RSPCA launches the Political Animal
RSPCA has launched a new website called ' Political Animal ' to encourage voters to lobby their prospective parliamentary candidates about animal welfare issues ahead of the General Election. The site offers an interesting timeline of the last 20 years of animal welfare law, leading up to the Animal Welfare Act 2006, showing landmark changes. It also gives details of the RSPCA's stance on issues like status dogs, higher welfare farming, wild animals in circuses and animals used in experiments. RSPCA parliamentary officer Stacey Frier, said: "The Political Animal microsite is a...