Animal inspectors face ‘strain’ over lack of resources

HARD-PRESSED animal inspectors in Ireland are working at less than one-tenth of the necessary capacity because of a lack of resources.

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) has four full-time inspectors on the road, but one inspector told the Irish Examiner yesterday it needed at least 50.

“We need an average of two inspectors for each county, but we have four in the whole country,” Niamh Byrne said.