AS a team leader for RSPCA Victoria’s inspectorate north-west region, my team of four inspectors and I share 41 years of experience investigating reports of animal cruelty.

Inspectors Alice, Jeremy, Mark, Narelle and I respond to reports of animal cruelty from Melbourne to Mildura and everywhere in between.

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