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Have to say I have dealt with the RSPCA few times and each time everything was straight forward one was for a dog when I was a teen and lived with my mum and other was for a kitten for me and my partner , the kitten was semi feral and nervous so they did warn we might not get him as he needs time to develop and we worked fulltime but after interview we socialised with kitten at the centre and we managed to have him . I have heard a few bad stories about the process but personally for me and a lot of close family and friends we never had issues .
Maybe it depends on how centre is run . |
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I wouldn't give a penny to the RSPCA or go anywhere near them when it comes to 'adopting' a cat. I've heard too many stories to know how they're far too interested in operating as a business and politically motivated and staffed by idiots to want them to even know I exist!
I've even heard horrible stories about them stealing terminally ill cats from the owner's front garden and just putting them down before they were ready, despite the owner already regularly visiting a vet for treatment/management of the disease and the cat not yet being ready to be put down. Can you imagine how distressing that was for the family, to phone them and be told the pet they were nursing to their death was already dead without any goodbye, and before it needed to be put down? In my opinion, too many people working under the banner of the RSPCA are little Hitlers on power trips, relishing their own command over life and death, and with no regard to the serious distress they cause to people who have known pets for 15 years or more. When they rescue a small number of donkeys from a nasty owner, it makes the national news. But you never hear the other side of the story. In my experience, the best 'organisations' to deal with are a couple of mad old women operating under some kind of 'trust' who just care about animal welfare and want to find practical homes for abandoned/damaged/old/sick/ animals. And they get virtually no donations because no one really hears about them. I suspect sympathetic vets keep them going. |
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The RSPCA. They do seem to be suffering from the same bureaucracy as many other large societies - all theory and little about the practicalities. That every unwanted animals need placements and new homes as soon as possible.
Some time it works, sometimes it doesn't. But until the new animal arrives - it is impossible to tell - and endless form filling and references and home visits may be admirable. In the end - for any long term pet owner - it is all about what happens in the home and whether the cat/dog accepts the newcomer or not. I would go along with the mad cat ladies every time!
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And that wouldnt be a bad thing at all. Quote:
This is what the RSPCA put on Twitter today ...
RSPCA @RSPCA_official 58m Found injured wild animal/bird? We’re v busy so if safe & practical, would be much quicker to take along to a vet who will treat for free I did this after calling them about a baby pigeon with a broken wing. The look on the vets receptionists face when I told them who told me to go to them said everything. It was this .. ![]() They seem to be passing the buck on most animals in need. I'm not sure whether you realise, but although it's free for you, the RSPCA are still supposed to be paying for the work. The vet has to get a log number from the RSPCA for payment, but that's pretty simple and it covers most basic treatments, first aid, some medications etc. The RSPCA is responsible for paying for the emergency treatment of many different animals, up and down the country, every day of the week by this method. They do more than people realise I think. They don't have the human resources because they need volunteers. How many of the people whinging here have actually bothered to take the time to volunteer for an animal charity? Any? Or do people expect them to just be there like the statutory public services?
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