I have written to Micheal Gove, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, to support the Battersea Dogs & Cats Home campaign to increase the maximum custodial sentence for the most serious acts of animal cruelty to five years imprisonment.

As a passionate advocate for animal rights I am pleased that the Government is taking a great number of steps forward in this area, but hope the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs push forward with toughter sentences for animal cruelty. 

Read more about the campaign here: http://notfunny.battersea.org.uk/ 

You can read my letter below: