Category: Cruelty to cats

  • We need a UK Cat Act

    We need a UK Cat Act

    U.K cats need more legal protection. Time and again whenever laws are introduced to control or protect animals in the U.K. cats always miss out with preference always given to the control and welfare of dogs. Even the basic requirement for cats to be microchipped is not legislated for and recently the Governments reluctance to…

  • 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…