Tony Woodley

 

Tony is the communications and liaison officer for the Inspectorate department of the RSPCA.

Tony had an extensive career working with animals before joining the RSPCA. He worked at two UK zoos, a marine animal rehabilitation centre and also in southern Africa for a safari company.

His particular areas of speciality are; field staff issues, marine mammals, national cruelty/welfare issues and national incident reponse.

Tony joined the RSPCA in 1996 and was posted to Norfolk. In 1999 he moved to Devon and became the deputy chief inspector for the local group. In addition, for ten years, Tony was the volunteer press officer, web editor and a trustee of UK charity ‘British Divers Marine Life Rescue’ and he lead the media response during the Thames whale rescue attempt.

In June 2008 Tony moved to RSPCA Headquarters and joined the HQ Inspectorate team as the communications and liaison officer. In March 2010 he was deployed, along with two colleagues, to Haiti as part of the earthquake reconstruction response under the Animal Relief Coalition for Haiti.