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Do we treat animal cruelty offenders too harshly?
Some defence lawyers believe we do. Some UK lawyers appear on a crusade to curtail animal cruelty prosecutions in the UK. The rights and interests of the abused animals to get protection seem to get lost in attempts to make us feel sorry for the offenders. Some lawyers advertise themselves as specialist defence lawyers against the…
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Paranoia over RSPCA powers.
What is wrong with our nation of animal lovers when we refuse to properly enforce and protect our animals? In 2017 certain sections of the UK media reported, in their usual hysterical and overstated prose, that the RSPCA were in talks with the police and government seeking statutory powers under the Animal Welfare Act 2006…