Rejected petition Allow the RSPCA to retain its powers to prosecute those who abuse any animal.

A government committee suggests that the RSPCA should be stripped of its rights to prosecute those who abuse animals. They claim there is a "conflict of interest" between the charity's power to prosecute and its role to investigate a case. They've been in existence since 1824, so why now?

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37987213

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/172674

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Date submitted 16 November 2016
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