A Michael Broad Blog
NEWS AND COMMENT-UK: This is a news item which has been circulating in the UK for a while and it is developing hence this report. I’m told that there are now 84 cases of domestic cats being shaved illegally. I’m referring to indoor/outdoor cats who are perhaps outdoors at night and somebody, a criminal …
In the UK, you might know that the RSPCA is the front line dealing with animal welfare problems including animal abuse and animal cruelty. If you see animal cruelty or abuse then your first port of call is to contact the RSPCA. How do you do this? Well, they have a nice new website …
ANALYSIS: The RSPCA, UK’s most prominent animal welfare organisation, is to close some of its top hospitals to raise £18 million because they are running at an annual deficit (the four: Putney Hospital, Southall Cattery and Clinic, Lockwood Equine Centre and South Godstone Animal Centre). In 2018 the charity had a deficit of £6.9 …
Not much to say here except that the RSPCA seem to be perpetually in trouble due to making poor decisions. They have been heavily criticised for bringing too many prosections as a means to promote themselves and to try and deter animal abusers. It failed as did the prosecutions. The RSCPA does seem to …
The RSPCA reveals its most interesting and let’s say bizarre animal rescues for 2019. There is one cat in the list and it does indeed looks strange because they don’t explain how this elderly cat living in the Midlands of the UK managed to get, what looks like, one of his hind legs stuck …
On International Cat Day, the RSPCA in Great Britain have disclosed that they receive more telephone calls about cats than any other animal. This does not necessarily mean that domestic cats are abused more than other animals because some of the phonecalls relate to cats stuck in tight spots but many concern abandoned or …
This is a case of wrongful prosecution and numerous other failings by the Crown Prosecution Service in conjunction with the RSPCA and the police.
This is a first in the history of animal shelter adoption. The RSPCA, at various facilities in the southeast of England, were holding 55 Siamese cats for adoption. They were rescued from a single home in Croydon. Breeding by an individual had got out of control. Indeed around 55 Siamese cats were rescued but …
