.uk/about_us/policies/d/documents/D14_Appendix_B_April_09.pdf

LETTER FROM MP JIM PAICE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD

http://rspcainjustice.blogspot.com/2011/03/its-official-rspca-have-no-special.html

"There is no definitive list of organisations that institute prosecutions in England and Wales. The common law power to instigate private prosecutions is preserved under section 6(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 and it is used by a number of organisations who otherwise do not have the statutory power to prosecute".[259]

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200708/cmselect/cmjust/186/18608.htm

THE RSPCA THEMSELVES ONLY CLAIM PRIVATE PROSECUTION POWERS

(WHEN IT SUITS THEM)

The power to prosecute

Everyone in England and Wales has the right to bring a private prosecution against someone who they believe has committed an offence.
Section 6(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.
http://www.rspca.org.uk/in-action/whatwedo/prosecution

RSPCA SPLASH DONORS CASH ON BEER FOR POLITICIANS

RSPCA BRIBE POLITICIANS WITH FREE BEER!

WHAT ABOUT ANIMAL WELFARE?

The RSPCA's beer and curry receptions are some of the largest events of the conference week, each attended by around 200 people. They are unique in the breadth of people that they attract including MPs, Councillors.!!!!

http://www.politicalanimal.org.uk/area/westminster/conference2011
http://my.fringelist.com/event/99b2ee9f1911e1c1af6555000e2b88f8
http://labour.fringelist.com/event/32ca6b745263e39526d8915e95eb6f6e
http://libdem.fringelist.com/event/e98957c9170e38efff5a6bdceb42edb0

REVEALED; POLICE SHARE CLASSIFIED DATA WITH RSPCA

POLICE  SHARE RESTRICTED DATA WITH CHARITY 

FOI REQUEST
I am very concerned about the extent to which private information and data held by the police is being provided to private organisations, such as the RSPCA.The RSPCA is a private organisation. Its employees are ordinary members of the public. Yet, I believe that there are constabularies which have private arrangements with the RSPCA for the provision of
information to that organisation of private and sensitive information about individuals, which information might be of use to the RSPCA and its ruling Councillors in their political and other objectives.
As you may know, the RSPCA is run by a ruling Council of 26 persons. At least 18 of these people are either members of, or actively support, an extreme animal rights organisation called Animal Aid. I am concerned that data concerning individuals who do not support the extreme animal rights agenda of the RSPCA and Animal Aid may be falling into the hands of those organisations, and their "partners".
I understand that the RSPCA are able to use the police radio network, called Airwave, but that requests for such things as PNC checks are sometimes handled directly by the RSPCA's Political Headquarters in Horsham. As you may be aware, the RSPCA has a close relationship with many journalists - I am concerned that any channel for information to be obtained unlawfully from the police and/or provided by the police in an unregulated manner should be closed off.
Would you therefore please provide me with data, detailing how many requests for information from the police have been received by the Constabulary from the RSPCA annually during the last five years
broken down annually.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/user/richard_martin


Metropolitan Police Service
Previous case files will need to be looked in order to determine those cases which were joint with the RSPCA and then look for records where PNC information had been shared.
All of this would provide only a simple "Yes, we have shared PNC information with the RSPCA"
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_21#incoming-213693
 
Norfolk Constabulary
The RSPCA undertakes prosecutions in relation to persons who have committed offences involving animals. Within Norfolk these prosecution details are updated onto the Police National Computer (PNC) by Norfolk Constabulary and PNC information is provided in support of these. In addition to this, the Constabulary will undertake vehicle checks in support of an ongoing investigation.
There are 9 members of the RSPCA who are authorised to undertake these enquiries with Norfolk Constabulary.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_22#incoming-213411
 
Warwickshire Police
Currently and historically the Police in England and Wales and the RSPCA have mounted joint Operations where the responsibility or ownership for the reporting of a case by either
the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) or by the RSPCA is decided in advance.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/84786/response/213629/attach/3/Martin%20Response%2000389.pdf

