The RSPCA is critically dependent on involving volunteers—for example around 75% of animals rehomed by the society each year are handled by its local branches, which are run by voluntary trustee bodies. Keeping this functioning requires that individuals participate in the democratic structures; in p... [more]

Some animal protection organisations see their primary role as the direct provision of welfare services (for example rehoming animals), while others are primarily orientated towards campaigning, or education. A few combine the two, and this may be problematic. On the one hand they may be accused of ... [more]