Government action needed to combat unwanted pet epidemic

paddypaws101

moggymutt wrote: »

I'm disappointed that there are no so called celebrities who are vocal about neutering. I know Paul O'Grady has done excellent work , for many years telling people to get rescue animals, but does he now mention neutering at all ?(thats a genuine question as I have no telly to see his Battersea programme), I've never heard him mention it on his radio show.

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In my opinion he missed a golden opportunity with that series, to promote the neutering message.
Instead I feel that the programme gave the impression that all the sad strays would be given wonderful homes with famous people like Paul himself and DJ Dr Fox.
I think neutering was mentioned in passing but it should have been repeated OVER AND OVER and people should have been told the truth of how many animals are turned away from overflowing rescues or euthanased because they would be difficult to re-home.
I think we need to get to the stage where an 'early' neuter (for cats at least, I dont know much about dogs ) is sold to clients and booked in when they go in for initial vaccs.

con1888

I think all dog owners should need a license set at £100+ and basically made more responsible.

I would spey any my pets if not showing/breeding. Hence why the cat is speyed as was my last dog.

moggymutt

paddypaws101m I agree that that was a sadly missed golden opportunity.

Why is it that when the RSPCA published a poster showing a pile of dead dog bodies, that so many people complained that it had to be withdrawn? (it was one of the few things that the RSPCA can be proud of)Are people so determined to live in cloud cuckoo land that they cant face a reality check? Surely the fact that the dogs were dead was more upsetting than the poster?

I just cant see why people want pedigrees- if these people were to spend time at a local pound and hold 'ordinary' dogs as they were put down, would they still say that they only wanted a pedigree- wouldnt they instead want to give a home to the dog that they were holding to prevent it being put down?

missmontana

It would also help if rescue centres relaxed their rules on rehoming, they are overly strict which is why alot of people will buy elsewhere.

moggymutt

missmontana, I agree in some circumstances, and I did start a thread about how to ethically get a pet when turned down by rescues. My computer is too old and temperamental to do a search, but it was only a few weeks ago. Bear in mind though, that rescues do get a fair few totally inappropriate people asking for animals.

a genuine eg- bloke turns up at rescue, with his 2 kids, with a year old dog he had from the rescue the previous year. He told the rescue that the kids were fed up of the dog and wanted a kitten instead! Needless to say, he left with neither the dog or the kitten.

Several times a year I will get people wanting a kitten, who admit that they have given away their previous cat because they didn't like it, but the children want a kitten.

Froglet

moggymutt wrote: »

missmontana, I agree in some circumstances, and I did start a thread about how to ethically get a pet when turned down by rescues. My computer is too old and temperamental to do a search, but it was only a few weeks ago. Bear in mind though, that rescues do get a fair few totally inappropriate people asking for animals.

a genuine eg- bloke turns up at rescue, with his 2 kids, with a year old dog he had from the rescue the previous year. He told the rescue that the kids were fed up of the dog and wanted a kitten instead! Needless to say, he left with neither the dog or the kitten.

Several times a year I will get people wanting a kitten, who admit that they have given away their previous cat because they didn't like it, but the children want a kitten.

Oh for God's sake!!:mad: what is wrong with these people ? have we got to the stage where the children rule the parents ? Can't they just buy the little dears a cuddly toy instead? At least when they get fed up with it it can be thrown into a corner and ignored,and not suffer like any living creature would in those circumstances?

con1888

I got my cat because the womans children decided it was boring and wanted a dog instead. He was 14 weeks when I got him and his sister.

KxMx

Lily came with the house when we did an exchange, because she'd gotten past the "cute kitten" stage (5 months) and wasn't really wanted any more. They either shouted at her or ignored her- not witnessed by us but realised from her behaviour in the early days. And they were feeding her 4x adult pouches + table scraps- yes she went on a diet sharpish!

Plus her young mother was pregnant AGAIN and they wanted her to have some peace!