Rspca stories anyone ?

annie_cardiff

Has anyone had any dealings with the RSPCA that made them wonder what is it that they are supposed to do..help animals ??? Or themselves. ! Please let me know as there is a growing movement of discontent with this org , with the new animal welfare act in place they are still letting animals die when they are aware of cruelty etc.
Please take a look at https://www.germanshepherdrescue.co.uk and read homepage re..The late Bruno, and Lulu, pup, fluffy dog all owned by one man , what did rspca do....nothing , . R.I.P. Bruno, we will continue the fight ....All animal lovers out there please read ....and lets all act to ensure no other animal suffers ......

wannabepennypincher

I've heard some horrible stories, I live in Scotland so we have the SSPCA who are just as bad. A friend of mine told me about her neighbour that refused to treat her new born kittens for fleas and one by one they all died. We tried to explain this to the SSPCA in the hopes that the remaining cats would be taken of her as she planned to let the queen have another litter "to make some money" but they said there was no proof (even though we knew whereabouts in the garden they were buried and we thought that surely a vet would be able to figure out how 5 1-2 week old kittens suddenly died and took nothing to do with it.

In the end the woman moved leaving the cats behind and my friend brought the upspayed female in her house so she would have any more kittens (as the poor little thing had had 2 litters by time she was 18 months) while she waited for a rescue to pick her up. The SSPCA called round and said that because my friend had taken the cat in they were no longer obliged to take it and left. Luckily the cats protection took her as soon as they could and gave her a voucher to get the cat spayed while they waited for a place.

There is a blog about some of the horror stories I can't do links but its called rspcainjustice.blogspot.com. It really upsets that they make so much money yet charties like Cats Protection and Dogs trust (and many other local charities) are left to try help the animals that the rscpa fail to.

The thing that upsets me most is all the feral kittens they put to sleep as they think they are unhomable- I'd love for them to meet my ex-feral kitten who is the most adorable thing in the world- yes he is scared of people he doesn't know but with my OH and I he's like any other cat (well as long as you don't pick him up) and snuggles up next to me every night. I realise its not the same for adult ferals who are too set in thier ways but the kittens just need someone with patience but they only pick up cats for re-homing if they think they can get rid of them quickly.

Sorry for the massive wall of text it just upsets me lol

Rev

I've long since given up with the RSPCA. If ever I've had a problem and reported it I've been told 'Sorry there's nothing we can do. I'll give a few examples.

Spotted a Doberman dog lying in the side of the road, obviously been ran over. Called the RSPCA, was told 'Sorry, there's nothing we can do, if it's still there tomorrow call back'. Called the local police station, car was there within ten minutes and took the dog to the local vets.

Next door neighbour left their dog out in the yard constantly, all weather, no shelter whatsoever at all, never cleaned the yard (my bedroom window overlooks their yard, the sight was shocking). Called the RSPCA numerous times, was told they can only check if we think the dogs been abandoned. When the neighbour eventually moved out, and did leave the dog, called again, was told to call back if the dog was still unattained after five days. After five days, the came out, shoved some food through the letter box and said they'd be back after five days to remove the dog if it was still there.

Stopped a cat as it was attacking a pigeon, the bird was badly injured, called the RSPCA was told since it's only a pigeon I'm best to let the cat kill it, since they didn't think they'd be able to help it. and they wouldn't even be able to get to it and check until the Monday (this was a Saturday).

They're a shameful organisation who seem as concerned about animals as fur wearers.

jd87

Don't you think you're all being a bit harsh??? The RSPCA is a CHARITY. They have limited funds and there is only so much they can do. Whatever horror stories you think you might have, there are probably even worse things going on that the RSPCA have to focus their time and money on. I'm sure they'd love to help everyone and every animal but they just can't.

If you find an injured animal DO NOT call the RSPCA. Random injured animals is not what the RSPCA is for. In situations like this you should take the animal yourself to the nearest vets. Vets are required by their own codes of practice to do what they can (within reason) for injured animals and they will usually be more than happy to deal with it.

RacyRed

jd87 wrote: »

Don't you think you're all being a bit harsh???

No, I don't think it is harsh to question an organisation which says one thing and does another.

