Once again animal cruelty has been making headlines. First, we have the shocking news that animal charity the RSPCA received 647 calls about neglected animals in the first 10 months of last year. That’s a devastating figure and one we should all be ashamed of. Britain has traditionally been known as a nation of animal lovers. But the rising number of cases of neglect, abuse, and downright cruelty tells a different story. There are people out there who seem to find some kind of pleasure in hurting a defenceless creature – last week we had the most recent proof of that with the story of Looe, a …