0:00:45 > 0:00:48He was a whisker away from death, but who shot George?
0:00:48 > 0:00:50None of us could believe it, and still now, we
0:00:50 > 0:00:52are very angry and upset.
0:00:52 > 0:00:54We didn't even know if he was going to make
0:00:54 > 0:00:55it.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57And it was totally heartbreaking for all of us.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Emma Britton lifts the lid on our public toilets.
0:00:59 > 0:01:01Oh, it stinks around here!
0:01:01 > 0:01:02I wonder why.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04And, we spend a year on a 100-year-old cider
0:01:04 > 0:01:05farm.
0:01:05 > 0:01:07We are going to have a drink tonight to celebrate.
0:01:07 > 0:01:08So, cheers everybody.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10Evening all, welcome to Inside Out.
0:01:10 > 0:01:13Now, this may seem like a strange question, but who'd shoot a cat?
0:01:13 > 0:01:15There are people out there who would and
0:01:15 > 0:01:25We are a nation of cat lovers, but our feline friends face a
0:01:27 > 0:01:29What pleasure can anyone possibly get from going out,
0:01:29 > 0:01:39and shooting an animal?
0:01:40 > 0:01:43I can't believe that someone would actually physically do it,
0:01:43 > 0:01:46attack someone else's pet.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49I want to find out what compels anyone to shoot a cat.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53And what can be done to stop it.
0:01:53 > 0:01:57Georgie.
0:01:57 > 0:02:02People just see you as a cat, but you are money's special baby boy.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04Aren't you?
0:02:04 > 0:02:14This is George the cat at home near Gloucester,
0:02:17 > 0:02:19after spending the last week in intensive care.
0:02:19 > 0:02:22George went out on Boxing Day morning, for his usual runaround.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25After about 15 minutes, he came back in, he was crying quite a lot.
0:02:25 > 0:02:30When he didn't improve, his owner, Helen, took him to be that.
0:02:31 > 0:02:32-- took him to the vet.
0:02:32 > 0:02:34They gave him a shave, and that's when they saw
0:02:34 > 0:02:36that he had been injured.
0:02:36 > 0:02:37They said no, it's a pellet.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39So, the vet tells you your cat's been shot.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41We were just gobsmacked, we were like, sorry?
0:02:41 > 0:02:42It was just...
0:02:42 > 0:02:45It was such a shock, we just couldn't believe it.
0:02:45 > 0:02:47George had a perforated gall bladder, a hole in his diaphragm,
0:02:47 > 0:02:49and a tear in his liver.
0:02:49 > 0:02:59He was rushed in for emergency surgery.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03It was a very long night waiting for that call.
0:03:03 > 0:03:06It was three and a bit hours, but it seemed like a lifetime,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08just sat there waiting for the phone to ring.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10We felt sick, we were tearful, we just didn't know
0:03:10 > 0:03:12what to do with ourselves.
0:03:12 > 0:03:14So, we have never got through so many tea bags.
0:03:14 > 0:03:15In one evening.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Now back home, George is still very poorly.
0:03:17 > 0:03:19His belly held together with metal staples, and the pellets
0:03:19 > 0:03:21still lodged in his side.
0:03:21 > 0:03:27So, does Helen have any idea who shot her cat?
0:03:27 > 0:03:29Maybe someone got given a new toy for Christmas,
0:03:29 > 0:03:32saw him and shot him, but the fact that the vets have said
0:03:32 > 0:03:33it was close range is...
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I mean it's heartbreaking enough, but to hear that, made me
0:03:36 > 0:03:38feel physically sick, that somebody got that close to him.
0:03:38 > 0:03:43Yes, it's been the worst two weeks of my life.
0:03:43 > 0:03:46It's been absolutely horrendous, not just knowing who's
0:03:46 > 0:03:50going to make it or not.
0:03:50 > 0:03:53In the Forest of Dean, I've come to meet a cat coming to terms
0:03:53 > 0:03:57with life changing injuries.
0:03:57 > 0:04:07Lily was shot last September, just a few streets from home.
