Animal Rescue School

It's Autumn, and the start of what will prove to be the most punishing year of training for the students have ever faced.

It's early Spring, and the trainees still need to pass nine months of rigorous teaching, physical tests and assessments to be offered the dream job.

The Trainee RSPCA Inspectors have reached the halfway point in their extraordinary year of teaching, testing and on-the-job assessment.

It's late spring, and the trainees are seven months into the year-long course that should see them graduate as RSPCA Inspectors.

The trainee RSPCA Inspectors' extraordinary year of training is drawing to a close.