ANOTHER DISABLED PERSON PROSECUTED BY RSPCA

http://www.disabilitynow.org.uk/living/features/hounded

We know personally how the rspca work? they took my disabled wife and myself to court because our shih tzus coat was matted (despite a third party asking them for help and acvice?)) total cost to them £9000 (an inspectoron £30 an hour ,vet to clip him boarding fees and greenwoods solicitors fees) . the fine we recieved from the magistrates court was £250 no ban , they certainly did not gain out of this, they entered our house illeagaly , siezed him illeagaly, they are powerless, overpaid, and break the law

ACPO HAVE AGREEMENT WITH CHARITY

c/o PO BOX 481
Fareham
Hampshire
PO14 9FS
Tel: 02380 674255
Email: [ACPO request email]




14/12/2011

Dear Mr Martin

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NUMBER: 000093/11


Applicant Question:
Please specify how many PNC checks you have carried out on behalf of the RSPCA in the 12 months period
Jan – Dec 2010.

Also specify which specific legislation enables the RSPCA (a private charity) to be classified as NPA (Non
Police Agency).

ACPO Response:

ACPO have a Service Level Agreement with the RSPCA in respect of providing Police National Computer (PNC) services. This has been in effect since April 2010 and I provide you with the breakdown of figures for these dates and also for the period January 2010 to 25/11/2011.

Please note that the figures detail the entries placed upon the PNC for the creation of records and also for the amount of checks of the PNC carried out.

April 2010 – Dec 2010:

Arrest Summons Notifications (ASN): 852
PNC Checks: 15

January 2011 – 25/11/2011
Arrest Summons Notifications (ASN): 1459
PNC Checks: 39

While the Protection of Animals Act 1911 does provide a power of arrest for police, case law has defined very clearly that Parliament did not intend any other organisation such as the RSPCA to be empowered under the Act and therefore the RSPCA does not have any powers of arrest, or entry or of search.
Like any other person or organisation that the law deems to have a duty to investigate – e.g., HM Customs & Excise, Local Authority Trading Standards – the RSPCA is expected to conform to the rules in the Police and  Criminal Evidence Act 1984 so far as they relate to matters of investigation. RSPCA Officers are trained to state, following giving the caution, that the person is ‘not under arrest and can leave at any time’.

For your convenience I have provided you with a link to Wikipedia website however ACPO cannot confirm or guarantee its accuracy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals
If I can be of further assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Yours sincerely

Sherry Traquair
Freedom of Information Officer & Decision Maker
www.acpo.police.uk

http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/rspca_pnc_checks#incoming-235651

WHAT DO THE RSPCA MEDIA TRAINING SESSIONS TELL STAFF TO SAY?

IT WOULDN'T BE TO SAY IT WAS ONE OF THE WORST CASES THEY'VE EVER SEEN WOULD IT!

RSPCA inspector Garry Palmer said:"It is one of the worst cases I have seen in my ten-year career."
http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/campaigns/animalwatch/8397121.Man_faces_prison_after_shocking_abuse_of_pet_dog/
RSPCA Inspector Ms Baker said: This is the worst case of animal cruelty I have ever seen in my career.
http://www.burtonmail.co.uk/News/Fox-was-tortured-and-fed-to-Staffie.htm
RSPCA inspector Caroline Hall said: "This is one of the worst cases of animal cruelty I have ever seen
http://menmedia.co.uk/middletonguardian/news/s/1316392_goat_attack_was_worst_case_of_animal_cruelty
"It was the worst case of neglect I have ever seen," said the chief inspector for the RSPCA Rob Skinner,
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8038249.stm
Inspector Dale Grant, of the RSPCA, said it was the worst example of a starved animal he had seen in his career.
http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/whereilive/northlondon/tottenham/4795291.Starved_dog_dumped_in_Tottenham_park_is__worst_case__of_its_kind/
Becky Fox, acting manager at the shelter, said this was the worst case of cruelty she had seen in 10 years
http://www.eveningstar.co.uk/news/suffolk_cherub_the_dog_abandoned_as_number_of_pets_dumped_rises_in_the_eastern_region_1_882507?action=logout
RSPCA inspector Lynn Marshall says it was the "worst case" of animal cruelty she has ever seen.
http://www.thisiscroydontoday.co.uk/New-Addington-couple-prosecuted-cat-hole-s-face/story-11367260-detail/story.html
Kirsty Hampton, the RSPCA inspector in charge of the investigation said it was the worst case she has faced.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23431531-surviving-horses-fight-for-life-as-shocked-rspca-officers-say-farm-horror-is-britains-worst-case-of-animal-cruelty.do
Local inspector Sheona Morley described it as the worst case of cruelty she had encountered in almost 14 years working for the charity.
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/01/01/help-find-sick-yobs-who-hanged-two-lurcher-puppies-from-canal-bridge-115875-22818528/#ixzz1fbeJKsKG
Mr Spamer said that in 25 years service with the RSPCA this was the worst case of animal cruelty he had ever seen.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-117215/Four-jailed-animal-torture-videos.html
Speaking after the case, RSPCA Inspector Mark Gent, said: “This is the worst case of wilful animal cruelty I have seen in my career.
 http://www.petstreet.co.uk/Forum/349205.Drunken%20Teenage%20Girl%20Smashes%20baby%20Rabbit%20Against%20Wall
 Lisa Smith, manager of the charity's Woodside Animal Care Centre, said it was the worst case of cruelty she has seen in the 11 years she has worked there.
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1392168/Border-Collie-stabbed-13-times-left-bleed-death-gutter.html

HERE'S ONE THEY RAIDED EARLIER, SPOT THE CONNECTION?

