Category: Animal law

  • U.K. cats always lose out at any mention of legal status.

    U.K. cats always lose out at any mention of legal status.

    Because lost and stray cats do not pose a public safety risk. Following the death of her microchipped cat Gizmo in a road accident, whose body was later disposed of by a veterinary surgeon without scanning, the owner began a petition to make it a legal requirement for dead cats to be scanned. The petition,…

  • Love them or hate them we need the RSPCA

    Love them or hate them we need the RSPCA

    RSPCA should aim to go back to basics. The RSPCA are in the process of closing some of their animal shelters, hospitals and clinics and allegedly making at least ten percent of their administration and front line staff redundant according to Society statements and media reports. This has obviously caused alarm and distress to their…