RSPCA FRAUDSTERS LOSE GILL CASE

RSPCA loses court appeal against £2.35m will ruling

Charity failed to reverse high court decision that overturned a will leaving them a 287-acre farm in north Yorkshire

Congratulations to Christine Gill and may those money grabbing fraudsters at the RSPCA now leave her alone in peace

The RSPCA has lost a court of appeal challenge against a ruling thatoverturned a will leaving them a £2.35m farmhouse and land in Northallerton, North Yorkshire.

University lecturer Christine Gill, 59, an only child, had won a high court battle to overturn her parents' will that left their 287-acre farm to the charity, after claiming her "domineering" father coerced her mother into making it.

Gill said in a statement: "It was a matter of huge regret and disappointment to me and my family that the RSPCA chose not to accept the original decision, forcing us to endure another court hearing."

She added: "We can now settle back into our lives on the family farm that I love, and which I have dedicated many years to maintaining."

Before the appeal, a number of charities said they were "very concerned at its possible implications for the charity sector".

Wonder who is picking up the tab for the courts costs.

£120m in a year in donations and still scrounging. Remember that this money does not go the the branches, which are all independent franchised businesses responsible for their own fundraising

Remember that in 2009 the RSPCA killed a total of 63,000 animals - a rise of over 3000 on the previous year. Nice to know how your donations are spent

Guardian

ANIMAL LOVERS FURY OVER RSPCA'S TREATMENT OF STRAY DOG

No surprises here since they no longer help stray dogs. Too expensive to actually help a needy animal with so many fat cats to look after at H/Q

ANIMAL lovers who discovered a dog almost dying in the street called in the cops and the RSPCA – but were shocked to be told by the charity to “let it go, and it will find its own way home”.

Last night they lashed out at the RSPCA for not turning out to help the pooch, which was in a terrible state.

Tina Fitzpatrick, who was one of those who found the French Bullmastiff dodging traffic on Queslett Road in Great Barr, Birmingham, said: “The dog was in awful condition.

“It kept collapsing. It had belonged to somebody but had been badly neglected.

“It was dehydrated, underweight and had marks around its neck from where it had been kept on a chain.

“Its mouth was full of ulcers and all its teeth had gone from gnawing at the chain. It was terrible to see.”

The passers-by rang the police, who managed to get the dog to safety at the side of the road and then contacted the RSPCA.

What happened next outraged Tina, 41, of Kingstanding, who has three dogs herself.

“The RSPCA said they didn’t have any wardens free to come out and collect the animal,” she said. “The police officer asked, ‘what shall I do with the dog?’ and the RSPCA told him, ‘just let it go and it will find its own way home’.

“He was shocked and couldn’t believe it. There was no way you could let the dog go. What would have happened if it had got hit by a car or run into the road and caused an accident?

“It wasn’t a small dog. It was enormous, the size of a small Shetland pony.”

The dog stayed with a friend of Tina’s overnight, and they rang an emergency vet.

Yesterday Tina rang Birmingham City Council, which despatched a warden to collect the dog to take it to a vet for treatment. It was later due to be transferred to Birmingham Dogs Home.

“I know the dog wasn’t injured,” said Tina. “But we told the RSPCA it was in a bad way and kept collapsing. They still refused to come out. For them to tell us to let the dog loose on a busy road was irresponsible and unforgivable.

“I’m disgusted by their behaviour. I used to give money to them, but won’t anymore.”

But a spokeswoman for the RSPCA said the organisation would never have told anybody to release a dog on the road.

“If a dog is injured or in danger then we always try our best to get there,” she said.

“If an inspector is not available then we advise the caller to contact the police, or call out a vet. We would never, under any circumstances, tell someone to just let the dog go, because that would put the animal in danger.”

In this situation, she said, the dog was the responsibility of the council’s wardens because it was not injured,

“If there’s nothing wrong with the dog then it’s the local authority who should take it,” she said.

“They receive money from the Government for this service.”

So where were your inspectors this time Mr Waas? Of course, no cameral rolling, no mileage in this case.

You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time. ...

Sunday Mercury

JAILED FOR DROWNING CATS YET RSPCA GET AWAY WITH BRUTALLY SLAYING 10 GSD'S

Oxfordshire woman jailed for drowning eight cats

Julie Carter claimed she could not afford the phone call to have the animals rescued

The RSPCA couldn't afford the phone call or maybe couldn't be bothered, to help the 10 German Shepherds left on their own after their owner died in 2009.

An Oxfordshire woman who admitted drowning eight cats in a bath has been jailed for 12 weeks.

Julie Carter, 43, of Bicester, told RSPCA staff she could not afford a phone call to have the cats rescued so killed them one by one over a week.

The cats were all aged between one and three years old. Another three were later rehomed.

Carter told Banbury magistrates she had killed the cats because housing officials had told her to remove them.

The RSPCA said that when an inspector later visited her property, she had initially lied, saying the animals had been put to sleep by a vet.

'No choice'

She later confessed, saying she had not had enough money to contact any animal charities, and had drowned the pets in a baby bath instead.

