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However, Susan Davies suggested the proposed additional powers would apply where an animal dies before the Scottish SPCA attend, stating, “My understanding is that, if the SSPCA gets a call about a live animal and it arrives and that animal is dead, it is very limited in what it can do.
The Cabinet Secretary highlighted that a number of groups have argued that legislation to criminalise activities in this area must be accompanied by education and cooperation with the communities potentially affected, noting:
We have to get into those communities to eliminate the practice, if it is going on in Scotla...
Given the extended growing season and existing recruitment challenges the scheme operators will need to be active soon in order to fill vacancies from April.
Organisations plan on that basis, and then along comes the chancellor and says, "Well, actually, you're going to get less money than I said you were going to get."
When the officers arrived, they sought to have others come to relieve them but because of other pressures, no other officers were able to get there. One of the three ladies who were injured had a broken or dislocated hip and was in a significant amount of pain.