RSPCA PROSECUTE OVER 60 CHILDREN PER YEAR

CHILDREN OF FARMERS, KENNEL AND PET SHOP OWNERS REGULARLY PROSECUTED BY RSPCA

WHEN WILL THIS INSANITY END?

Sir, Edward Nugee, QC, claims in his letter (Jan 8) that “it is a fundamental right of a citizen of this country to institute a private prosecution of a criminal offence”. To support his argument, he says that “the RSPCA frequently institutes private prosecutions”.

The example he gives is a weak one. The RSPCA’s private prosecutions, and its prosecution of children and the vulnerable in particular, have long been a vexed issue. The charity prosecutes many hundreds of people, including about 60 children, a year. These people do not benefit from statutory safeguards that protect the vulnerable and children in CPS cases.
Last November, at a lecture delivered in Middle Temple Hall, Bernard Richmond, QC, proposed that it was always wrong for children to be privately prosecuted. Of the hundreds of advocates present, not one disagreed with him. Last September, the BBC radio programme File on 4 focused on RSPCA private prosecutions and, in particular, its prosecution of vulnerable people and children.
Lord Bingham, in Jones v Whalley \ UKHL 41 held that “it is hard to regard \ as an important constitutional safeguard when \ are all but unknown in Scotland.”
It is hard to disagree with Lord Bingham on this issue. I have defended hundreds of farmers, huntsmen and kennels in non-CPS prosecutions. My view, for what it is worth, is that the sooner private prosecutions become “all but unknown” in England and Wales, the better.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/letters/article6981254.ece

NEW ANTI RSPCA BLOG STARTS WITH REAL TRUTHS

Has anybody noticed that even the RSPCA appears to be subtly abandoning the Labour Party. Cameron and his buddies all regularly "riding to hounds", it is interesting to note that even John Rolls has been saying that "the Hunting Act has never been about stopping the activity of riding to hounds" . The Political Animal Lobby - a partnership between the RSPCA and IFAW - gave over £1,000,000 to the Labour Party to ban hunting and "riding to hounds". The gift was arranged by the Campaign to Protect Hunted Animals (CPHA), another partnership between IFAW, the RSPCA and LACS. Perhaps the Labour Party can't even rely on this type of cash come June, when the Faustian bargain must end?

http://disappointedvolunteers.blogspot.com/

RSPCA SPEND £13K PROSECUTING MENTALLY ILL CAT OWNER

BENEFIT CHEATS, MUGGERS, FRAUDULENT POLITICIANS WALK OUR STREETS PUNISHED BY REPRIMAND AND FINES WHILST PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP ARE JAILED.

YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE RSPCA TARGETTING THE VUNERABLE.

A FORMER housing officer who left eight cats to die has been jailed.

Teresa Coogan, 44, was locked up for 16 weeks after a case at Salford Magistrates.

Asim Ali, defending Coogan, who had worked as a housing officer and ran her own counselling business, said she 'allowed things to get on top of her'.

He added that she had suffered domestic abuse, had lost her job and fallen into a 'vicious circle' that had left her contemplating her own life.
She pleaded guilty to 14 mistreatment offences at an earlier hearing.
Sentencing her to 26 weeks in custody, reduced to 16 weeks for her guilty plea, chair of the bench John Horton said there were no physical signs she had tried to kill herself.
At this point a friend of Coogan's, who had earlier threatened an M.E.N. photographer outside court, leapt to his feet in the gallery and hurled abuse at Mr Horton. He was led away by security guards.
Coogan was also banned from keeping animals but can appeal in five years.
The defendant, who wore a balaclava outside court, stood motionless in the dock as the sentence was passed.
The prosecution cost over £13,000. As Coogan is on benefits the RSPCA will have to foot the bill.
Inspector Melissa Furey, who first attended Coogan's house, welcomed the sentence.

She said: “This was an extremely sad and emotional case. The house was in an appalling state and the cats were subjected to horrendous conditions.
“This sentence should act as a deterrent to people in future.
COMMENT
The RSPCA seem to have no intention of implementing a strategy to deal with compulsive animal hoarding inspite of their many millions. The vast majority of RSPCA prosecutions involve the mentally ill, the disabled and pensioners the oldest of whom was in his nineties. Compare this with crime in general - the vast majority of crime in Britain is NOT commited by the mentally ill, the disabled and elderly people. People in the above catogories are seen as easy targets, prosecutions provide free publicity for the RSPCA which leads to increases in donations. It is high time the government launched a review, we have the disability descrimination act in this country and the RSPCA is not above the law.


Maria Smith



http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1185437_jail_for_woman_who_left_cats_to_die

THE WORLD HAS GONE RSPCA MAD.

