Profile Glyn Roberts
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Animal Welfare Solutions Founder Glyn Roberts has
over 22 years experience in veterinary nursing and
Animal Welfare, 18 of them employed by the RSPCA.
With 14 years experience as an RSPCA Inspector
stationed in both rural and inner city locations
there are very few situations that Glyn has not
encountered. From investigating badly run pet shops
dealing in exotic and dangerous reptiles to
co-ordinating the airborne rescue of TV celebrity
Jonathan Dimbleby’s bull using a Royal Marines
Helicopter no two days were ever the same.
As a Trainee RSPCA Inspector Glyn passed out second
in his class and was awarded the RSPCA’s Antonia
Parry Award for top equine student. During his
career he was awarded the Chief Officer of
Inspectorate’s Certificate of Merit for his
management of a complex and long running
investigation into a Stud farm with over 100
neglected ponies, which resulted in the prosecution
and successful conviction of the owners.
RSPCA Inspectors are highly trained in the complex
world of animal welfare legislation and during his
time with the Society Glyn became acknowledge as a
tenacious and dedicated case officer who would
pursue every possible avenue to bring the
perpetrators of cruelty and neglect to Court.
Another part of his work revolved around rescuing
animals that had found themselves in difficulty. As
a member of a number of Rescue Teams within the
Society, Glyn frequently found himself up to his
waist in water or dangling off a rope over seemingly
bottomless drops. As a result by the time he left
the Society he had been awarded the RSPCA’s Disaster
Medal for his part in the Sea Empress oil spill, 8
Certificates of Merit and 7 Certificates of
commendation for numerous hazardous rescues.
Just one of the citations reads: “You are commended
for your actions described above and I congratulate
you on your tenacity and devotion to duty” – This in
respect of the successful rescue of two terriers
trapped underground and with rising flood water.
In 2005 after a period volunteering with the then
Tsunami Animal Welfare Trust in Sri Lanka working
with their mobile field hospital and dog catching
teams Glyn began developing an interest in overseas
animal welfare. Since then he has worked with a
number of charities in Australia, Egypt and the
Caribbean. In 2006 Glyn was one of the Trainers in a
WSPA funded course at Sakkara in Egypt where
delegates from animal welfare charities throughout
Africa and India were taught different humane dog
catching techniques. |
