HAVING digested the correspondence from Jo Cunningham, regional press officer for the RSPCA (You Say, November 28), I think it's about time they started to be honest with the British public.
The society does a marvellous job in many respects, especially dealing with cases of cruelty to domestic pets, the majority of which come from our towns and cities.
However, that it is where it ends. Jo Cunningham states that the RSPCA is not an animal rights organisation. I believe that statement to be untrue.
In fact, I believe that the society has been taken over and is now controlled by animal rights fanatics.
Over the past few months, we have seen democracy completely removed from the RSPCA. The disgraceful expulsion of former Olympic Gold medallist Richard Meade is just one example. His crime was to be a supporter of hunting and other country sports.
Opposed
It's well a well-known fact that the RSPCA is opposed to hunting in any form. This includes shooting and fishing. However, you won't find too many advertisements from the RSPCA condemning fishing, because it's the UK's largest participant sport and it may just lose them members and, of course, loss of income.
The society enjoys charitable status but, nevertheless, has entered the political arena with its relentless campaign against hunting, using tens of thousands of pounds of its assets and members' contributions.
It is time for the RSPCA to start looking at the hard facts surrounding field sports, especially hunting and perhaps taking the advice of the 63 per cent of vets who favour the continuation of hunting.
TIM PINNEY,
Peopleton, Pershore.
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