The RSPCA should have its powers to pursue animal cruelty cases in court taken away, police chiefs have argued, as part of a major review of the Animal Welfare Act.
Although it has no statutory powers, the charity currently has the right to privately prosecute people and last year successfully convicted 796 defendants of animal cruelty offences.
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However, the National Police Chiefs Council has said that prosecutions should instead be… Read the full story