OH YES, THEY COMPETE WITH THE RSPCA DON'T THEY!

RSPCA TAKE OUT ANOTHER COMPETITOR
AND INTIMIDATE YET ANOTHER PENSIONER

RSPCA officers had to raid an ANIMAL SANCTUARY to rescue dogs, horses and cats.
Cops and RSPCA officers found more than 50 animals after swooping on the property following a tip off from a local bobby.
The co-ordinated raid took place at St Francis Animal Sanctuary near Hatfield, Herts.
Police and the RSPCA executed a warrant on Tuesday under the Animal Welfare Act.
They took vets along with them to check over and treat the emaciated horses, geese, sheep, goats and cats as well as dogs.
The four-acre site had been run for the past 30 years by Fred Brimley, who is in his 80s.
Mr Brimley protested: "I'm just here for the animals."
But outraged RSPCA inspector Kirsty Hampton said: "They shouldn't be allowed to live in their own faeces."

RSPCA INSPECTOR KIRSTY HAMPTON, NO STRANGER TO RAIDS

The animals were taken to nearby Southridge Animal Centre in South Mimms to be looked after while their futures are decided by RSPCA chiefs.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3053812/RSPCA-raid-filthy-sanctuary.html
http://www.whtimes.co.uk/news/rspca_officers_raid_welwyn_hatfield_animal_sanctuary_1_537692

RSPCA CLOSE DOWN ANOTHER RESCUE CENTRE

 John Warwick-Huckvale, Devastated

“I’VE SPENT 15 years of my life helping animals and people with animals. I just don’t know what I am going to do now.”
These were the words of John Warwick-Huckvale, the devastated owner of the Swindon and District Animal Haven, who will be forced to close his business after being found guilty of four animal welfare offences.
John, who suffers with severe MS, was given a 10-year ban on owning farm animals and a four-year ban on owning domestic animals by district judge Simon Cooper on Friday.
He will not be able to appeal against the sentences for seven years and two years respectively.
The sanctuary was visited by the RSPCA on five separate occasions between November 29 and December 21 last year, with a police accompaniment on the final occasion.

RSPCA prosecutor Gibney

Prosecuting, Malcolm Gibney said that as a result of the neglect, a Tamworth boar had to be put down last year.
But John, who pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to a protected animal and failure to comply with duty in respect of farmed animals, said he was shocked at the severity of the sentences and said his future is currently unclear.
“It was totally unexpected,” he said.
“I expected, possibly, to get banned from having pigs because I did agree and I did plead guilty that I kept him alive too long, but it was only because I got too attached to him.
“We called him Matty, he had dodgy hips, but we gave him medication and he would be fine. But you can’t say I didn’t care for my pigs, they were well looked after.
“One of them called Betty came to me when she was just eight inches long and we had her for 12-and-a-half years.
“I’ve spent 15 years of my life helping animals, and people with animals, and to be done for animal cruelty is just madness. I would never intentionally hurt an animal, ever.”
The 40 to 50 chickens, seven geese, three turkeys, eight guinea fowl, six quail, four sheep, two goats, six dogs, 30 rabbits and 29 cats currently on the farm will now be rehomed, or seized and removed.
John was also sentenced to 60 hours of community service to be completed within a year, and ordered to pay costs of £2,000.
“I have had so many calls from people already who just can’t believe what has happened – everyone is very supportive,” he said.
“All the volunteers are so shocked. Nobody expected it because they all know what goes on here. We always let the public in to see what we are doing, we don’t hide anything.
“My family are so distraught. If the council had somewhere for all these animals I wouldn’t be so concerned but they don’t.
“I am worried because the RSPCA have just 49 spaces for cats. I rehome seventy cats in a month, I just don’t know where they are all going to go.”

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/9374672.Sanctuary_boss_shocked_at_ban/

RSPCA RAID 71 YEAR OLD PENSIONER, THEN PROSECUTE HER FOR NOT KILLING DOG

The death of a pet is a terrible thing, one that all pet owners sadly have to face, unfortunately our boon companions are not granted as long as us on the earth. Yet while they are here they provide such comfort, joy and companionship far and above their brief time with us. Having been in a similar situation I would have given anything for just one more day, but it was not to be and it’s a terrible decision to have to make.

This is very sad story and one you might have thought could be handled by a bit of empathy and sitting down with a cup of tea and a good long chat. But not it seems for the RSPCA.