Hertfordshire Constabulary
I am able to confirm that your request has been processed under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOI) and following enquiries within the Hertfordshire Constabulary Information Services Office and have been advised that 2 requests for disclosure from the RSPCA were received in 2008, 1 request from a solicitor representing the RSPCA was received in 2008, 1 request from a solicitor representing the RSPCA was received in 2007 and 1 request for disclosure from the RSPCA was received in 2006.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/84767/response/213671/attach/3/Response%20415.pdf

Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
There is a full audit trail of all PNC transactions and this includes any RSPCA users that are permitted to request PNC checks to performed.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_7#incoming-214387

Bedfordshire Police
For example, control room operators will have dealings with the RSPCA and we may have received requests for help with powers of entry and powers of animal seizure or animal destruction in cruelty case,
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re_freedom_of_information_reques_2#incoming-213191

West Yorkshire Police
West Yorkshire Police occasionally assist the RSPCA with enquiries.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/84790/response/214810/attach/2/Martin%202%20256398.pdf

Avon and Somerset Constabulary
The RSPCA can apply for previous convictions of persons they have summonsed regarding criminal offences, e.g. cruelty to animals. The disclosure is made under the rules of the Data Protection Act. All outside agencies sign an indemnity to safeguard the information, disclosure is only made to authorised persons within the agency. Statistics for individual outside agencies are not kept, and we have no electronic system which could facilitate such a search. The only way we could possibly retrieve any information would be to manually review all offence categories which the RSPCA (along with other agencies) would fall under, then review each to establish if the RSPCA had requested information. For example there have been 136 such offences so far this year
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re_freedom_of_information_reques#incoming-215071

Staffordshire Police
I have also caused a search of force information systems for the last 5 years to be carried out for any reference to RSPCA.  This has revealed that there are a total of 4738 records which carry such a reference as well as 225 intelligence records
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_28#incoming-216166

Cumbria Constabulary
Cumbria Constabulary does not hold a central database of records in relation to requests for information received from the RSPCA. Such requests could be received via the Force Wildlife Officer, through the Force Intelligence Bureau, or in a variety of other departments.

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_5#incoming-215193

South Yorkshire Police
There have been 2 instances where the RSPCA have approached the Police for information.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/freedom_of_information_request_i_27#incoming-218568

Kent Police

We note your concern regarding the disclosure of information to organisations and I have
therefore included below a link to an appendix contained within Kent Police Policy ‘D14
Information Sharing and Disclosure’. This appendix details the circumstances under which Kent
Police would share information with organisations including the RSPCA and the type of information which would be shared.
http://www.kent.police.uk/about_us/policies/d/documents/D14_Appendix_B_April_09.pdf
Private arrangements to provide personal information (the premise on which your request appears to be based) would breach data protection legislation and the Standards of Professional Behaviour contained in the Schedule to the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2008. For the avoidance of doubt, no such arrangements exist in Kent Police nor would any such arrangements be tolerated.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/84769/response/212313/attach/3/11.08.72%20Response%20Letter.doc.pdf

[BUT - RSPCA is then bizarrely listed in Kent Police's linked document as within the category of "PROSECUTING & REGULATORY AUTHORITIES" along with the Benefits Agency, HMRC and other agencies of national and local government, despite the fact that they are an entirely private organisation, employing ordinary members of the public with no special powers or duties - and the RSPCA is not an 'authority', whether public or otherwise]

RSPCA SPEND £6 MILLION ON SPIN, AND HOW MUCH ON WELFARE?

ANIMALS LIVE IN FILTH AS RSPCA RAKE IN THE ££££'S

Freedom Food, the RSPCA's farm assurance and food labelling scheme, has appointed Total Media to handle the planning and buying for its first media push.The Freedom Food scheme is backed by retailers including Sainsbury's, specialist online retailers, independent stores and National Trust farm shops.http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1097940/RSPCAs-Freedom-Food-appoints-Total-Media/

The RSPCA is reviewing its £6 million media business, which has been held by Mike Colling & Company since 2003.


The review is being handled by the AAR and led at the RSPCA by the former Rajar chief executive Sally de la Bedoyere, who joined the charity in June last year as the director of income generation.