0:04:09 > 0:04:11The pellet missed her heart by millimetres,
0:04:11 > 0:04:12but she lost her leg.
0:04:12 > 0:04:13These are the pellets?
0:04:13 > 0:04:14Pellets, pieces.
0:04:14 > 0:04:19Where they shattered.
0:04:19 > 0:04:20There is.
0:04:20 > 0:04:21They are quite big chunks.
0:04:21 > 0:04:22That a large piece, yes.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25That was in my cat.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Can't believe that someone would actually physically do it.
0:04:27 > 0:04:34Actually locally, as well.
0:04:34 > 0:04:35You know, attack someone else's pet.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40Across England and Wales, almost 2000 cats have been shot
0:04:40 > 0:04:42in the last five years.
0:04:42 > 0:04:44But, that is just what gets reported.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46Prosecution in relation to airgun offences,
0:04:46 > 0:04:47especially against cats, is really, really difficult.
0:04:47 > 0:04:50You more or less have to catch the people in the act.
0:04:50 > 0:05:00We can, nowadays, due to forensics, match pellets up to air rifles, but,
0:05:00 > 0:05:03because there's no certification at the moment, we don't know
0:05:03 > 0:05:05who in certain areas actually owns those rifles.
0:05:05 > 0:05:06What the RSPCA wants, is a rifle licensing.
0:05:07 > 0:05:08Like they have in Scotland.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13But, maybe the answer isn't legislation, but education.
0:05:13 > 0:05:20I've come to a pub in Somerset, to see a gun club
0:05:20 > 0:05:22entirely for children.
0:05:22 > 0:05:23Some, as young as eight.
0:05:23 > 0:05:33Always keep the gun pointing in a safe direction.
0:05:34 > 0:05:40Number four: Never point a gun at anything new do not wish to destroy.
0:05:40 > 0:05:43So if I said to you, you are in your garden,
0:05:43 > 0:05:45shooting with an air rifle, shootings and cans,
0:05:45 > 0:05:47and then a cat walked out, would you shoot the cat?
0:05:47 > 0:05:48No.
0:05:48 > 0:05:49Because that animal cruelty.
0:05:49 > 0:05:50That animal cruelty.
0:05:50 > 0:05:52There's no reason to shoot an animal, is there?
0:05:52 > 0:05:53Straight downrange...
0:05:53 > 0:05:55Safety briefing over, it's time to shoot.
0:05:55 > 0:05:56There you go.
0:05:56 > 0:06:00These kids are good!
0:06:00 > 0:06:01You are teaching kids to shoot?
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Is that a good idea?
0:06:03 > 0:06:04Something I was always brought up with.
0:06:04 > 0:06:08Education is the key.
0:06:08 > 0:06:10Kids are like a sponge.
0:06:10 > 0:06:12If you educate them correctly, they learn right from wrong
0:06:12 > 0:06:14right from the start.
0:06:14 > 0:06:24Because a lot of people would say these are quite dangerous
0:06:25 > 0:06:26should they not be licensed,
0:06:26 > 0:06:27like they do in Scotland?
0:06:27 > 0:06:29It will not work it, it and police above.
0:06:29 > 0:06:31Our firearms department as already overwhelmed with work.
0:06:31 > 0:06:32And they are on demand.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34Adding this to licensing, it would actually inhibit
0:06:34 > 0:06:37the training and teaching and the education of the children.
0:06:37 > 0:06:38Would you ever shoot a cat?
0:06:38 > 0:06:39No.
0:06:39 > 0:06:42Why?
0:06:42 > 0:06:43Because it's animal cruelty.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46What do you think you would get from learning to shoot well,
0:06:46 > 0:06:48like as well as Rob does?
0:06:48 > 0:06:53You can have good skills.
0:06:53 > 0:06:55We can teach our children not to kill things.
0:06:55 > 0:06:58Explain to them not to shoot them, otherwise they will face a lot
0:06:58 > 0:06:59of not so nice consequences.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01And they will have to suffer them.
0:07:01 > 0:07:11A couple of weeks on from his shooting, George is back at the vet.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Could you just lift up the front leg so I can
0:07:17 > 0:07:19have a look at the wound, first of all?
