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Staff at Scotland’s animal protection charity have been told to brace themselves for staff cuts due to a cash crisis. ‌

The Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals has today invited staff to join a “voluntary severance register” to try to avoid compulsory redundancies. ‌

Emails have been sent to all staff outlining the situation and bosses have been drawing up plans for how the body can operate with reduced worker numbers. ‌

The animal watchdog has suffered from declining public donations and has been forced to close facilities as the pinch sets in.

In November this year, SSPCA workers voted to take industrial action over claims of “chronic low pay”.

But management claim the funding crisis is putting the future of the organisation in peri

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