In 2010-2011, RSPCA Tasmania destroyed almost 53% of the cats ir received, and closed down the Burnie Cat Shelter in the north west of Tasmania, meaning anyone neesding to leave cats and kittens has to do a more than one hour round trip to Devonport, a run down shelter that is not set up for cats. The premises were given to the RSPCA for the specific purpose - caring for cats - by an elderly couple, and the surviving widow is said to be devastated by the RSPCA's plan to sell of the premises for top dollar. At the same time, RSPCA Tasmania increased its bloated bureaucracy by appointing a business trainee who, of course, looks just so pretty in the media.
