Surely that's one of the things the RSPCA WILL act on? I thought leaving an animal without water was one of their criteria.

We used to have a neighbour (well we still do, but fortunately he no longer keeps animals) who neglected his animals terribly. On one occasion he was out for 12 hours leaving a Jack Russel puppy in a rabbit hutch. The poor little thing was screaming by the end of the day. On another occasion he went away for the weekend leaving his small dog (a different one) in a yard about 9' square. It had a brick 'kennel' but he just left what he thought would be enough water and food for the weekend. He then moved out and in with his girlfriend leaving the dog living in the yard. He would come round for an hour a day to attend to it. Appsrently none of this was enough for the RSPCA to act on. They did come round when he had rabbits in his shed left on 8" of their own muck and without water. They removed some dead birds which we hadn't known were there and a rabbit. All that happened was that he agreed not to do it again and that he would allow them in to inspect once a month. I've never seen them since.

Love Lynne