ITV have now apologised for Gino killing and eating a RAT!
For God's sake it's vermin and surely there are more important acts of animal cruelty to be investigated by the RSPCA than the killing and eating of a rat.
But the story is ample proof that in the Facebook and Twitter age minority pressure groups can now hold the sane decent majority to ransom as they peddle their own brand of stupidity.
Not content with the rat risotto, Peta - People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals - is also upset that so many insects are being abused or killed in the programme.
Will these people please get a life and get out of ours?
The only way any insect has been abused is by having Jordan inflicted upon them.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/sun_talk/gauntysblog/2761820/The-world-has-gone-PC-mad.html

RSPCA CHARITY DONATIONS IN X FACTOR VOTING SCANDAL

IS THIS WHAT THE RSPCA SPEND YOUR DONATIONS ON?

Thousands of X-Factor viewers are now voting 'unofficially' - and much more cheaply - for their favourite acts via a website rather than paying for premium-rate calls.

Viewers who vote via the free2call.tv website pay for their calls by listening to a 15-second online advert.With free2call the 35p 'diverted' call is paid for through sponsorship, with firms paying around £5,000 for 10,000 calls to the premium-rate lines. But with free2call they call a local-rate 03 number and avoid premium rates in return for listening to a 15-second advert. Calls are then diverted to an X Factor 09 premium-rate line with the cost paid by sponsors and advertisers.

So far viewers have been able to use free2call to vote on four of the six X Factor shows - it is only available if free2call.tv is able to find a sponsor.
The RSPCA sponsored 10,000 votes for around £5,000 in the fourth live show, which gave 3,500 votes to Danyl Johnson
http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/bargains-and-rip-offs/money-saving-ideas/article.html?in_article_id=494008&in_page_id=512
http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/latestnews/Cheap-website-sparks-fears-millions.5826156.jp

RSPCA IN CRISIS ABANDONED BY DONORS AND VOLOUNTEERS

Abandoned dogs are no longer being rescued and rehomed by the Stafford, Wolverhampton and District branch of the RSPCA due to lack of volunteers, it emerged today.Volunteer Lucy Hayreh said today: “We have had to close the dog and cat waiting list because we just can’t take them from the public any more, although we have to take the ones that our inspectors remove from homes.”

THE Hull and East Riding branch of the RSPCA is facing closure and has launched a desperate appeal for help.The charity, which has been in the city for 106 years, says it only has enough money to cover running costs for four months after donations from the public dried up.
Lyn Clarke, branch manager of the Clough Road-based centre in north Hull, said this was the lowest ever amount the organisation had held in reserve.
She said: "This is the worst it has ever been and I'm seriously worried. We are facing closure.
"Our donations have dried up – we would probably expect to receive somewhere between six and eight donations a week, now we are not even getting that a month.


http://www.expressandstar.com/2009/10/23/rspca-halts-dog-rescue-service/
http://www.thisishullandeastriding.co.uk/news/Clough-Road-RSPCA-branch-facing-closure/article-1571853-detail/article.html

OUTRAGEOUSLY EXCESSIVE JAIL SENTENCE APPEALED

WHILST RAPISTS, MUGGERS & HOODIES ARE RELEASED ON TO OUR STREETS WITH NO CUSTODIAL SENTENCE; A WOMAN IS JAILED FOR 10 WEEKS BECAUSE HER DOG ATTACKS ANOTHER DOG. 

A WOMAN whose large Japanese Akita dog sank its fangs into a Shih Tzu and tossed the tiny pooch into the air is to appeal against her jail sentence.

Kayleigh Steadman, 23, was jailed for 10 weeks by magistrates last month after admitting causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal.
Steadman's pet Akita Vinnie had escaped through Steadman's broken fence and darted on to nearby Barking Park in Essex where he mauled tiny Shih Tzu Chubby.
She had ignored an earlier RSPCA warning to secure her garden after Vinnie broke free to attack a black Labrador by breaking free.
Steadman now claims the jail sentence was 'manifestly excessive'.
Steadman, who is on bail pending the outcome of her appeal, failed to appear for the short hearing at Snaresbrook Crown Court due to 'anxiety and stress'.
Judge John Hand QC agreed 'with some hesitation' to adjourn the case until January 27 after he was handed a medical certificate confirming Steadman's condition.
Vinnie struck on January 30 this year and attacked Chubby 'without warning' after escaping from Steadman's home.
Steadman gave chase and repeatedly screamed in vain for Vinnie to release Chubby.
A brave bystander was forced to restrain Vinnie in a head-lock to save the Shih Tzu.
Chubby later underwent an operation to treat a number of wounds but has fortunately made a good recovery, according to the RSPCA.
Insp Andrea Middleton had issued Steadman with a verbal warning in November last year after Vinnie's assault on the Labrador.
Steadman claimed she had made several attempts to contact Barking and Dagenham Council in a bid to get the fence repaired.
The JPs jailed Steadman and also disqualified her from owning pets for 15 years.
Steadman, has admitted causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal but has appealed against the 10 week jail sentence.

http://www.bdpost.co.uk/content/barkinganddagenham/post/news/story.aspx?brand=BDPOnline&category=news&tBrand=northlondon24&tCategory=newsbdp&itemid=WeED01%20Dec%202009%2015%3A52%3A09%3A970