A mini survey...the RSPCA

B00 | 23:27 Sat 22nd Jul 2006 | Animals & Nature

31 Answers

Claireb's post below about parrots has prompted this thread.
Has anyone ever recieved any help from the RSPCA when they've contacted them?

I myself have called them with regards to numerous animals throughout the years and not once have they assisted me in anyway shape or form. So I'm genuinly interested to know if they do infact help anyone, or more importantly any animals they are supposed to represent.

Cheers for any comments you can offer :-)

Artificial Rock Wall - Reptiles

Infected face on my cat

Answers

21 to 31 of 31

First Previous 1 2

Best Answer

No best answer has yet been selected by B00. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.

For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.

goosing

I called about a stray cat with a nasty wound/bite on her shoulder. She'd been hanging around our house a while, much to my 2 cats' disgust, so I was feeding her tho she wouldn't come into the house and would bite or scratch if she was startled. They did come and took her to the vets, but when we asked if they would rehome her they said no, they were going to let her go as she was well fed and looking after herself. We asked for her to be brought back to us to be let go. It took a few months (and a cold winter) now she's moved in and all cats have called a truce. So although they did treat her they intended to just dump her afterwards.

lankeela

Ask them how much of your hard earned cash donations were spent on the policital anti hunting lobbying. I wouldn't mind donating if it was spent on the animals.

lorraine29

I called them several years ago as a sparrow had got trapped in the guttering at the top of my house, my young children were playing out in the garden, (which I think made a big difference) and the bird was making a lot of noise trying to free itself, they said they would call me back asap. 10 minutes later a fire engine pulled up and the full crew got out to help, Unfortunately the bird was too badly injured to help, but the firemen were brilliant, warning me subtly what they were about to do so i could bring the children into the house before they put it out of its misery then told the children that they were taking it to the vets and it would be ok. so i must admit on that occasion the rspca were great and got the job done,

Lorraine x

clairelb

Well as my post prompted this I thought I'd add my contribution.

I've only ever twice had to ring the RSPCA. The first time we saw a cat in an adjoining street looking in a terrible condition. We called the RSPCA who asked if we could a) catch it and take it to the vets or b) keep an eye on it. We explained that we could do neither as we didn't actually live in the street we saw the cat and we had since left it to make the phone call. They did say they would come out, but no idea if they actually did.

The second time was yesterday after spotting the parrots. For while I was disappointed that the said they wouldn't come out (their reason being that it could easily fly away before they got here - but did say they'd come and collect it if I caught it), they did at least take a description from me to record on their database. They also asked if I would be the contact should someone report the lost parrot (ie last seen etc). Now this isn't a great service, but I later searched the net for other lost pet organisations and found one which appeared to be quite reputable. It required a fee from pet owners so I thought the service would be OK. It was awful. The woman on the other end couldn't have cared less. All she said was 'ring the RSPB they have parrots'. When I explained that I thought someone might be looking for them, she simply said 'We don't have any on our books'. I really hope someone looking for them didn't ring her 5 mintues after her putting the phone down because she didn't take any details.

I have to say though, I do donate to RSPCA, but only by way of donations to their local charity shop (ie clothes).

allotment10

so what do you think boo?the way i read it seems like the most of us think the rspca are not much use! shame really, because years ago they used to be very helpful, (or maybe when i was younger i was looking through rose-tinted glasses!) very interesting reading all the posts & your link , x.

B00

Question Author

to be honest allotment my opinion of them hasn't changed much from when I posted the thread.
i'm not saying they don't do anything, however it does appear they are sadly lacking in alot of areas.

allotment10

agree with you, let's all hope things change for the better in the future :-)

saxy_jag

Some years ago I found a kitten wandering around in the street on a wet November evening. It couldn't have been more than probably four or five months old.

After tramping around the neighbourhood with it trying to find out where it lived, and being unable to keep it, I called the RSPCA. Their response? Oh, just it back out on the street and let it find its own way home.

My mum took it in overnight and I took it to the Animal Aid the following morning. No way were the RSPCA getting their hands on it.

saxy_jag

Posting my last answer reminded me of another incident. I used to do a little work with a Greyhound rescue charity. I was called one day by a lady who actually worked at the RSPCA kennels. She'd had a lady try to bring in two lovely dogs that neither she nor her divorced son could keep. If the son would not take them, his ex said, then she didn't want them and would have them put down.

This RSPCA lady told me that she didn't want to take the dogs in, because the RSPCA actually do very little to rehome this breed, preferring to let people believe the various myths that exist about them. She didn't want these two lovely dogs put down, as they invariably would be. Could I do anything?

Suffice to say I took them to Wood Green shelter, who told me they were rehomed together a couple of weeks later.