The Scottish SPCA has called for parents across Scotland to take more responsibility for the behaviour of their children after another sickening catalogue of violence against animals over the past year.
Launched during Scottish Animal Week, the charity’s plea is supported by shocking statistics which show that attacks have risen by almost 20 percent compared to the last two years and that even more are taking place during school holidays.
Below are examples of calls to the Scottish SPCA’s Animal Helpline over the past year. These calls are tasked to the Society’s dedicated Inspectorate, which is unique among animal welfare organisations in being a reporting agency to the Procurator Fiscal.
- The caller reports that children are putting live cats and other animals in their freezer
- When the neighbour’s children come home from school they are pushing their dog against their fence and abusing it
- A fledgling is being hit with a mop by children
- Youths are burning bumbles bees with cigarettes
- Children are holding a puppy by its lead, swinging it around and poking sticks in its face. The pup can be heard screaming in pain
- A neglected 11-week-old puppy is being put out in the streets in the morning. It is painfully thin and is being kicked by children
- A bird has been rescued from children who were using it as a football
- Children are kicking a hedgehog to death
- An injured pigeon needs to be collected. Children are throwing it in the air and letting it crash to the ground
- Youths are kicking a cat and dragging it by the back legs
- Children have set fire to a bird nest and the fire brigade is attending. The parents have deserted the nest but one fledgling remains
- A badger trapped in a snare is being beaten by children with bricks
- A swan’s nest is being destroyed by children
- Children have trapped and are torturing a sparrow
- Drunk youths are chasing roe deer
- Children are kicking the body of a pigeon after cutting its head off
- A stray cat has been rescued from children who were trying to put it down a drain
- Children are throwing stones at a dog tied to a kennel. It is not fed, its water is dirty, it has no bedding and it cannot get away
- Youths have kicked a hedgehog to death
- Youths are pushing house martin chicks off a roof
- A frog is being hung up to a post by children with a fishing line and hook
Anyone with information about animal cruelty should contact the Scottish SPCA Animal Helpline 0870 73 77722.
The full article can be read here scottishspca.org
Launched during Scottish Animal Week, the charity’s plea is supported by shocking statistics which show that attacks have risen by almost 20 percent compared to the last two years and that even more are taking place during school holidays.
Below are examples of calls to the Scottish SPCA’s Animal Helpline over the past year. These calls are tasked to the Society’s dedicated Inspectorate, which is unique among animal welfare organisations in being a reporting agency to the Procurator Fiscal.
- The caller reports that children are putting live cats and other animals in their freezer
- When the neighbour’s children come home from school they are pushing their dog against their fence and abusing it
- A fledgling is being hit with a mop by children
- Youths are burning bumbles bees with cigarettes
- Children are holding a puppy by its lead, swinging it around and poking sticks in its face. The pup can be heard screaming in pain
- A neglected 11-week-old puppy is being put out in the streets in the morning. It is painfully thin and is being kicked by children
- A bird has been rescued from children who were using it as a football
- Children are kicking a hedgehog to death
- An injured pigeon needs to be collected. Children are throwing it in the air and letting it crash to the ground
- Youths are kicking a cat and dragging it by the back legs
- Children have set fire to a bird nest and the fire brigade is attending. The parents have deserted the nest but one fledgling remains
- A badger trapped in a snare is being beaten by children with bricks
- A swan’s nest is being destroyed by children
- Children have trapped and are torturing a sparrow
- Drunk youths are chasing roe deer
- Children are kicking the body of a pigeon after cutting its head off
- A stray cat has been rescued from children who were trying to put it down a drain
- Children are throwing stones at a dog tied to a kennel. It is not fed, its water is dirty, it has no bedding and it cannot get away
- Youths have kicked a hedgehog to death
- Youths are pushing house martin chicks off a roof
- A frog is being hung up to a post by children with a fishing line and hook
Anyone with information about animal cruelty should contact the Scottish SPCA Animal Helpline 0870 73 77722.
The full article can be read here scottishspca.org
