The RSPCA is Britain's most prolific privateprosecutor, bringing thousands of charges a year on animal-related issues, but Mr Hart argues that its political campaigning, on hunting, for example, has become entangled with its legal activities, and that the two should be separated.
Lawyers are "encouraged that there's a prosecutor at the helm, not a bureaucrat, " said Stuart Meissner, a former Wall Street prosecutor now in private practice.
David S. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor now in private practice in Miami, said it would be easier to prove felony hazing charges than it would be to prove manslaughter.