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RSPCA Urge Struggling Dog Owners to Seek Help

Tue, 09 Feb 2010

The RSPCA has urged pet owners who are struggling to care for their animals to seek help from local animal charities or dog rescue centres . The RSPCA encounter a worrying number of cases of animal cruelty each year, with one recent incident prompting inspector Mike Scargill to speak out. Inspector Scargill found a Staffordshire bull terrier seriously injured and abandoned in a field near Nottingham. The pets injuries included a badly fractured skull, leaving the vet with no alternative but to have the dog put down. Mr Scargill labelled the case as one of the most disturbing he has ever seen, believing the injuries to have been inflicted by a cricket bat.

Mr Scargill commented that such violence is inexcusable, citing the vast number of outlets for struggling pet owners to turn to. The early months of the calendar year are a tricky time for the RSPCA, with animal charities full to the brim following the Christmas period, which all too often results in animals being abandoned.

Just last month, a dog owner from East London was banned from keeping animals for four years after an RSPCA investigation found her guilty of neglecting an English bull terrier.
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