ANIMAL rights campaigners have revealed that one in four people in Wales have witnessed animal cruelty online. 

The RSPCA fears social media is desensitising young people to animal harm after new data from the charity shows animal abuse on social media is on course to hit a four-year high.

RSPCA chief executive Chris Sherwood said: “There’s a growing concern that the proliferation of animal abuse content online risks normalising animal harm, pain and suffering.