0:07:19 > 0:07:21Has he made the recovery Helen so desperately wants?
0:07:21 > 0:07:22Well done, that looks perfect.
0:07:22 > 0:07:23Good boy.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26No reason why we can't take the staples out today.
0:07:26 > 0:07:29Who is a brave boy, hey?
0:07:29 > 0:07:33Number one.
0:07:33 > 0:07:39The wound runs almost the full length of his stomach.
0:07:39 > 0:07:41With no less than 14 staples holding it together.
0:07:41 > 0:07:46There's multiple ways he could have been killed
0:07:46 > 0:07:49by this, and he didn't, so, yes he is pretty
0:07:49 > 0:07:50lucky to be alive.
0:07:50 > 0:07:52It is such a relief, and he was so good in there,
0:07:52 > 0:07:54I just can't believe how well he sat.
0:07:54 > 0:07:57It was amazing, it was quite tearful, because Odyssey,
0:07:57 > 0:07:59he has been through so much, and to see him well again,...
0:08:00 > 0:08:02--obviously, he has been through so much.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06I just don't know what to say.
0:08:06 > 0:08:07I feel quite emotional, actually.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Glad to see George on the road to recovery,
0:08:10 > 0:08:14but tell us what you think.
0:08:14 > 0:08:15E-mail us:
0:08:15 > 0:08:19When you got to go, you've got to go.
0:08:19 > 0:08:25But, where?
0:08:25 > 0:08:31This one is safe, but public toilets are disappearing fast. BBC Radio
0:08:31 > 0:08:39Ulster's Emma Britton is on the case.Come on then. We
0:08:39 > 0:08:44Ulster's Emma Britton is on the case.Come on then. We.My Billy can
0:08:44 > 0:08:54go for a wee anywhere, but for us humans, we need to find a loo. Ah,
0:08:54 > 0:09:04this looks promising. Let's go round the back. Oh, it stinks around here.
0:09:04 > 0:09:11I wonder why! Come on, Billy. All of Bristol's 18 retired public toilets
0:09:11 > 0:09:20are due to close permanently, all at once, and in two days' time. The
0:09:20 > 0:09:25city's council does have a plan B, though. A community toilet scheme.
0:09:25 > 0:09:28Local businesses are being asked to volunteer to open up their toilets
0:09:28 > 0:09:35anyone and everyone. Well, here is a cafe, let's see how I get on. Oh,
0:09:35 > 0:09:41Billy. Sorry. We have found very little evidence that the new scheme
0:09:41 > 0:09:52is ready to take over. Come on. You've just come out of the cafe,
0:09:52 > 0:09:56what were you doing in there?Well, I was planning on going into the
0:09:56 > 0:10:01cafe. I only wanted to go to the ladies, but unfortunately, the good
0:10:01 > 0:10:05old toilets which we relied on for years are locked, and eggs up buying
0:10:05 > 0:10:10Coffey and a cake in order to go to the loo. Unless, you use the cafe,
0:10:10 > 0:10:16where are you going to go?Way over on the other side, by the court, the
0:10:16 > 0:10:20thousands of people who enjoy the Downs can still visit the toilets by
0:10:20 > 0:10:24the viewing point, but they too are on the council 's list of closures.
0:10:24 > 0:10:34The toiletss by the Clifton suspension Bridge ulcer in matters
0:10:34 > 0:10:37shot, even though they are used by streams of people every year. We
0:10:37 > 0:10:41visited one of the toilets to the closure, and have so far found none
0:10:41 > 0:10:44of the promised signs directing people to the nearest community
0:10:44 > 0:10:51toilet. Over at St George Park, these toilets have already shut. We
0:10:51 > 0:10:58risk other -- discover there is some foul play coming on, and the public
0:10:58 > 0:11:09are facing a health hazard. What is the problem?Lot of to. Lot of poo.