Agencies were approached this week with details of the review, which will focus on fundraising and legacy marketing activity, as the charity is almost solely reliant on donations and legacies.
The review, which is expected to be completed by November, does not affect the RSCPA’s relationship with its creative agency, Whitewater, or Rocket, which provides media support on a project basis.
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/news/1091972/agencies-line-6m-rspca-media-task/

RSPCA WANT BLOG SHUT !!!

I didn't believe anything on this site when I first logged on out of curiosity. I was told about it my a friend who works for the RSPCA. They want it shut - but I have to say that the links are impeccable. I'm disgusted by Freedom Food - the RSPCA spends £1m a year promoting a shit system which is no better than any of the others.

By Adrian Ring on RSPCA ENDORSED PIGS LIVE IN MAGGOT INFESTED FILTH on 30/09/11

RSPCA TARGET VET IN RACIST RAID

BLACK VET TARGETED IN SPEAR CAMPAIGN RAIDED BY POLICE & RSPCA

A veterinary practice was raided by police and RSPCA staff last week.

Animals and computers were removed from Woosehill Vets in Emmview Close on Sunday, October 2. A dog was found dead on the premises. RSPCA officers seized three other animals from the building.
A spokeswoman for the RSPCA confirmed one of the animals found had died.
She added a man had been arrested and questioned following the raid, but has since been released.
http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2101321_police_and_rspca_in_raid_on_woosehill_vet

SMEAR CAMPAIGN
A dog removed from the care of a Woosehill vets by RSPCA and police had to be put to sleep last week.

RSPCA and police attended Woosehill Vets in Emmview Close last Thursday evening where they found bull mastiff Millie.
After becoming concerned about the dog’s condition, they called owner Alison Slade from Woosehill, who arrived to collect the dog and take it to Castle Vets surgery in Reading, where it was put to sleep later that evening.
Earlier on Thursday, a High Court injunction preventing protesters from picketing outside the surgery was overturned by a judge.
Woosehill Vets owner Dr Awuah Ohene-Gyan had won an injunction preventing a group of five people from protesting outside the surgery and his other practice, Ashlyn House Vets in Binfield, last month.
However, His Honour Judge Seymour QC described the application for an injunction as “totally without merit” at a hearing at the High Court on Thursday, May 12.
Protesters have returned to their “peaceful” demonstrations outside the practice, which have been taking place since March.
The group is made up of former customers and staff of the veterinary practice.
Mr Ohene-Gyan claimed in papers to the court that his business had been a victim of a “smear campaign” and adversely affected by the demonstrations.
The group named in the High Court bid included several former members of staff.
Dr Ohene-Gyan told The Wokingham Times this week most of the protestors had an “axe to grind” with the surgery and the protests would not stop him trading.
He said: “It is personal, because I am a black man. There is no way people
would picket a white man’s clinic.”
He added of the police’s actions last week: “The police took the dog because they wanted to just make our case worse.
“There was no good reason to remove the dog.”
He said Millie’s owner had been kept updated on her treatment and that another dog he treated last year had recovered from a similar condition.
Millie was taken to Woosehill Vets for treatment on Friday, April 29, after her hind legs stopped working and was treated by the surgery for several days before the visit by police last week.
The RSPCA has been investigating the business since March, when another dog was removed from the practice by police on Sunday, March 27, and placed in the care of the RSPCA.
An RSPCA spokeswoman said a case file had been submitted to the organisation’s prosecutions department for consideration, but declined to comment further.
A spokesman for Wokingham police said: “We were assisting the RSPCA. The investigation is being led by them. We are doing community liaison work.
“I understand there have not been any problems from the protests.
“They have been peaceful.”
http://www.getwokingham.co.uk/news/s/2092979_high_court_overturns_protest_ban_at_woosehill_vets
 
RSPCA PROSECUTE VET FOR SICK ANIMALS !!!!!!
The owner of a veterinary practice is to stand trial next year after denying charges of negligence and failure to provide duty of care to a sick animal.

