ANIMAL campaigners welcomed support from the Welsh government for giving more powers to its front-line rescuers today. 

RSPCA Wales is seeking statutory powers in Wales for its inspectors to carry out more animal welfare work without needing to rely on public bodies like the police to carry out some duties. 

Animal welfare is devolved in Wales and new First Minister Vaughan Gething included a specific pledge in his leadership manifesto to give RSPCA officers “additional enforcement powers.”