[Pond, James Pond]

That's a darned shame for abused or neglected animals but what else are we to do?

Admittedly, that is a tough one.

I don't have all the answers, partly because I don't know what the procedural routes available to the public are, I suppose name and shame in the local press could be a start: nothing like a bit of peer pressure to change attitudes.

However, my initial point was rather to do with a posted statement that it wasn't anyone's business how someone else treated their animals, and I just feel that there comes a point when turning a blind eye becomes very hard.