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the RSPCA broke into her home? do they have the same powers as police officers now? no seriously I want to know. could the RSPCA therefore break into animal testing laboratories and arrest all the scientists? if so, why do we never hear of it happening? if not, why not?
- bob, london, 28/7/2011 11:12

Unless there is something that we have not been told in the report then this is all rather odd. The dog had arthritis, furr loss and conjunctivitus. I lost my hair in my early twenties and have arthritis. Does that mean that if I get conjunctivitus as well that I will have to be put down?
- Dave, Glos, 28/7/2011 12:31

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RSPCA mighta been checking if doggy went up or down aka H or H

mornin-sky wrote:how horrible is that, wots the point of the tag? she only loved her dog

heaven or hell
strange to tag dog being put down

mornin-sky wrote:up or down wot BB?

Shopkeeper, 72, held after armed robber is stabbed to death as pressure mounts on government on new self defence lawsBy Jaya Narain
Last updated at 1:39 AM on 28th July 2011

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Big Brother Watch, a campaigning group, sent Freedom of Information requests to each of the country’s 431 local councils. The 316 councils who responded admitted to employing a total of 14,793 people authorised to enter private homes.
Northamptonshire county council and Glasgow city council had the highest number of authorised inspectors – with almost 500 each. Some councils have no authorised inspectors.
If extrapolated to all councils, the researchers predicted almost 20,000 workers had the right to enter people’s homes.
Alex Deane, director of Big Brother Watch, said: “Once, a man’s home was his castle. Today the big brother state wants to inspect, regulate and standardise the inside of our homes.
"Councils are dishing out powers of entry to officers within their council for their own ease, without giving due thought to the public’s right to privacy and the potential for abuse.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politic ... rrant.html

The 20,000 snooper army: Vast number of town hall bureaucrats get power to enter your home without a warrant
By James Slack, Home Affairs Editor
28th December 2009
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Despite low levels of crime, police are installing a network of automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) cameras around historic Royston, Herts. Police claim the devices will help catch criminals as Royston lies close to the borders of three counties and is the juncture of several main roads. However, opponents claim the scheme is “grossly disproportionate”, an invasion of residents’ privacy and an unlawful expansion of Britain’s Big Brother state. The system records the number plates of all vehicles passing through the cameras, logging their details in national database for up to five years. The pressure groups Big Brother Watch, Privacy International and No CCTV have written to the Information Commissioner’s Office challenging the legality of the cameras.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/new ... meras.html

Yet a woman who loved her dog too much got put on a tag because she was being 'cruel'
- Rachel, London, 29/7/2011 17:51
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