RESIGNATION REPORT

Press, Volume CV, Issue 30959, 15 January 1966, Page 14

RESIGNATION REPORT

Statement By Councillor Mr N. McSweeney, a member of the council of the Canterbury Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, denied yesterday that he had been asked to resign. Mr McSweeney said he had resigned of his own will from th j council and as a member of the society.

“While I was not named in the report in yesterday’s issue of ’The Press,’ members of the society would know that it referred to me,” said Mr McSweeney. “It was not right for the society’s chairman (Mr J. Quickenden) to confirm a report that I had been asked to resign. “During the meeting on Wednesday evening, I asked the secretary to write out my resignation in the correct form. This was done. I signed the resignation, and walked out. “I have just received a letter from the secretary, stating that the council had noted with regret my decision to resign, and thanking me for the work I had done.”

Mr McSweeney said he had resigned because of a difference of opinion over the treatment of cats and kittens in the society’s care. “The society also has pigs and dogs at its home, and I have no complaint about the way they are treated,” he added. Mr McSweeney was elected to the council four months ago.