30% rise in animal cruelty convictions...
Apr 30, 2013, 10:56 AM
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(Broadcast on BBC WM April 2013)
There's been a big increase in the number of people convicted for animal neglect and cruelty here in the West Midlands.
The RSPCA says 98 people were convicted last year - compared to 67 in 2011.
But it still says judges should take the offence more seriously.
Other places are seeing a similar situation - as BBC WM reporter EMMA THOMAS found when she went to The Rosedene animal rescue centre in Rushall, near Walsall...