0:11:09 > 0:11:16We have a big human who problem.So, what kind of areas have you found
0:11:16 > 0:11:23the human poo in Keyseverywhere. It's too far for the kids to war, so
0:11:23 > 0:11:26they go wherever. People having barbecues, they go where they can
0:11:26 > 0:11:32go.This is a destination spot, and people don't know where the nearest
0:11:32 > 0:11:36toilets are.Giving us a map saying that go to the nearest pub, is not
0:11:36 > 0:11:46go to help.So, can these community schemes were? My next loo Gueye
0:11:46 > 0:11:54Lucasian -- my next location is... I am here to meet Professor Reid who
0:11:54 > 0:11:59is a world-renowned expert on public toilets. She is not impressed by the
0:11:59 > 0:12:05Council's plans.As far as I can understand, there is no actual
0:12:05 > 0:12:07financial returns on this. There is no contribution from the council,
0:12:07 > 0:12:12which has occurred in some other local authorities. So, why would
0:12:12 > 0:12:18they want to do this?Who with his impact the most?It would impact
0:12:18 > 0:12:22everyone, but some groups more than others. It affects tourists coming
0:12:22 > 0:12:27to the city. It affects commuters stuck in traffic ages. People with
0:12:27 > 0:12:30incontinence problems. It particularly affects women more than
0:12:30 > 0:12:35men, because women have more reasons to use the toilets then men. Women
0:12:35 > 0:12:39who are menstruating needs the toilets more. Look at small children
0:12:39 > 0:12:44and babies, they need be toilets, they have to have it quick. Lots of
0:12:44 > 0:12:47people for years have depended on these toilets, and now they are
0:12:47 > 0:12:51suddenly going to find that they don't exist. So, this is a very real
0:12:51 > 0:13:03issue, and become so has not thought this through.Here, I'm eating two
0:13:03 > 0:13:08of the local residents, personally affected by the toilets closures. --
0:13:08 > 0:13:12I'm meeting two of the local residents.I have inflammatory bowel
0:13:12 > 0:13:16disease, and I tend to have this with me, but I'm lucky to have.
0:13:16 > 0:13:23Lenny to do is show this card and say, can I use or lose please, and
0:13:23 > 0:13:26the only time I have used it is because there hasn't been a public
0:13:26 > 0:13:30toilet or a cafe around. I have been lucky so far, but who knows in the
0:13:30 > 0:13:37future?Ruth, tell me about your walking group?We basically just
0:13:37 > 0:13:45walk and set the world to rights as a joke and go away. But, the walk
0:13:45 > 0:13:48leaders have to rescue the walks, and they always know where the
0:13:48 > 0:13:53toilets are. We are all 55 plus, and fresh air makes you want to go. You
0:13:53 > 0:13:59can't expect a small cafe to expect a dozen of people to come in and use
0:13:59 > 0:14:04your toilets. They will say no.Do think that local businesses will
0:14:04 > 0:14:11sign up to be scheme that Bristol City Council are proposing?There
0:14:11 > 0:14:13are health and safety issues and the security issues. A lot of the
0:14:13 > 0:14:17toilets will be up the stairs, or at the back. I think the answer will be
0:14:17 > 0:14:26no. Red to find out for myself, I go across the road to the Village cafe.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29If someone came in to use job toilets, and they went a customer,
0:14:29 > 0:14:35what would you say to them?Sorry, you can't use it. It is a customer's
0:14:35 > 0:14:43toilet.You wouldn't want anyone to use it?No. What can I do? Can't do
0:14:43 > 0:14:50anything.Time to head over to City Hall. The toilets here were
0:14:50 > 0:14:59available to the public, just like in other public buildings, like the
0:14:59 > 0:15:05city Museum. By closing the toilets, the council are saving thousands of
0:15:05 > 0:15:10pounds.We have not invested in our toilets over many years, so a lot of
0:15:10 > 0:15:14the mindset of this repair. There is a lot of anti-social behaviour going
0:15:14 > 0:15:21on in them, and the alternative is to look at bringing in a community
0:15:21 > 0:15:28toilet scheme.It says: A smooth transition from the existing
0:15:28 > 0:15:33arrangement of the new one, is very important. How many community
0:15:33 > 0:15:38businesses have signed up to the toilet scheme? Urn we have got 12
0:15:38 > 0:15:41businesses and community organisation signed up. We have over
0:15:41 > 0:15:5120 pending. Does that include Brits build City Council owned buildings?
