i show the footage of the dogs with the freshly cropped ears to the rspca. clearly, the fact that you can see they've been cut at ten weeks old, that is clearly an offence and, clearly, these dogs have been cropped in this country. what would the punishment be for that? so, up to five years, potentially, for causing suffering to an animal and/or a lifetime ban, and fines — you know, significant fines. aaron lee didn't respond to the allegations in this programme. he leads me to the next connection. on facebook, he regularly tags this man — thomas rayment. that doesn't make sense to me because rayment�*s in prison. he was jailed for six years in 2021 for running a county lines drugs gang. by this time, my fake bulldog—loving profile — stefan — is getting popular, and he gets a message. it's from thomas rayment. i reply as stefan. i think there's probably two possibilities here — either someone else is running thomas rayment�*s account on facebook, or rayment is messaging me himself from prison. from the rayment account, i'm sent pictures of two dogs that have

obviously the rspca, their primary concern is| the rspca, their primary concern is the rspca, their primaryt with lots of excessive skin, very flat short nose and lots of excessive skin around the face and how does that then affect your dog and the temperate and how it may behave?— affect your dog and the temperate and how it may behave? breeding a doi like and how it may behave? breeding a dog like that _ and how it may behave? breeding a dog like that can _ and how it may behave? breeding a dog like that can affect _ and how it may behave? breeding a dog like that can affect it _ and how it may behave? breeding a dog like that can affect it for- and how it may behave? breeding a dog like that can affect it for the - dog like that can affect it for the rest of its life. those dogs are prone to skin conditions excessively, respiratory issues, mobility issues due to the way they are over bread and oversized and that excessive fold of skin is peeling done for cosmetic reasons and these dogs are being bred appealing for a cosmetic sale. you have seen huge — appealing for a cosmetic sale. you h

when they see them as well. . ~ the rspca when they see them as well. . ,, , ., the rspca when theyto renting? well, at shelter we have discovered - when it comes to renting? well, at shelter we have discovered that i shelter we have discovered that black people are almost five times more likely to experience discrimination when looking for a safe, secure, affordable home than white people and that is three times more likely for asian people. so discrimination is actually hard—wired into private renting. and sometimes it is over, sometimes landlords will find other means, so they will impose conditions for example on people of colour that they are not imposing on white people in order to make it more difficult for them to find a safe home. and i mean we are in the middle of a housing emergency, as i think everybody knows by now, a cost of living crisis is making that housing emergency even worse. and then within that we now know for definite that black and asian people are experiencing that emergency more acutely. and that is simply wrong. you said that sometimes it is over. could y

she's an rspca rescue.a lot of people are ditching things like reptiles as well . it's not just like the well. it's not just like the nice little things that you've described, people ditching reptiles of other reptiles and all sorts of other things bought. is things that they've bought. is that true ? yeah, we are seeing that true? yeah, we are seeing an abandonment across a range of different species. so as you mentioned , are seeing people mentioned, are seeing people that are being affected by, for example, an increase in prices which is impacting upon their ability for animals. which is impacting upon their ability for animals . you know, ability for animals. you know, like you described , geckos, like you described, geckos, lizards, those types of animals that do not need to have heating special lights. we've also very sadly heard story by of a gentleman who had to make a choice between keepin g £8 of choice between keeping £8 of fish and actually feeding himself due to an increased cost up for his ele

we're joined by the rspca inspector geoffrey edmund to us about it.r weird and wonderful animal rescues that rspca officers have to do a very good morning to you and happy new year. good morning. and often you is here as well. lovely talk to you. the story about the walrus. he's okay. story about the walrus. he's okay . is he? story about the walrus. he's okay. is he? at the moment. what do we know? yeah. what we know is that walrus decided to come to scarborough the new year and arrive very on friday night. spent much of yesterday . sat on spent much of yesterday. sat on the slipway. scarborough as your footage is showing and then around about 430 last night, they decided they thought they no flushed and went back out to sea. we obviously don't know where he is at the moment, but thanks to everybody in scarborough from scarborough yesterday from the nonh scarborough yesterday from the north police to be north yorkshire police to be there answer ourselves and there will answer ourselves and there will answer ourselves and the many, many many people th

the lady from the rspca is here and she'll be taking bronson, hoping to find him a new home. again, to the rescue. and you're still going to come up and see her? muffin will be welcomed into carole�*s family home. it's december now and it's getting seriously cold, frigid. there's three elves on one shelf. the water in the tray... for anita, this time is all about christmas, about using every ounce of energy, every last penny, to make it special for the children. how are you feeling, going into the christmas period? i'm positive now, compared to what i was, like, six, seven weeks ago. i was beside myself six or seven weeks ago. like, i don't know how i'm going to manage, how i'm going to cope. her plans are modest, nothing fancy, but so hard to deliver in this bleak midwinter. i was like, because i love having them sat down and a properfamily meal, and ijust think it would be lovely this year, just to have that. regardless of anything else, just sitting as a family would be lovely. i'm really hoping, just for those few hours, that you can put all of this out of your head and j

and expected with the rspca. he was also involved in the rspca.m. moving gracefully around the stage, would know these performers had recently fled. when russia began its invasion of ukraine last year many feared would be the end of their careers. svetlana was one of them. i didn't have work and i was trying careers. svetlana was one of them. i didn't have work and i was trying to find the job then i found this place that i came here and i start to myself really, really good like before i didn't want to bother and was depressed and had no expression for life. she was depressed and had no expression for life. ,, ~ . ., ., for life. she fled ukraine after war broke out in _ for life. she fled ukraine after war broke out in her— for life. she fled ukraine after war broke out in her entire _ for life. she fled ukraine after war broke out in her entire family - broke out in her entire family behind, she thinks all ukrainian is a battlefield now and the stages whose. i a battlefield now and the stages whose. , ., ., ., . whose. i 'oy stage and give danc

the most confident of the ten shih—tzus at rspca cornwall is rhubarb.he operation. for now, these dogs will be cared for by the staff here with the hope of being welcomed into new homes soon. alex green, bbc news. let's hope they all get lovely homes. we will be back shortly. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning from bbc london with me alison earle. commuters are being warned to expect almost no rail services as workers go on strike for a third day. members of the aslef union — which represents train drivers — are walking out in a dispute over pgy- 15 operators are affected including rail links to gatwick and heathrow airport. meanwhile there's also a second day of disruption on the buses. workers employed by abellio are walking out over pay. it's likely to mean changes to almost 60 routes in south and west london. and there's a full list of all of today's strikes on the bbc news app or bbc london website. or you can get updates at @bbctravelalert on twitter. a man from buckinghamshire who faced an enormous vet bill a

he was an rspca rescue, but i would have chrysanthemum in a heartbeat. he would do me.ah . maybe yours. maybe i don't know what timmy had make of it. this is the rough. but honestly and i think if you are after an hounif and i think if you are after an hour, if you are in a position to afford an animal and to look after an animal properly, get a rescue pet every time, every time, yes. why pay? what is it? i about people i think hearing about people paying up i think hearing about people paying up to £3,000 for a cockapoo puppy is ridiculous, isn't it ? and that's not even . isn't it? and that's not even. it's not even a thoroughbred. it's not even a thoroughbred. it's no, it's a cocker spaniel and a poodle gone . ridiculous. and a poodle gone. ridiculous. no, get yourself rescued dog every time. oh, that's so , so every time. oh, that's so, so lovely. that's so loving up by. oh, well, we've got so much more to come on the program this morning. all the biggest worries from today's papers, of course, alongside schofield and alongside kevin schofield and ella whelan . 629.