Well said Sarah & I agree with everything you´ve said. Tim is a ´charmer´ & a good orator but I see past all that... It cuts no ice with me..!
nteresting that the Chief Vet for the Dogs Trust is the ex chief vet for the RSPCA who left because of their policies.... Also that a dig was made at the Dogs Trust (not naming them but we all know who was being referred to by the phraseology).
Both him & Mark Evans emphatically deny any Animal Rights connections but at least one member of the ruling council was at an AR ´conference´ recently... Probably just as an ´observer´ I expect (tongue in cheek....)

again, i find this interview very interesting. tim seems really genuine in what he´s saying but he cannot surely know of every single case that is looked in to by every single inspector every single day? he says that they now have the power using the 5 freedoms of the animal welfare bill to "go in" earlier and help animals sooner, before suffering is actually caused, and to help and advise owners but this is just not my experience of the rspca. i wonder how each case is dealt with? i mean, you phone the cruelty line to report a case, i assume the details are then passed on to the inspector in your area that is working that day, but what rules and procedures are these inspectors following? one may handle a case one way and another totally different? or are they definately all dealt with in the same way? how can they be sure that all cases are dealt with the same way or isn´t that important? i just wonder how tim would have dealt with the cases i have reported in the past and how he would react to know how, in my opinion, the RSPCA failed these animals?

the one bit that really got my back up was him saying that he wished members of the public would report suffering or cruelty sooner and then the RSPCA could go in and act BEFORE animals really suffered and yet how many times do we hear of cruelty cases where neighbours or members of the public have repeatedly called the RSPCA to a cruelty / neglect case and nothing has been done?

Pleased to see this, I was recently very impressed, rspca officer in my area came in and persuaded several local people to get there cats neutered also trapped some local ferals for a local cat group, neutered them, then the cats were put back. No people persecuted or animals suffered and the local area much improved for cats.