She told the inspector "she felt she did not have any other choice," the RSPCA said.

Carter, of Herald Way, who had admitted a charge of causing unnecessary suffering at an earlier hearing, was also banned from keeping animals for life.

Speaking after the case, RSPCA inspector Doug Davidson said: "The callous and brutal drowning of her eight pet cats is not acceptable in the 21st Century.

So the slaughter of 10 German Shepherds with a captive bolt gun after their owner had died by an RSPCA inspector, wasn't callous and brutal!! It seems that there is one rule for them and another for everyone else. Nice to know how your donations are being spent.

"She did not even attempt to seek help to rehome the animals, and instead caused them unnecessary suffering by drowning them."

Propaganda media

RSPCA KILL BAMBI FOR BEING TOO TAME!!!!

RSPCA volunteer quits after ‘miracle’ deer is put down

Hands up those that thought the RSPCA were an animal welfare charity!!

A FURIOUS animal charity volunteer has resigned and launched a scathing attack on the RSPCA after it put down a young deer that miraculously survived a car accident.

Mervyn Symonds, aged 63, said the RSPCA had “lost its way” after their specialists killed the healthy male fawn because it was “too tame”.

The deer was hailed as a miracle when it emerged unhurt from its mother’s womb after a car accident in Chapeltown Road, Turton, in June.

The story came to a sad end, however, when RSPCA deer experts at a centre in Norfolk tried to release the fawn into the wild.

They said the young roe deer had to be put down because it was too tame and posed a danger to humans.

Now Mr Symonds, who has spent the last five years volunteering for the RSPCA, has quit because he is so angry and upset.

Mr Symonds, of Newbury Road, Little Lever, said: “I felt that I was helping animals by working for the RSPCA.

“I thought they were against cruelty to animals, but the shocking story of them killing this poor defenceless deer has really stunned me.

“Even I know organisations that would have taken this poor animal in, so they must be able to think of alternatives.

“I could understand if it was ill or injured, but this was a healthy animal. I think the RSPCA have lost their way.

“They’re more interested in money than helping animals.

“To kill this poor animal goes against everything they should stand for — it’s cruel, and I’m quite upset about it.”

Mr Symonds, a retired carpet shop owner, volunteered twice a week at the RSPCA shop in Chorley Old Road.

He handed in his letter of resignation yesterday, along with a furious letter of complaint about the RSPCA’s handling of the matter.

An RSPCA spokesman said: “We are obviously disappointed to hear this individual no longer wishes to be a volunteer.

As the work we do to rescue, rehome and promote animal welfare attests, we do care about animals.

“Obviously this particular incident is very sad. Our staff spent many hours over the last five months hand-rearing the deer in the hope he could be successfully released back into the wild.

“We took the chance we could rear it knowing we might have to euthanase it if it sadly proved unsuitable for a life in the wild.”

BOLTON NEWS

Yet in another article:

Chief Insp Ian Briggs, of the RSPCA’s special operations unit, said: “People have this idea that poaching is just a little old man getting a few rabbits for the pot from under the gamekeeper’s nose, but it’s not.

“A lot of the time, it involves gangs armed with firearms and dogs which are specifically bred for taking down game.

“It’s a massively serious problem from the RSPCA’s point of view.

“The people who do this like killing wildlife and the fact they can make money on the side is a bonus.”

That just about describes the RSPCA perfectly - they kill and make lots of money out of doing it!!

BIRMINGHAM POST

RSPCA TAKING OUT THE COMPETITION - ANOTHER SMALL RESCUE RAIDED

Sanctuary could be shut by RSPCA cruelty probe

Yet another raid on another small sanctuary. It seems that the RSPCA like to target smaller rescues. Is it an attempt by them to make it increasingly difficult for small rescues to exist thereby forcing many to close? Just think, soon they will control all rescue which means more money for them and more animals for them to kill!!!

AN animal charity which has saved the lives of countless creatures, could be forced to close after 30 years.

The Rescuers Wildlife Sanctuary in Benfleet has been told to stop taking in poorly animals, pending the outcome of an investigation by the RSPCA.

It is bringing 17 charges of cruelty against the founders of the charity Veronica Mepham and her husband Rye.

The sanctuary is home to about 40 owls and parrots, formerly kept as pets, as well as foxes and rabbits not able to survive in the wild because of injuries.

Veronica, 70, who lives at the centre in Watlington Road, strongly denied the charges.

She said “We have put 30 years of blood, sweat and tears into the sanctuary.

“We are devastated by this. Looking after animals has been our lives. It’s our passion.

“I would never have harmed an animal.”

Despite suffering three strokes in recent years, Veronica has still maintained her work at the charity.

She does all the fundraising to pay for the care of the animals.

The couple and helpers nurse back to health abandoned baby foxes, hedgehogs, squirrels and other wildlife and always avoid putting an animal down unless absolutely necessary.

Veronica added: “I dread to think what will happen if they close us down.

“There is nowhere else for animals to go in this area.”