I'm one of the many who have had to watch an animal suffer for longer than it should have because I wasted valuable time making futile calls to the RSPCA for help. Their call staff sound so unconcerned, always seem to say "no" and are unable or unwilling to suggest alternative sources of help.

The thing that upsets me most about the RSPCA is that there are many local charities who will help when the RSPCA refuse. Many of those charities are relatively unknown, underfunded and totally dedicated. The RSPCA must know about them yet, when they are unable to help in a situation, they never refer distressed callers to an alternative local animal rescue organisation.

The RSPCA would rather let an animal suffer than take the risk of diverting potential donations to a smaller local charity. That is unforgivable. My own regular donation to them stopped the day I realised that this was how the RSPCA operated.

Go to the RSPCA website and tke a look at their 2008 accounts, here are 2 extracts : -

Voluntary Income ....................................£96,163,000
Cost of fund raising and legacy marketing.... £22,059,000

Stories about the RSPCA not helping animals are commonplace now. I'd be interested to hear of occasions where they have answered a call for help, without a TV crew in tow.

kevinwebster83

A couple of years ago, my parents rehomed a Border Collie through the RSPCA. They were told that she was 18 months old and a very quiet dog, who had lived with an old lady for the short duration of her life.

Eventually, the truth came out that she was from a litter of one of the top sheepdog trialists in England and was badly beaten as a puppy and had never seen the outside world. She had to be stolen from the owner by the RSPCA in order to save her life.

She had a particular desire to jump up at everything moving from vehicles to people and other animals. 2 years of hard work including various dog training classes, calming medication, physiotheraphy to fix dislodged vertibrae and a personal assistant from Bark Busters still didn't do anything to help. Unfortunately, all this was putting a real strain on my parents and eventually, they had to send her back for rehoming.

Fortunately, now she has been rehomed again and is living in the countryside in the middle of no-where with a pack of Collies, happy as Larry - whoever he may be.

Kev

catkins

I have nothing good to say about the RSPCA whatsoever. At one time I supported them and gave them money but never again.

I have had very good reason to contact them 3 times about different animals each time. I will not go into all the stories here but they were all bad. The RSPCA did not want to know. In one of the cases they did go and visit the house and said everything was fine. There were 2 dogs being starved and when 1 died the other ended up eating it!!!

Rev

jd87 wrote: »

If you find an injured animal DO NOT call the RSPCA. Random injured animals is not what the RSPCA is for. In situations like this you should take the animal yourself to the nearest vets. Vets are required by their own codes of practice to do what they can (within reason) for injured animals and they will usually be more than happy to deal with it.

On the occasions I called the RSPCA after finding injured animals, had they told me they didn't deal with injured animals, and advised me to take it to the vet myself, I'd have been more than happy with that. As it would have given the impression they cared. As it stands, they didn't, on all occasions, a very uninterested person on the other end of the phone said 'there's nothing we can do', and 'well, you're probably best to let the cat kill it'. Giving me the impression that no, they wouldn't love to help everyone because they simply can't be bothered.

welshmoneylover

The RSPCA is one charity I most definitely do not give any money to.

I'd rather support my local animal charities who don't get much funding but will respond to telephone calls out of dedication.

UKTigerlily

I've only had to call them twice & both times they came out quickly & dealt with the problems, as someone said they can't help everyone. I've no doubt there's many times they can't but they aren't the only charity that helps so try the others. They should try to refer callers to other places as someone else said but maybe they don't know all the local places?

RacyRed

UKTigerlily wrote: »

I've only had to call them twice & both times they came out quickly & dealt with the problems, as someone said they can't help everyone. I've no doubt there's many times they can't but they aren't the only charity that helps so try the others. They should try to refer callers to other places as someone else said but maybe they don't know all the local places?

That is the problem, they do usually know about smaller local rescues. They sometimes call them directly if they need the expertise of the smaller charities for a rescue.

It sounds cynical I know, but the times when I've known them to do this is when an animal in trouble is very much in the public eye, and then it is publicly an RSPCA rescue, even though another charity did the rescue. :rolleyes:

I think we should also remember that it is the national RSPCA organisation that the problems tend to be with, not the more local RSPCA groups, which can be really good but do not get the funding that goes to the national charity.

Somepersons, somewhere on a national level within the Rspca have lost touch with every day life.