Is this a BBC story or an RSPCA story?

Posted by Woman On A Raft (in the comments to an earlier post):

Not sure whether this is an animal story or a BBC story or an RSPCA story. A swan was protecting its space on the River Cam and annoyed the rowers. The BBC got involved and sent a crew down but they needed footage of the swan acting aggressively. They say they didn't provoke it, but Michelle Childerley says they did and argues she has a video of just that:

The RSPCA - who are not at all in a cosy relationship with the broadcaster - say they have seen the footage and are taking no futher action.*

* The page was there earlier today but has now disappeared. Hmm.

"Circus animals may be regulated"

Fresh from the most successful decade of regulating banks since time began, come this, from The Metro:

A spokesman for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) said: "The Animal Welfare Act makes it an offence for an owner or keeper to fail to provide for their animal's welfare - this applies to circuses as to anyone else. In addition it is also an offence, under the Animal Welfare Act, to cause an animal any unnecessary suffering."

There's a rent-a-quote from the RSPCA in there, but it's difficult to tell whether the RSPCA is a fakecharity, as it is divided into 245 separate branches, each of which reports separately. The Nottinghamshire and Nottingham Branch seem to be funded by private donations.