While the Protection of Animals Act 1911 provided a power of arrest for police, the British courts have determined that Parliament did not intend any other organisation such as the RSPCA to be empowered under the act and that the RSPCA therefore does not possess police-like powers of arrest, of entry or of search ( Line v RSPCA, 1902 ).

RSPCA centres, hospitals and branches operate throughout England and Wales.

West Hatch has been the home of an RSPCA Little Creech centre since 1963, when the 17th century farm was purchased for the charity.

The society owns four animal hospitals, Birmingham, Greater Manchester, Putney ( south London ) and the Harmsworth Memorial Hospital in Holloway ( north London ), and a number of clinics which provide treatments to those who could not otherwise afford it, neuter animals and accept animals from the RSPCA inspectorate.

The RSPCA brings private prosecution ( a right available to any civilian ) against those it believes, based on independent veterinary opinion, have caused neglect to an animal under laws such as the Animal Welfare Act 2006.

In spring and early summer ducks sometimes influence human activity through their nesting ; sometimes a duck pair nests well away from water, needing a long trek to water for the hatchlings: this sometimes causes an urgent wildlife rescue operation ( e. g. by the RSPCA ) if the duck nested somewhere unsuitable like in a small enclosed courtyard.

The council consulted the RSPCA to ensure that the diapers were not harmful to the horses ' welfare.

In 1840, Queen Victoria gave the society her blessing, and it became the RSPCA.

However, while policy makers consider suffering to be the central issue and see animal euthanasia as a way to reduce suffering, others, such as the RSPCA, argue that the lives of laboratory animals have intrinsic value.

He was a member of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ), and in many photographs can be seen wearing his RSPCA badge.

Following the creation of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ) in the UK in 1824 ( given Royal status in 1840 ), Henry Bergh founded the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals on April 10, 1866 in New York City.

In light of recent research, some countries, like Germany, have banned specific types of fishing and the British RSPCA now formally prosecutes individuals who are cruel to fish.

The RSPCA fears that breeders are renaming pit bull terriers as Staffordshire bull terriers to avoid prosecution.

RSPCA chief vet Mark Evans said: " Staffies have had a terrible press, but this is not of their own making-in fact they're wonderful dogs.

The most common rescue and rehoming organizations are the RSPCA, Cats Protection, and the Dogs Trust.

In an event widely reported by the media, a two-year-old UK Rottweiler named Jake owned by Liz Maxted-Bluck was recognised for his bravery by the RSPCA.

The first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( SPCA ), based on the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ), was set up in Victoria in 1871, followed by other SPCAs in Tasmania in 1872, New South Wales in 1873, South Australia in 1875, Queensland in 1883, and Western Australia in 1892, with the other territories following much later.

The SPCAs were given the Royal Warrant in 1923 and became known as the Royal Societies for the Protection of Cruelty to Animals, although they have no formal connection with the RSPCA UK.

The national organisation, RSPCA Australia, was formed in 1981 to give a national voice on policy matters and advise the federal government on animal welfare issues.

They included the Royal Humane Society in 1774, the Glasgow Humane Society in 1790, and the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ) in 1824.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ) is a charity operating in England and Wales that promotes animal welfare.

In 2011, the RSPCA investigated 159, 759 cruelty complaints and collected and rescued 119, 126 animals.

The RSPCA is funded entirely by voluntary donations.

In the late 1830s the society began the tradition of the RSPCA inspector, which is the image best known of the organisation today.

Since that time the RSPCA has continued to play an active role, both in the creation of animal welfare legislation and in its enforcement.

A RSPCA shop in Bramley, West Yorkshire | Bramley, Leeds.

Their first port of call was Parliament, where they lobbied for new legislation to extend the length of copyright, and when this failed, they turned to the courts.

Vittorio Emanuele lobbied the Parliament of Italy over the years in which the law prohibiting his return was in force, to be allowed to return to his homeland after 56 years in exile.

He lobbied behind the scenes against the hanging of Louis Riel in 1885 and was one of the few Conservatives Members of Parliament to survive the resulting backlash in the province of Quebec in 1887.

He was president of the Croatian National congress and lobbied on behalf of Croatian self determination in Washington, Western Europe and Australia and a deputy in the Croatian Parliament, member of Croatia ’ s delegation to the Council of Europe and the Interparliamentary Union and served as ambassador in the Foreign Ministry, recipient of Croatian and Bulgarian decorations.

He then successfully lobbied Parliament to extend Watt's patent for an additional 17 years, enabling the firm to market Watt's steam engine.

Stephenson proposed the concept in an article for the Daily Herald in 1935, and later lobbied Parliament for the creation of an official trail.

He also lobbied Parliament over child labour, and helped to create the co-operative movement, before attempting to create a utopian community at New Harmony.

He wrote a number of anonymous tracts against the consumption of gin and distilled spirits, most notably ' A Friendly Admonition to the Drinker of Brandy and other Distilled Spirituous Liquors ' and also lobbied Parliament.

In 2003, it strongly but indirectly lobbied the European Parliament against the proposed Directive on the patentability of computer-implemented inventions.

), he lobbied and convinced the members of the European Parliament to amend a directive proposal on the Patentability of Computer-Implemented Inventions ( initially written by the European Commission ).

Despite these environmental concerns local Conservative MP Damien Collins, supported by some local residents, has lobbied Parliament to reconsider this position.

In the early 18th century it successfully lobbied for Parliament to be called every two years ( as opposed to the start of each new reign ) and shortly thereafter, it declared itself to be in session permanently, mirroring developments in the English Parliament.

Their efforts were mainly directed towards the suffering of imprisoned Quakers, but they also lobbied Parliament to reduce the burden of tithes and oaths.

He and another backbench colleague in Parliament, Leopold Amery, lobbied the Conservative leadership to press for an immediate declaration of war against Germany on 1st August 1914.

As a Member of Parliament he lobbied successive Minister ’ s of Justice to reopen the case and Justice Minister Irwin Cotler eventually referred the matter to the Ontario Court of Appeal where Truscott was acquitted and the Court ruled that his conviction was a miscarriage of justice.

* Northern Ireland Minister Michael Mates resigned after being found to have lobbied Parliament on behalf of businessman Asil Nadir.

Howarth described the original bill as an " Abolition of Parliament Bill ", and successfully lobbied for significant changes before it was passed into law.

Darwin's neighbour Lubbock had been elected Member of Parliament for Maidstone in February 1870 and Darwin lobbied him to get a question added to the census to find if married cousins had as many surviving children as unrelated parents, but when it came up in July, Lubbock's amendment caused furious debate and was heavily defeated.

Its Mass Lobby of Parliament in November 2005 was the largest such event in the history of modern British democracy with 375 MPs lobbied in one day.

The quarterly members ' newsletter, " Think of England ", was started in summer 1999 and, in June 2000, about 50 members lobbied their MPs at the Houses of Parliament.