King Charles’ famous official portrait was defaced by animal rights activists today (June 11). Activists from Animal Rising stuck a picture of Wallace from Wallace and Gromit over the King’s face with a speech bubble reading: “No Cheese, Gromit. Look At All This Cruelty On RSPCA Farms!” at about 12pm at the Philip Mould art gallery in London.
Animal Rising released a report on Sunday claiming there was cruelty and suffering at every single one of 45 randomly selected RSPCA Assured farms they claim to have investigated. The report details an alleged 280 legal breaches and 94 breaches of DEFRA regulations, with Animal Rising calling on the RSPCA to drop the scheme.
Daniel Juniper, former Early Years Practitioner and one of those involved, said: “With King Charles being such a big fan of Wallace and Gromit, we couldn’t think of a better way to draw his attention to the horrific scenes on RSPCA Assured farms. Even though we hope this is amusing to His Majesty, we also call on him to seriously reconsider if he wants to be associated with the awful suffering across farms being endorsed by the RSPCA.
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“Charles has made it clear he is sensitive to the suffering of animals in UK farms; now is the perfect time for him to step up and call on the RSPCA to drop the Assured Scheme and tell the truth about animal farming.”
The RSPCA has been contacted for a response.
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