D You Thin The Rspca Should Be Stripped Of Its Right To Procecute?

[cassa333]

I think they have at times been shown to be very gung-ho in some of its procecutions. Taking perfectly healthy and happy animals away from people that are simply not able to defend themselves. personally I think they should not be using the courts unless in extreme cases where the CPS does not.

Yes we can all bring a private prosecution and they should not be stripped of the ability in its entirety as it is a right to be able to do it but I just don't agree with them doing it without recourse to the CPS (unles they do and I missed that bit).

I do not give to the RSPCA because for me they should concentrate on animal welfare more than prosecution but I know others may not agree.

I just wonder what the general feeling is?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37987213

[mikey4444]

Togo.....Gromit and I are only pointing what is going on with this latest attack on the RSPCA by the Tory Party....sorry if it makes inconvenient reading !

[Gromit]

Togo
Prosecuting people guilty o animal cruelty is a deterrent to stop them doing it again in the future. The P in RSPCA stands for Prevention. A successful prosecution has the effect of preventing similar crimes by the same people. It completely is within its remit to stop cruelty to animals.
The only conflict of interest is Pro Hunting MPs dominating a committee and recomending strippping powers to help their mates getting criminal records for breaking the law.

[Gromit]

* to help their mates from getting criminal records *

[hereIam]

I'm a fan of the RSPCA. No other charity would go out to abuse cases and help the abused animal like they do, you only have to watch The Dog Rescuers to see this and see the determination on the Inspectors faces to help the poor unfortunate animal. Yes, they make mistakes, what organisation doesn't, but they help far more than they hinder and I don't believe for one second that the CPS will prosecute all cases like the RSPCA will. And I say this after sometimes they have helped me in the past and sometimes they haven't !

[ToraToraTora]

I don't really understand the question. We all have the right to prosecute so I don't see how it can be legally stripped from any entity.

[hereIam]

And Prudie, I don't mind my donations being spent on anti-hunting, I applaud them for this.

[mikey4444]

hereIam....we are as one on this issue !

[youngmafbog]

And there we go. Both Mickey and Gromit see it as a political tool.

A charity should not be political and certainly should not be bringing prosecutions. Campaign and follow them up yes, but that should be it.

[Islay]

No

[mikey4444]

YMB...so who will prosecute the Hunts that are breaking the law ? As the Police, as I have suggested earlier perhaps ?

[Togo]

//Evidence heard included testimony from the Self-Help Group (SHG) for farmers, pet owners and others experiencing difficulties with the RSPCA which said some people felt alienated by the charity's "targeting of vulnerable, ill or elderly people" and the removal of their animals.//

From the link. We donated to the RSPCA for many years, "She who must be obeyed" for 30 years before that. We have not donated a penny to them for last 4 years and will not until the obvious political connotations in their very publicity hungry and selective prosecutions cease. Just for your interest only, My good lady is close friends, since her school days, with a lady who is employed by the RSPCA and who privately despairs at the "work" now being prioritised. Whilst healthy animals are put down due to "lack of funds".Mehh.

[ladybirder]

No I don't. I think abused animals would be the losers if this were to be the case. The RSPCA don't always get it right but they have done and still do some marvellous work despite being totally overwhelmed at times due to the level of animal cruelty in this country. The police around here can't even be bothered to investigate a crime being committed when they are offered a photo of the culprit actually carrying out the crime.

I agree with what hereIam says @ 12.36.

[hereIam]

And I agree with you lb.

[mikey4444]

Slightly off-topic I suppose but this is a good example of the work that the RSPCA does :::

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-west-wales-38002298

[hereIam]

Well done RSPCA!

[mikey4444]

Cruelty to animals and children are amongst the worst sins that anyone could commit, as far as I am concerned.

[HansUrbancka]

The whole of the RSPCA needs to be examined. It's a voluntary organisation that is more interested in raising funds to pay its Executives high salaries than the welfare of animals.

Hans.

[hc4361]

I don't understand why you think executives and staff should be paid less than the market rate because it is a charity, hans.

A huge organisation like the RSPCA needs people who know what they are doing.

[HansUrbancka]

@hc4361......You are leading me into a minefield and I am likely to step on an explosive. Nevertheless, I will say that it becomes questionable whether the top brass in organisations such as the RSPCA, do know what they are doing. Also there is the question of 'Patrons' being paid for merely having their names mentioned in publicity material.

Hans.