Animal Protection Services
| Founded | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Type | Animal protection |
| Focus | Animal protection, animal rights, cruelty to animals, animal law |
| Location |
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Area served |  United Kingdom |
| Method | Undercover investigations and legal advocacy |
| Jacob Lloyd | |
| Website | www |
Animal Protection Services is a animal protection charity that investigates and prosecutes organised animal cruelty. The charity carries out intelligence-led investigations to disrupt and dismantle organised criminal groups.[1]
It is registered as a charitable organisation in London, England.[2] It is funded by donations and lotteries.
Programs
Investigations and Intelligence
Animal Protection Services undertakes intelligence-driven investigations, with the goal of presenting verifiable and credible first-hand evidence of animal welfare criminality in court. Animal Protection Services has an intelligence development unit that highlights high-level suspects through intelligence analysis and by sharing intelligence with operational partners.
Animal Protection Services appears to use undercover investigations as an investigative tool.[3][4]
Private prosecution and litigation
Animal Protection Services conducts private prosecutions and criminal litigation. The charity's executive director has prosecuted on behalf of the charity[5], or it may retain outside counsel for representation. The charity has the right to prosecute using powers contained within section 6(1) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.[6] Animal Protection Services also conducts confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to strip assets from defendants.[7]
History
Animal Protection Services is led by Jacob Lloyd[8][9]. The charity was registered on 18 November 2019 and has a mission of promoting humane behaviour towards animals and preventing and suppressing cruelty to animals. The charity was the first to bring a private prosecution for theft of dogs from an animal rescue charity.[10][11]
References
- ↑ "Animal Protection Services Homepage". Animal Protection Services. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Charity Overview". UK Charity Commission. Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kidderminster woman sentenced for illegal dog breeding". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Stacey Skeet illegal dudley puppy trader sentenced". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Leonard Greenough fined for selling puppies online without licence". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "UKs first private prosecution of unlicenced dog breeding". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Illegal puppy breeder 'raked in £55,000 in three months'". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Sick puppies from 'breeding farms' sold at motorway service station". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "LinkedIn". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Unlicensed dog breeder first to be prosecuted privately". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
- ↑ "Woman sentenced for unlicensed puppy breeding". Retrieved 30 May 2021.
External links
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