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| | SocietyGuardian.co.uk | Society | Pro-hunt activists launch new attack on RSPCA |
 | | The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) is facing renewed attacks from the pro-hunting lobby over its anti-hunting campaign. |
 | | The RSPCA, which hit the headlines last year when staff threatened to strike over job cuts, is no stranger to controversy on the hunting issue - most recently over the appointment in 2002 of its director general, Jackie Ballard, a former Liberal Democrat MP and prominent anti-hunting campaigner. |
 | | A spokeswoman for the RSPCA said: "Over the years, the pro-hunting lobby has made a series of complaints to the Charity Commission wrongly suggesting our anti-hunting stance conflicts with our charitable status, however, on no occasion has the commission said we cannot campaign against hunting. |
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