0:15:51 > 0:15:55It does.If you take them out of the equation, that doesn't sound like
0:15:55 > 0:16:02many. There is no signage, a that they are closing, and B, where the
0:16:02 > 0:16:06nearest toilet is. People are quite literally going to be called Short?
0:16:06 > 0:16:13Not necessarily. We still have a week to go.Would it not be better
0:16:13 > 0:16:17to delay the closure?It is simpler, but I am feeling confident that we
0:16:17 > 0:16:21will have a viable community scheme, and is one that will only grow and
0:16:21 > 0:16:26grow.Is it all right if I use your loo? Samak yes, you can use the go
0:16:26 > 0:16:37on. --yes, you can use the loo, go on.The committee that looks after
0:16:37 > 0:16:46the Downs, have agreed to look after the toilets there. But, elsewhere
0:16:46 > 0:16:52around the city, there are no signs of a breeze. -- pre-. We are
0:16:52 > 0:16:58drinking more of Somerset's finest every year, but how does it get from
0:16:58 > 0:17:02this to this? We have spent the last year on the legendary cider farm
0:17:02 > 0:17:12with a celebrity following. Tucked away down a small muddy road near
0:17:12 > 0:17:16Glastir three, lives a cider maker to the stars. This year is a very
0:17:16 > 0:17:33special year. The farm is 100 years old. -- near Glastir in brief. It is
0:17:33 > 0:17:39the start of a new season. Lands end farm is in full Carla, the signs are
0:17:39 > 0:17:43this year's crop will be a good one. I have been making cider for over 50
0:17:43 > 0:17:51years. I have never known two better crops of apples. And, at the moment,
0:17:51 > 0:17:56there will be another good crop with the blossom.But, two good harvest
0:17:56 > 0:18:03mean that Roger is flooded with cider.I got 33,000 gallons.
0:18:03 > 0:18:07Normally I only sell about 20,000 a year, but because we have had two
0:18:07 > 0:18:16bumper crops, we got the actual... All of this is cider, here. Really,
0:18:16 > 0:18:22we want a bad crop, this year. Let's get some cider gingers in to drink
0:18:22 > 0:18:31it.Roger also has 120 head of capital, but cider has always been
0:18:31 > 0:18:35the agricultural lubricant at the heart of the farm. Gonna we made it
0:18:35 > 0:18:40since my grandfather came here in 1917. Years ago, if you didn't have
0:18:40 > 0:18:44cider on the farm, you wouldn't get any workers, because workers go
0:18:44 > 0:18:47around and tried the cider, and they would have the best cider, and that
0:18:47 > 0:18:53is where they would go to work, because they got paid virtually in
0:18:53 > 0:19:00cider, and potatoes years ago. That was the wages. By mid-July, the
0:19:00 > 0:19:06blossom has turned to apples, and it is the peak season for customs.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Roger has become a legendary figure in the Somerset landscape, and
0:19:09 > 0:19:13visitors come from all over the world to drink his cider, and have a
0:19:13 > 0:19:18good chat. And, for some, this has been their local for decades.
0:19:18 > 0:19:21Allen-mac according to Roger, 40 years, he has got a better memory
0:19:21 > 0:19:37than me.It is the same as it is now. Except, Roger's dad was around.
0:19:37 > 0:19:41He was younger than.He has also had if you famous faces in to buy his
0:19:41 > 0:19:48cider.There is Jamie Oliver, there. That was about eight years ago, when
0:19:48 > 0:19:54he came in. Joe Strom used to come in here regularly, from the Clash.
0:19:54 > 0:20:06Lovely man. Lily Allen.He even had a visit from a mysterious graffiti
0:20:06 > 0:20:13artist.The people who came in, ask me if they can put a painting on the
0:20:13 > 0:20:23wall. It is supposed to be me. I should never take it off, anyway.