Dr Awuah Ohene-Guyan, of Emmview Close, pleaded not guilty to one count of causing unnecessary suffering to an animal and to another count of failing to protect an animal from harm, suffering or distress at East Berkshire Magistrates’ Court in Maidenhead on Friday, August 5.
The charges were brought about by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) following the treatment of a lurcher at Woosehill Vets between Tuesday, February 22, and Saturday, March 27, of this year.
The 52-year-old, who only spoke to confirm his name and address, is to attend a case and management hearing at the same court on Friday, October 14, before standing trial at Reading Magistrates’ Court, which begins on Monday, March 12, 2012.
Magistrate Judy Tomlin said: “It is your duty to be back at court on the date and time mentioned. Failure to be here without a really good reason is a further offence itself and can carry a prison sentence.”
She granted Ohene-Gyan unconditional bail until the date of the trial in March
http://we3thinking.blog.com/2011/08/10/vet-in-court-over-animal-negligence/

RSPCA SHOOT HEALTHY STAG, CALLED TO HELP, INSTEAD THEY KILL

KILLED BY THE RSPCA

A STAG which was killed by the RSPCA over concerns for its welfare was in fact healthy, says the father of a girl who has nurtured the animal since it was only days old.

Stan, estimated to be no older than three years old, was put down by a marksman who was called out by the RSPCA.
​Stan the Stag should not have been shot dead by the RSPCA, says local farmer. Duncan Kittow, of Plainsfield Farm, Withleigh, near Tiverton, said the young buck had an unfortunate start to life and lost the lower part of a hind leg in a mowing accident at Templeton in 2009.
He said his daughter Louise bottle-fed the animal and nursed its injury.
"Although his gait was not pretty, he could clear a fence or gate with the best of his mates," Mr Kittow said.
"Stan always fended for himself, even through the snow.
"His awkward gait was noticed and the RSPCA called. Apparently Stan was viewed from a distance by the officer and a decision was made to shoot him. "Stan was obviously not wild and this should have arisen suspicion. No attempt was made to contact the owner of the field."
Stan was taken to Plainsfield Farm in June 2009, where Louise nurtured him in a small paddock until November, when he left to look after himself.
He would regularly return and approach other locals, including Louise, who would often give him a cuddle.
Mr Kittow said it would "make his day" to be greeted by Stan when checking his stock. But Stan ventured further which is when he encountered Keith Batstone, at Springfield Kitchens, Withleigh, who contacted the RSPCA over fears he was in discomforted on September 21.
Another Springfield Kitchens employee, Chris Vine, said: "We went to the RSPCA on the basis they would save the animal, not kill it. They didn't get anywhere near the animal and only looked at it from the fence."
Jo Barr, a spokesperson for the RSPCA, said "It was put to sleep to prevent further suffering as it would not have been able to fend for itself,"
She said an experienced RSPCA officer assessed the animal from around two metres away.
Staff are trained to make such decisions."
http://www.thisisdevon.co.uk/RSPCA-wrong-shoot-healthy-stag-say-family/story-13529344-detail/story.html

CHARITIES COMMISSION REVEAL INCREASE IN COMPLAINTS ABOUT RSPCA

In 2007 the Commission received 9 complaints and 2 enquiries about the

RSPCA. In 2008 the Commission received 15 complaints and 7 enquiries
about the RSPCA.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/rspca_219099#incoming-40396

Our records show that in 2009 the Commission received 31 complaints about

the RSPCA and in 2010 we received a further 31 complaints.
http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/re_rspca_219099#incoming-215101

RSPCA POLITICAL AGENDA CRITICISED AS INCOME DROPS BY 20%

According to documents filed with the Charity Commission, the RSPCA has seen a steady increase in income over recent years. Annual reports covering up until December 2009 show the charity experienced a year-on-year increase in income from 2005, ending 2009 with annual income of £119.3m.
In 2010, however, year-on-year income from legacies dropped by more than 20 per cent to £59.2m

Comment from; Chris Newman

7 Oct 2011

Perhaps its time for the RSPCA to reconsider its political agenda and change direction, move away from its palpable Animal Rights objectives and refocus on Animal Welfare, some things it has disregarded for a protracted period. I would suggest the RSPCA lost public trust, and donations, “its time to wake up and smell the coffee” the public are deserting the RSPCA in its droves, the reasons are obvious, the question is the RSPCA capable of change! Sadly I doubt it!

http://www.civilsociety.co.uk/fundraising/news/content/10602/rspca_to_review_entire_fundraising_portfolio