![]() ![]() ![]() “Each year, these reports reach its terrible annual peak in the summer months. “While we don’t know for certain why there has been an increase, the cost of living crisis and the post-pandemic world we live in has created an animal welfare crisis. It is heartbreaking that we are seeing such sad figures which show animal cruelty is, very sadly, on the rise. Richard Abbott, RSPCA chief inspector for Cornwall, said: “Right now, animal cruelty is happening in England and Wales on a massive scale and rising. But cats are also more vulnerable as they tend to be out and about on their own which can leave them vulnerable to airgun attacks and other forms of cruelty by complete strangers.” “In many cases these pets have been injured deliberately by their owners - the very people who are supposed to love and protect them. “We see hundreds of felines come through our doors every year who have been subjected to unimaginable cruelty - being beaten, burned, thrown around, had bones broken, been shot at, poisoned and drowned. It is heart-breaking to think that five cats every day are suffering at the hands of humans - it really is appalling - but sadly the RSPCA knows all too well that this cruelty is carried out on a regular basis. The cost-of-living crisis has been blamed as a contributing factor for the increase in deliberate harm to animals at a time when the cost of rescuing animals is at an all-time high and the RSPCA’s vital services are stretched to the limit.ĭr Gaines said: “Cats are one of the most popular pets in the UK with an estimated 11 million pet cats in UK homes but our figures suggest sadly they are the second most abused pet - after dogs. Get our top stories delivered to your inbox every day. ![]() The RSPCA released the heart-breaking figures as part of its Cancel Out Cruelty campaign, in a bid to raise funds to help its frontline rescue teams continue to save animals from cruelty and abuse at a time of the year when the animal welfare charity always sees cruelty peak.ĭr Sam Gaines, head of the RSPCA’s companion animal department said that nationally, there can be as many as three reports of cruelty made every single minute during the busy summer period. Read next: People in Cornwall told to watch out for Asian hornets Some cats the RSPCA has seen have had their bones broken, have been shot at, poisoned and drowned. The charity said some of the abuse the animals it ends up rescuing have suffered can range to cats being beaten, burned, thrown around. The RSPCA said the number of intentional cruelty incidents had gone up by 25% on the previous when the number was 1,387. Of those reports 1,726 were intentional harm incidents. Nationally the charity reported that there were almost 18,000 cat cruelty complaints made. According to the RSPCA, there were 205 incidents of cat cruelty reported in Cornwall last year and the cost of living crisis has been partly blamed for it. The number of cat cruelty incidents in Cornwall is on the rise, figures from an animal welfare charity have revealed. ![]()
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