Ms Martina Kenny:

The Garda may also contact us. We find that if a member of the public gets in touch about a cruelty case, the Garda will direct them to one of the larger animal rescue organisations. The member of the public is then sent back to the Garda and told to get in touch with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine, the representatives of which suggest the person concerned should call the Garda. This is the sort of chain that is going around. We want everybody to work together. We need a system where people are not fobbed off to the next person. Once My Lovely Horse Animal Rescue is involved, we do all we can to give people help and to answer them. We have to do that. The public have become very aware of animal cruelty. They want help and ask for it every day.