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molliepops
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/earthnews/7611534/RSPCA-will-reject-unwanted-pets-to-cut-costs.html I must first say I am not a fan of them so I may be being unfair but isn't this very unfair on small rescues who do not have the vast amounts of money the RSPCA have ?
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The charity said that in the past a cat has been dumped because "it did not match the couch", dogs were rejected for "barking" or "hiding shoes" and a chinchilla was brought in because the owner "did not realise it could live for 20 years".
Well yeh, people are dumb - but returning the animal to live with that type of owner with 'care advice' is not really in the animal's best welfare interests is it?
It's amazing the cases they seem to care about on Animal 24/7 - you just know that if the BBC weren't there filming they wouldn't even attend half of them.
This is only in the last few years after a clean up following some very bad publicity.
And I've had them refuse to come out to injured birds ( I used Hesselhead instead) and an abandoned (very young) kitten as it was a bank holiday. I contacted the Cats Protection League who couldn't do enough to help. They couldn't take it immediately as they had no spaces locally and asked if I could keep it for five days. They gave me food, flea treatments and dishes etc to use til they could come.
i can honestly say in the last 20 years that i.ve been calling them out they've came out every time. I.ve just had to phone them a little while ago because one of my neighbours has set up a trap to catch birds in the garden.
The amount of crap the cat charity I work for has to put up with because this SPCA won't help is incredible...
Don't think much of the RSPCA at all. Had a bad experience with some stray kittens they wouldn't collect years ago. Took them to the local Cats Protection and they were soon rehomed together. Brilliant!
The person who answered, said no, and to just put it in a dustbin!!!:eek: I was staggered, and told her that perhaps the cat was chipped therefore the owners might like to know the fate of their pet, their reply was not helpful.
In my lunch break I went and took the dead cat to the centre and asked for the Manager and told him about my conversation with one of his staff earlier that morning. He did look very embarrassed and did check if the cat was chipped, it was not, I said that I would post notices locally about the cat and asked him to keep the cat for a few hours before disposing of it He assured me that he would keep the cat for 24 hours, in case anyone enquired.
Within a couple of hours of displaying the notices locally someone rang and it seemed it was theirs, and that her two daughters had been very upset about her going missing. At least they knew where she was, and could grieve for their cat.
The CPL and the Blue Cross are far superior to the RSPCA in every respect. The RSPCA are only good when the TV cameras are on them
I then phoned the RSPCA whos reply was "its Saturday":rolleyes:,i told them i knew well what day it was but the dogs were friendly,had been well looked after and might be chipped.More to the point siomeone might be frantically searching for them.All he said was call the dog warden out.
Said dog warden came out and they had chips and were returned to their home about a mile away.The owner rang me when shed got dogs back to thank me she had let them out and a loose back gate theyd wandered off.
RSPCA couldnt have given a ****
Fortunately, she's well known at the local vets who we directed him to to prove that she is looked after and for her age is quite healthy.
Wasn't really bothered that he came out- it was the fact that he'd changed her routine and left her cold that annoyed.
my mother in law mistreats animals and has a really dirty house, she has 2 large dogs,1 small dog, 1 cat, 3 rats, 2 hamsters, 2 rabbits, 1 guinea pig and no amount of visits from rspca has amounted in the situation being sorted. yet sum1 says we left our dogs and kittens all alone for periods of time which we would never as a animal lover we would never do. they had police round to confiscate my animals. They are barking up the wrong tree, why are they using time/money on sumones spitefull report when they not even bothered to investigate real serious animal cruelty,:mad:
sorry rspca rant over lol
as much it has made my blood boil and put me off my neigbour we have to remember the rspca is a charity and they are struggling like everyone else, everyone complains about the rspca but how many people actually try to help them raise funds.
I donate to smaller animal charities, no way would I add to the RSPCAs funds.
(lol, our posts crossed molliepops)
There was also this recent case which showed them in a very bad light:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2584528.ece
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/7028070.stm
They really, truly don't need your money.