The charity is well known in the community and Veronica regularly goes to schools for free with her animals to educate youngsters.

Squirrels from the sanctuary even became movie stars when they starred alongside Johnny Depp in the remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

The creatures were handpicked to be in the 2005 Tim Burton movie for the famous nut room scene.

Yesterday she was due to visit Funhouse Pre School in Laindon, to show the pupils some hedgehogs. Veronica has now had to rehome all her hedgehogs, so could not make the appointment.

The RSPCA court hearing is due to take place in November. A spokesman for the RSPCA would not confirm details of the charges at the time of going to press.

ECHO NEWS

MORE SHOCKING FOOTAGE FROM AN RSPCA FREEDOM FOOD EGG FIRM

An investigation by Sky News and Viva has uncovered evidence suggesting Britain's largest egg producer is contravening strict guidelines on animal welfare.

Noble Foods own hen farms accredited to the RSPCA Freedom Food scheme, designed to offer particularly high standards of welfare for farm animals.

But footage obtained by Sky News and Viva from two farms in Fife, Scotland, suggests the guidelines are being breached.

An employee for Noble Foods was covertly filmed revealing electric wires are used to control the hens, who are also encouraged to remain indoors until 80% of them are laying.

The Happy Egg website projects the image of a playground for its hens

Another worker admitted at least one barn was infested with red mite, a parasite that causes skin irritations.

On a second visit to the farm, investigators filmed dozens of birds which had lost feathers due to disease and being pecked by other hens.

For their Happy Egg brand, Noble Foods portrays an image of welfare standards beyond the requirements of the Freedom Food scheme.

The investigation into The Happy Egg Company shows a very different picture - one of disease, incarceration, short lives and electric shocks.

Justine Kerswell from Viva

The company's website states hens are given activities to enhance their natural surroundings such as "an adventure playground and sandpit".

Yet on two separate visits to the farm Sky News discovered muddy surroundings and a water-logged sandpit.

The reality of the hell inside Noble Foods

A Noble Foods worker was recorded admitting the farm had problems with soil drainage and conditions for the hens were different to those officially portrayed.

Justine Kerswell from Viva, told Sky News: "Contented hens pecking at the ground and enjoying a dust bathe in the sun - that's most people's view of free range egg production.

"Viva And Sky News' investigation into The Happy Egg Company shows a very different picture - one of disease, incarceration, short lives and electric shocks."

In a statement, Noble Foods said: "We take the treatment of our hens extremely seriously.

"As soon as we were made aware of the video footage the company instigated an internal enquiry.

"Last night, at our request, both farms involved were audited by RSPCA Freedom Food inspectors and both were given very positive reports.

"We will continue to work with RSPCA Freedom Foods to ensure the highest possible welfare standards across our farms."

The RSPCA told Sky News they take any potential breach of welfare standards very seriously and would be suspending the farms in question from the Freedom Food scheme pending their own investigation.

Noble Foods supplies Happy Eggs to supermarkets including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury's and Ocado.

Sainsbury's welcomed the RSPCA investigation while Ocado have announced they will de-list Happy Eggs from their range as a precautionary measure.

SKY NEWS

Euthanasia statement- RSPCA SUSPEND ILLEGAL AND BARBARIC METHODS OF SLAUGHTERING ANIMALS

It looks like all the negative publicity about the barbaric and illegal methods utilised by RSPCA slaughterman to kill animals, has forced them to review their policies.

As you may be aware, the RSPCA is currently reviewing its euthanasia policy.

The RSPCA's first concern is to prevent animal suffering and we are often called to alleviate this by putting an animal to sleep, for instance if a cat has been seriously injured in a road traffic accident.

As part of this review we are making changes to the way we deal with the handling of veterinary drugs used to alleviate suffering by putting an animal to sleep.

As a result we have decided that our non-veterinary staff will no longer use these types of drugs.

WHO ILLEGALLY SUPPLIED THESE CONTROLLED DRUGS TO NON QUALIFIED RSPCA STAFF?

WHY HAS THERE BEEN NO POLICE INVESTIGATION?

However, RSPCA vets at animal centres and hospitals will continue to have access to pentobarbitone sodium (PBS) for euthanasia purposes.

We have been in close correspondence with the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons on this and have been looking to update our euthanasia procedures in line with current legislation.

CONTROLLED DRUGS ARE GIVEN BY UNQUALIFIED PEOPLE YET THE RCVS IGNORE THIS !

In those cases where seriously injured animals need to be euthanased, usually wildlife or traffic accident victims, our inspectors and animal welfare officers will look at all other options available to them, including calling independent vets to the scene.

Other forms of euthanasia will continue to be considered and used. However, we can confirm that the use of captive bolt guns on dogs is still suspended.

We have considered the welfare implications and are working with both the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) and the British Veterinary Association (BVA) on these changes.

We want to reassure the public that the RSPCA will continue to do what is in the best interest for the animals in helping to alleviate suffering.

THE RSPCA IS ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY NOT WHAT"S IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE ANIMALS!!!

ARSEPCA