: My name is Sophia, and the RSPCA cannot be trusted. (Update @ post 105)

Darky · 12-09-2009, 02:07 PM

I have never liked the RSPCA, due to hearing far too many horror stories about them my entire life - recounted by my parents with their experiences and the experiences of others.

What this thread has done for me, however, has raised my respect for Cats Protection and if anyone shall be getting donations from me - it'll definitely be them.

My fiance and I were very sad when at Waitrose.. They had a charity thing at the end of the shop where you can pick up little green tokens and pop them into a charity of your choice, three charities were available.. RSPCA had about five times the amount that Cats Protection has. :C My fiance's family, who own no pets, always make sure to put tokens into CP's bit.

alexgirl73 · 12-09-2009, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by catwoman999

And CP have the luxury of being a cat specific charity. Thus have the resources to focus only on cats and do the best by these cats

Why I would always recommend someone contacts them first regarding a cat needing rescue....
On the other hand the RSPCA/SSPCA deal with ALL animals cats, dogs, rabbit, guinea pigs, snakes, all the wild life etc. in Britain... They can't possibly board all of them, can they?
Please THINK about it.... Again, nothing is black and white there are shades of grey!
Noah has only so much room in his Ark...
Said I wasn't gonna post again on this thread, but really, is everybody so closed minded about the RSPCA?
Yes, unfortunately they can't help every animal, thats why more people should contact breed specific rescue charities...

I also have guinea pigs, ferrets, hamsters, and chickens (yes I am an animal collector, for the love of the animals), and I am a member of forums for each and every one of them. And on each and every one of those forums there are rescues who deal with theses animals and they are also full of negative tales of RSPCA involvement!! As I have said before, there are some wonderful people involved with the RSPCA, and I hate to think of them being tarred with the same brush, but there are just too many of these types of stories involving ALL animals (not just cats), adn surely this can no longer be ignored!

pcspik · 12-09-2009, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by alexgirl73

no one is denying that there are cases where they do a fantastic job, but the simple point MANY people are trying to make is that there are far too many incidents where they don't lift a finger, don't care or destroy animals needlessly! They need to be held more accountable and more closely regulated!

That is the point exactly. For example an branch of the RSPCA (based 2 hours away) were called to a house with 60 cats all riddled with ringworm. They were all taken off the people concerned: 30 of the cats were pts because they simply had no space for them. The RSPCA did not bother to phone any other charity concerned: our branch would have happily taken some of them as at the time our isolation unit was empty. Other branches of the Cats Protection were able to help too. If the RSPCA had actually contacted other charities which were able to help before simply putting them down, then the majority, if not all, the cats would have still been alive.

I know this is dogs but this proves the same point:-

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8230378.stm

Again another rescue organisation that could have helped with a case. If they had actually phoned (and waited for an response within an adequate time) then they would have gotten the animals off their hands, leaving their inspectors free to do other work.

borderdawn · 12-09-2009, 05:13 PM

Do you know what the RSPCA said to me about a Dobermann that was starving and being hit and tormented as well as having fireworks chucked at him and having open sores on him and being chained so he couldnt even move away? The "inspector" said, "stop feeding him, when he can no longer stand, we will remove him!" Can you imagine my reply???

alexgirl73 · 12-09-2009, 05:16 PM

OMG!!!!

I can imagine your reply would have been very similar to what my first thought was Dawn! disgusting!

catwoman999 · 12-09-2009, 05:30 PM

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Originally Posted by borderdawn

Do you know what the RSPCA said to me about a Dobermann that was starving and being hit and tormented as well as having fireworks chucked at him and having open sores on him and being chained so he couldnt even move away? The "inspector" said, "stop feeding him, when he can no longer stand, we will remove him!" Can you imagine my reply???

I know, it happens...
Madness...

borderdawn · 12-09-2009, 05:42 PM

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Originally Posted by alexgirl73

OMG!!!!

I can imagine your reply would have been very similar to what my first thought was Dawn! disgusting!

Well all I can say is he spent just two more nights at that place!

pcspik · 12-09-2009, 06:42 PM

Exactly. With the people who lived nearby who had the 3 ringworm cats, I was annoyed that they did not do anything. Not only were there 3 people in the property (bearing in mind that ringworm is an zoonose: meaning it can be transferred onto humans, which means that the girl could potentially infect all her classmates) but not to do anything about it does in my mind, is sheer neglect on the RSPCA's part. We are talking about other animals (bearing in mind that these cats have open access to farmland) as well as other cats in the neighbourhood. I was just glad that mine were indoors only.

If the people concerned who owned the cats were not able to treat adequately their cats and keep them indoors (ringworm can be gotten rid of without treatment, albeit longer than with treatment) in the meantime, then I would call that neglect, and then yes, they should be taken off them. Also ringworm can linger for ages (and is near impossible to get rid of) in household furniture so that means that there is a good chance that these cats are wandering the streets again with ringworm!

Elaine · 12-09-2009, 06:49 PM

Well it may well be the same as the CP thing in that the branches differ from area to area. Whenever I have called the SSPCA, they have responded and called me back to inform me of the out come when I have asked.
Not always to a satisfactory conclusion but certainly not like the horror stories I have heard.

catwoman999 · 12-09-2009, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Elaine

Well it may well be the same as the CP thing in that the branches differ from area to area. Whenever I have called the SSPCA, they have responded and called me back to inform me of the out come when I have asked.
Not always to a satisfactory conclusion but certainly not like the horror stories I have heard.

Me neither...
Not saw/heard anything as bad happening at Balerno or at Bothwell...
But of course like everyone else, I have heard the horror stories.

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