RSPCA phone calls

Kite2010

Quick update, most charities will phone up every now and again to try and get a bit extra money out of you.

Even when you quit donating they will still phone you up asking for you to restart, but not now, start donating 6 months time.

The telesales people whom are on commission to get existing doners to increase donation will be the hardest to say no to.

Equaliser123

fannyadams wrote: »

what upsets me is that their Chief executives are paid MASSIVE amounts of money (that is being paid from YOUR donations).
RSPCA CEO gets £95K pa!!!!

That's not a huge amount at all for a CEO of a large organisation with obviously no equity options, etc.

Ultimately, if they want to attract half-decent people, they need to pay a decent salary.

Takeaway_Addict

fannyadams wrote: »

what upsets me is that their Chief executives are paid MASSIVE amounts of money (that is being paid from YOUR donations).
RSPCA CEO gets £95K pa!!!!

Actually I am surprised its that low, I wonder what the bonus is like though!

I will never give to the RSPCA after the farce of prosecuting the hunt, regardless of your view no one in their right mind can say £300K+ was worth spending for a 16k fine.

How many animals could have been saved with the £284k?

dacouch

Sorry the links from such a nasty paper...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136714/Nature-lover-leaves-wildlife-haven-RSPCA--sell-bulldozed-built-on.html#axzz2KRDVs92v

adamc260

dacouch wrote: »

Sorry the links from such a nasty paper...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2136714/Nature-lover-leaves-wildlife-haven-RSPCA--sell-bulldozed-built-on.html#axzz2KRDVs92v

Oh my god I can't believe this part of it "Mr Brown wished us not to sell the land for building though this wasn’t a binding condition of the will"

Using legality to get around his wishes.. They were happy to take his cash/land but not happy to abide by the 'conditions' of having it.

vuvuzela

spacey2012 wrote: »

OH DEAR.
Cat Out of bag time...:eek:

You were asked for proof (and it would be nice if it were from reputable organisations, not internet crackpots)...

System

adamc260 wrote: »

Oh my god I can't believe this part of it "Mr Brown wished us not to sell the land for building though this wasn’t a binding condition of the will"

Using legality to get around his wishes.. They were happy to take his cash/land but not happy to abide by the 'conditions' of having it.

Would the land have been much use to the RSPCA? If they couldn't sell it I am wondering what good it would have been for them? I imagine it would cost a bit too keep in ok nick.

Really he should have left it to a local conservation group who could have tended it for free and kept it out of the developers hands.

Fire_Fox

georgiesmum wrote: »

She had had a stroke and was very unsteady. She would have looked very ill to a vet.Unfortunately we had taken her collar off as she wasn't allowed out and had devloped an irritation on her neck. my young grandson had left the door open so away she went.
Couldn't believe they were ready to pts so soon.
We only had her for another 6 months but at least she was with the family she loved when she died.

So potentially they thought your cat was suffering and in her final weeks/ months, they were not actually considering PTSing a healthy cat?

Was she microchipped and your database details up to date? If so they should have scanned and contacted you before making any decisions. Being indoor only is no reason not to chip, there are far too many tragic tales of escapes and losses and it's not even expensive (sometimes free).

georgiesmum

Fire_Fox wrote: »

So potentially they thought your cat was suffering and in her final weeks/ months, they were not actually considering PTSing a healthy cat?

Was she microchipped and your database details up to date? If so they should have scanned and contacted you before making any decisions. Being indoor only is no reason not to chip, there are far too many tragic tales of escapes and losses and it's not even expensive (sometimes free).

She wasn't suffering, they would have been able to see by her general condition that though she was old she was well looked after and loved. Moreover she was a burmese and commen sense would tell you she wasn't a stray. It should not have been impossible to realise that she had gone missing and somebody would be looking for her. A few days surely should have elapsed before even thinking of pts. This happened over 10 years ago and micro chipping wasn't so commen then. So you think if an animal has no microchip or collar the it's ok to put them down?

mr_sharma

Equaliser123 wrote: »

That's not a huge amount at all for a CEO of a large organisation with obviously no equity options, etc.

Ultimately, if they want to attract half-decent people, they need to pay a decent salary.

I think it's a very high amount for a charity. He or she can still have a decent salary on half that amount. Mind you I don't know the full story, maybe they deferred their salary for a number of years, maybe they contribute a large section of their wealth to their own good cause? I'd like to think so.