ISPCA warns it needs more funding to cope with increase in animal cruelty cases

The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) has warned that the organisation needs more funding to cope with the increase in animal cruelty cases reported last year.

Chief Inspector Conor Dowling told RTE radio’s Morning Ireland that there has been a “big leap” in the number of reported cases since the introduction of the Animal Health and Welfare Act of 2013.