Now, what do you suppose the RSPCA will do about this?
If the answer’s ‘Prosecute you, and rightly so!’ well, then, I’ll just claim he’s really a horse, and I’m a traveller.
Then they’ll just say there’s nothing wrong with him, send me a letter and ‘monitor the situation’:
Mrs Rutley, from Thornton Heath, said: "I'm worried he is going to starve.
"He's getting thin. His hip bone is sticking out, his spine is showing and you can feel all his ribs. His legs are cut and infected.
"He has a big pot belly so unless you know something about horses you would think he was fine. Actually he's very skinny but his stomach has swollen because he has worms.
"The RSPCA said there's nothing wrong with him but I can see he's not fine. I'm really disappointed they won't help him."Clearly, someone at the newspaper asked the RSPCA for a quote, and I think they must have got the same useless spokesperson as the recent deer story:
An RSPCA spokeswoman there was little it could do to help at this stage.
"Unfortunately this is something we have to deal with on a regular basis," she said.Really? Well, maybe if you prosecuted them with a bit more zeal – you know, like the zeal you showed in this case, and this one – you might not have to have so many, eh?
Maybe word would get around?
"We're restricted in what we can do. There is a fence around it so it's not going to walk into the road and injure itself.
"If we are concerned for its health or welfare then we can call a vet to come and examine the animal. We have no power to seize the pony.
"Our officer will leave a note for the owner to say we are concerned about the pony and urge them to treat it for worms.
"We will monitor the pony and if it goes downhill the next stage would be to call a vet. Then, if we feel it's the right thing to do, we will go through the process of seizing the pony.
"We can't do that just because it's got worms and is not living in the best of conditions."Well, sweetie, just what did you lobby the government for, if not for the power to move in before suffering took place, and because animal welfare & suitable accommodation wasn’t being addressed?
Or did you only ever plan to use that power against pensioners, and not anyone who might actually put up a fight?
Remember! Never, never, never, NEVER give these people money! Give it to a real animal charity, instead.
10 comments:
I read the story of the old lady prosecuted for keeping an arthritic Lab with cataracts and fur loss.
My elderly Springer is arthritic (for which she receives daily medication), under-weight (on the say-so of the vet to ease the pressure on her joints), moth-eaten (although her skin is healthy), is hard of hearing and whose eyesight isn't what it once was. It doesn't stop her wanting to go for her daily walk (she no longer runs, just breaks into a fast plod), queening out on my armchair (she still has the power to jump up on the furniture) or clearing her food bowl in 10 seconds flat (in order to go looking for tidbits from my own meal).
God help any RSPCA scumbag who breaks into my home in order to destroy what quality of life she has left.
"An RSPCA spokesman said: “The five puppies, which were only a few weeks old, were removed from a garden in Snodland as they were found shivering and wet by the RSPCA inspector.
“In the absence of the mother dog and the owner, the inspector made a decision - based on veterinary advice - to intervene in the best interests of the animals."
So, bearing in mind all the horse cases before, including the ponies rounded up as a herd and destroyed on contested 'vetinary' evidence, the RSPCA in Croydon are talking bunky code for "we aren't tangling with travellers".
In the case above, the RSPCA were given a roasting by the magistrate before throwing out the case against a 16 year old.
http://rspcainjustice.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/draconian-rspca-wrongfully-prosecute-16.html
Oops, sorry, you already linked to the Kent case.
PC Simon Harwood said at his trial: "Ragamuffins like Tomlinson deserve a quick end. He could have danced to Hell on 30 lightning bolts with Taser...or if I had been issued with a firearm, I could have ventilated his brain in seven. Heh! I love my job."
The case continues
Once Leveson's inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press is complete, what chance of an inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the travellers.
Thought not.
Did the same problem exist when there were still knacker yards?
"God help any RSPCA scumbag who breaks into my home in order to destroy what quality of life she has left."
I'm surprised more of them haven't been shot. It seems people are starting with solicitors.
"...the RSPCA in Croydon are talking bunky code for "we aren't tangling with travellers"."
That seems to be the size of it, yes.
"Once Leveson's inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the press is complete, what chance of an inquiry into the culture, practices and ethics of the travellers."
Two chances, I suspect! ;)
"Did the same problem exist when there were still knacker yards?"
I suspect that's where this poor animal will end up.
Is this sort of thing ever going to stop?
XX "Unfortunately this is something we have to deal with on a regular basis," she said. XX
THAT is the fucking PROBLEM, you stupid bitch, you are NOT dealing with these cases AT ALL!
And don't they have spokes MEN any more?
I can not remember the last time I saw one, or saw one mentioned. Tjhey are all bloody women!
(Sorry Julia, but then, you are not an RSPCA/Police/Fire brigade/ whatever spokes-WOMAN. :-) Nothing personal)
Julia, the knackers yard, as sad as it is, turns a horse from a liability into an asset that has a basic value.
As is, horses right now are worth a negative amount, and with the recession, it's not only the traditional suspects that let them fester.
That said, the vets have gotten very expensive, tempting a lot of people to skip treatments too, and often it's trivial stuff that should be available OTC for a fraction of what the 'vet rent' costs.
Post a Comment