We’ve seen all to frequently how the RSPCA has no compunction in using donations to fight court cases against wills that they feel they have been bilked out of their share. But this sort of heavy handed approach is becoming far more common perhaps it’s a ploy ‘pour encourage les autres’.

But that’s not the jist of this post, no, the reason I’m writing this is a couple of things stood out in the story, now, it could just be lazy reporting (it is the Daily Mail after all)

The RSPCA broke into her home and, after finding the dog with numerous medical problems, charged 71-year-old Mrs Spoor with causing unnecessary suffering to her loyal companion.

‘The RSPCA broke into her home’ did you get that ? they ‘broke into her home’

I’m sorry I didn’t realise the RSPCA had been given Open Warrants to enter peoples property.

As far as I know, the only people in the UK with ‘Open Warrants’ i.e not needed to be authorised by a Judge are HM Customs & Excise and the utility companies, the latter only being authorised to enter to disconnect the supply.

I hope I’m wrong, but I am assuming that the RSPCA approached the Police, the Police approached a Judge and the Judge based on the ‘evidence’ issued a warrant to enter this ladies home. Then the breaking in was carried out by a duly authorised & Warranted Police Officer accompanied by the RSPCA.

What’s worrying is that at no point did anybody say “Hang on a bit, this is an old lady here, looking to lose a friend, couldn’t this be handled a bit more sensitively?’

Which brings me to the second point ‘ and, after finding the dog with numerous medical problems, charged 71-year-old Mrs Spoor ‘

TAGGED BY THE RSPCA FOR NOT KILLING PET

The RSPCA charged her did they, funny I thought that was the job of the Crown Prosecution Service or have the RSPCA become Judge Judy and Executioner* these days.

If however the CPS did bring the charge after pressure from the RSPCA whoever did it should be sacked as they are quite plainly useless, but I suppose on the stat’s sheet a conviction is a conviction in our don’t look at the quality, look at the numbers Judicial system.

Somewhere along the line the RSPCA seems to have lost sight of what it was actually founded for, It seems to have become ‘The Royal Society for the Policing of Cruelty to Animals’

I do know they will be getting no more money from me again and stories like this will only ensure that others will follow suit.

http://pavlovscat2.blogspot.com/2011/07/freeze-punk-rspca.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2019685/Grandmother-Pauline-Spoor-convicted-animal-cruelty-wear-electronic-tag.html

RSPCA; LACK OF STATUTORY POWERS AND POLICE IMPERSONATION AND LIES

Lack of statutory powers and allegations of police impersonation

The RSPCA rank names and rank insignia share similarity with British police ranks, which has led some critics (such as Chris Newman, chairman of the Federation of Companion Animal Societies)^[15] to suggest an attempt to "adopt" police powers in the public imagination. When Richard Girling of The Times asked about their lack of powers, a spokesman for the RSPCA said "We would prefer you didn’t publish that, but of course its up to you".^[15] Chris Newman claimed that the RSPCA "impersonate police officers and commit trespass. People do believe they have powers of entry";^[15] however, he did not produce any evidence of such impersonation of police officers,^{[citation needed]} and the Society strongly deny the charge. However, RSPCA personnel do issue members of the public with a caution which is identical to that used by UK Police Officers, "You do not have to say anything, but it may harm your defence if you do not mention when questioned something which you later rely on in court" and the use of this may be interpreted by members of the public that the RSPCA does have statutory powers. [ Sally Case, head of prosecutions, insists that RSPCA inspectors are trained specifically to make clear to pet-owners that they have no such right.

PIGS FLY, AND RSPCA OFFICERS ARE TRAINED TO TELL PEOPLE THEY HAVE NO STATUTORY POWERS
SALLY CASE.

They act without an owner’s permission, she says, “only if an animal is suffering in a dire emergency. If the court feels evidence has been wrongly obtained, it can refuse to admit it”.^[15] The RSPCA logo is clearly visible on the uniform worn by RSPCA officers, all carry RSPCA ID cards, and their vans are clearly liveried with the RSPCA logo.
While the Protection of Animals Act 1911 does provide a power of arrest for police, case law has defined very clearly that Parliament did not intend any other organisation such as the RSPCA to be empowered under the Act and therefore the RSPCA does not have any powers of arrest, or entry or of search (Line v RSPCA 1902). Like any other person or organisation that the law deems to have a duty to investigate – e.g., HM Customs & Excise, Local Authority Trading Standards – the RSPCA is expected to conform to the rules in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 so far as they relate to matters of investigation. RSPCA officers are trained to state, following giving the caution, that the person is "not under arrest and can leave at any time".

And yet Inspector Julie Lyons says the opposite,

"the Animal Welfare Act, which came into force last year, has made it possible for action to be taken as soon as animal welfare concerns are flagged up. RSPCA officers can now seize pets immediately if they are not being looked after properly, or are being treated badly"

http://www.thisisstaffordshire.co.uk/Britain-s-shame-pet-cruelty-grows/story-12509649-detail/story.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Society_for_the_Prevention_of_Cruelty_to_Animals