0:20:23 > 0:20:33Well, we have kept the prices down, but there is such a lot of cider at
0:20:33 > 0:20:37the moment, at the end of the day you have to be able to sell it. No
0:20:37 > 0:20:40good making it and not sell it. Years ago, proper cider, you could
0:20:40 > 0:20:46sell no trouble at all, but unfortunately, there are not good
0:20:46 > 0:20:53cider drinkers. 40 years ago, all the old boys would not have looked
0:20:53 > 0:20:59at all this factory cider, sweet, fizzy and weak, and they would have
0:20:59 > 0:21:05tipped it down the drain. The Apple season has started now, beginning of
0:21:05 > 0:21:11September. I always say the good Lord put them up there, and the good
0:21:11 > 0:21:15Lord will put them down. When the Apple stop and that is when they are
0:21:15 > 0:21:20right. This is a hell of an orchard, we have got to pick them up by hand.
0:21:20 > 0:21:25I used to pick-up apples with a left school, 18, 19 years old. Now they
0:21:25 > 0:21:35are... Years ago, I used to carry them all down on my shoulder, bloody
0:21:35 > 0:21:40hard work. A lot of people walk away, saying they don't want work
0:21:40 > 0:21:47done. They say, he's out there picking up those apples, I couldn't
0:21:47 > 0:21:55do that. I would rather be up there, then sat in an office on a bloody
0:21:55 > 0:22:00computer, I said.The harvest takes three months, but it is not all
0:22:00 > 0:22:11sunshine, as Roger will be working away in his noisy barn.Week tipped
0:22:11 > 0:22:20them in. At the top of the elevator, there is a high-speed crash. The
0:22:20 > 0:22:28Apple pulp comes down through this stainless steel hopper, and into
0:22:28 > 0:22:36these... That is roughly... When we have built up the 12 layers, we put
0:22:36 > 0:22:42it on the trolley, put it up under the press. The press actually
0:22:42 > 0:22:47presses it three and a half thousand pounds a square inch. It is called a
0:22:47 > 0:23:01100 tonne press. About 20 minutes. Good stuff.This year, Roger also
0:23:01 > 0:23:04sell abrasive 70th birthday, but how many years will he keep making
0:23:04 > 0:23:10cider? An I am hoping that my grandson will keep doing it. Al keep
0:23:10 > 0:23:17doing it until I die. As long as I am fit, I will work. He is taking an
0:23:17 > 0:23:20interest, and that, now. So I'm hoping he will take over. Feed all
0:23:20 > 0:23:37the apple pulp to the... It is sweet and the cows love it.
0:23:43 > 0:23:53When they all get in there and start dancing and singing.It is
0:23:53 > 0:24:03mid-January, and the night of Roger's big night.Supposedly get
0:24:03 > 0:24:07all the evil spirit away.Leading the facilities this year, is a
0:24:07 > 0:24:13new...You are not here to have fun, you are here to make sure that we
0:24:13 > 0:24:19get a good harvest next year. If the apple trees fail, we all have no
0:24:19 > 0:24:32cider next year. We'll have to burn things and all sorts of stuff. To
0:24:32 > 0:24:37repress the soil! Our Queen will pour the cider from last year's
0:24:37 > 0:24:46labours. Around the base of the tree! Al Queen will place some toast
0:24:46 > 0:24:53in the branches of the tree. -- our Queen. To welcome back the birds and
0:24:53 > 0:24:57small creatures to our orchard. I'd back the big finale to ward off
0:24:57 > 0:25:06those evil spirits. --the big finale toward of those evil spirits.
0:25:06 > 0:25:12As the dust settles, the question is, has this year been a success?
0:25:12 > 0:25:19Record-breaker. More than we have ever had before.I have come from
0:25:19 > 0:25:23260 miles away. It is quite long round-trip. Whee it is quite unlike
0:25:23 > 0:25:28any where you'll find in the West Country. It is amazing.I think
0:25:28 > 0:25:34Roger is an institution in Somerset. It is what Somerset is all about.
0:25:34 > 0:25:38Well, that is it for tonight. Thank you for watching. We will see you
0:25:38 > 0:25:48next week. Cheers.