Anthony Crittenden BSc, Chair and Hon. Company Secretary of the JapaneseAnimal Welfare Society

Tony trained in agriculture, (my old roommate at Plumpton College) before joining the RSPCA’s inspectorate in 1962. He was engaged with frontline animal welfare work in Surrey, North Wales, Cheshire and Lancashire until 1995, when he transferred to the Society’s Legal department as Chief Superintendent of Prosecutions.

 In 1999, Tony became the Chief Officer of the RSPCA’s inspectorate, responsible for the recruitment, training, deployment and general standards of the Society’s force of over 300 inspectors and animal welfare officers. He retired in 2003, after completing over 40 years’ service to animal welfare within the Society. Tony was invited to join JAWS UK’s Council in 2004 as Animal Welfare Adviser, following the retirement of the late Frank Milner, and became Chair of Council in 2008. 

A Note from Tony: Tackling cruelty in Japan –
In my experience, no single aspect of animal welfare work is more important than any other. In Japan, the everyday activities of animal rescue, veterinary treatment, care, rehabilitation and rehoming must be done alongside efforts to bring an end to the horrific cruelties inflicted on Japan’s virtually unprotected wildlife, in particular activities (which are still seen by some in Japan as traditional and therefore necessary) such as the dolphin slaughter and capture at Taiji and the continuation of international whaling.