The RSPCA claims it is close to ‘breaking point’ because of a slump in donations and a significant rise in the number of pet owners convicted of cruelty.
Britain’s leading animal welfare charity successfully took 1,340 people to court last year – up by almost 25 per cent on 2010 – at a record cost of £4.7million.
The charity says it is facing a funding crisis, having seen costs go up while the amount of money left to them in wills has plunged.
Head of prosecutions Sally Case said the organisation was ‘struggling to continue’, while chief executive Gavin Grant warned the charity ‘faces a crisis that is stretching us to breaking point’.
About £59million was left in legacies in 2010 – down… Read the full story