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The RSPCA has struggled in many areas of the country to meet the newly introduced annual performance targets that caused much controversy when they were announced. Not so the Brighton Chapter of their organisation which has developed innovative new techniques to improve efficiency and increase detection rates.

Rather than waiting to receive calls from members of the public, or the police, over animal welfare concerns the proactive team on the Sussex coast have set up a 24 hour patrol to locate and identify potential strays. These animals are then taken without warning and destroyed within 24 hours.

"If owners bothered to put micro-chips in their pets then we would be able to bill them for the ever increasing costs associated with destroying their animal companions" said an RSPCA spokesperson. "After the event, of course" she added.