Would you treat a dog like this?
The response from West Sussex County Council and the RSPCA raises several questions:
1. Who actually owns the wide and lengthy roadside verge at that location? If the county council is not in a position to take action against trespass, then is it common land, free for anyone to use?
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Hide Ad2. If a dog were to be tethered in the same way for months on end, would everyone treat it with the same degree of indifference?
3. The RSPCA stated that it cannot intervene ‘as long as the animal’s needs are being met’. A horse is a herd animal and its needs are not being met if it is tethered all day, every day, in complete isolation, close to a busy road.
Keith Overington
Dinsdale Gardens
Rustington
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