Treatment of animals
Sir. — On April 27 and April 28 “The Press” printed reports on a maltreated Afghan hound.. Apparently the complaints about the dog started last December. Obviously the dog is now in an appalling condition. Does an animal have to deteriorate to this condition before the S.P.C.A. can remove it from its owner? Would it be possible through your column to have the following questions answered? Does the S.P.C.A. have to receive a complaint to investigate? What powers does the S.P.C.A. have to follow up a case? What condition does an animal have to be in before it is removed from its owner, and can the S.P.C.A. prevent that person from owning another animal? — Yours, etc., (Mrs) JUDY LYTTLE.
April 30, 1979. [Mr K. Thomson, secretary of the Canterbury Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, replies: “(1.) The society is, of course, unaware that a problem exists unless a complaint is received. (2.) I would refer your correspondent to the Animals Protection Act, 1960, and its amendments which grants fairly wide powers to the S.P.C.A. to follow up a case. (3.) An inspector is empowered to obtain and maintain possession of any animal he has reasonable cause to believe is in need of care. (4.) Only the Court may, under Section 16 of the Animals Protection Act, 1960,
make an order concerning ownership of an animal.”]
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