A few dead seabirds – does it matter?

This is a second mention in a row for the RSPCA.  Their name has been in the news recently for their rescue of oiled seabirds on the south coast of England. Rather than being washed up covered in thick black oil these seabirds, mostly guillemots, have been found on the coast from Cornwall to Hampshire…

Cartoon – by Ralph Underhill

  I’ve never given the RSPCA any money as far as I can remember. I followed the controversy over their prosecution (successful prosecution) of the Heythrop Hunt with only a little bit of interest.  I certainly didn’t think ‘What a shocking thing for the RSPCA to do’. But when Simon Hart, ex chief executive of…