Weaver Vale MP Mike Amesbury MP attended the RSPCA’s annual drop-in at the House of Commons recently, where he heard directly from RSPCA Inspectors about their frontline work to protect animals in Weaver Vale.
At the event, the scale of animal cruelty complaints across Cheshire were revealed.
Last year the RSPCA investigated a total of 2,787 complaints about animal cruelty in the county, with the its nationwide 24-hour cruelty line receiving over a million calls.
The RSPCA has been investigating and prosecuting animal welfare offences since its foundation in 1824.
Today, they are increasing their work to prevent cruelty occurring in the first place and to educate the next generation of animal lovers.
Mike Amesbury MP said: “I’m proud to support the RSPCA and the work that their inspectors do to protect animal welfare in Weaver Vale.
“It was fantastic to meet some of their hard-working Inspectors and to thank them on behalf of the animal lovers in our area for all that they do.”
Mr Amesbury added: “I am saddened that the RSPCA’s latest statistics show animal cruelty complaints are continuing in Cheshire.
“We all have a duty to be vigilant against abuses of animal welfare and I will continue to work closely with the RSPCA to help improve standards of animal welfare in Cheshire and across the UK.”
