Caring for the animals who don’t have a voice

“For years I worked as a veterinary nurse so I spent my time dealing with people who loved their animals; people would actually would go to the ends of the earth for their animals and then you stop and say: ‘These are good people, but what about the poor old dog who has a broken leg that no-one has dealt with?’

She said that dealing with cruelty cases is not straightforward and that the public has a misconception about the powers of the ISPCA. “They think we can just knock on someone’s door, disapprove of the way they are treating their animal and take it away.