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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Years ago I donated to the RSPCA but was harassed by them with loads of letters through the door. Are they still like that? Was the old days via cheque through the post |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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If you don’t want them to chug you after, do t give them details. Just drop a £20 note into a collection tin don’t do an online form.
Most places will ask about future communication anyway now due to GDPR, and you should ideally have to opt in, not out.
I donated to the DEC Ukraine fund today, via a co-op link as they will match my donation, I was able to not tick the boxes to get further pestered. |
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I wont donate to rspca but I will donate to pdsa.
Pdsa help others out with animals wether your poor, average or a teen.
Id rather donate to a system that helps back when we all need it at the time. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Sadly found this with Cancer UK, used to donate by monthly direct debit and always got letters asking could we pay more, and "if you could pay this amount we could help this amount more"
So we cancelled and just put money into charity boxes now  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I remember during mad cow disease when dozens of guys were charging around the countryside shooting cattle and burning and burying them in huge numbers.
The RSPCA were busy prosecuting a man in Brighton for over feeding his dog so had no comment.
I stopped my donations then. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"I remember during mad cow disease when dozens of guys were charging around the countryside shooting cattle and burning and burying them in huge numbers.
The RSPCA were busy prosecuting a man in Brighton for over feeding his dog so had no comment.
I stopped my donations then. "
Disgusting isn't it
I reported a puppy farm operating near me and they weren't interested.
You could hear the Puppies crying constantly...Owners not seen for days. We managed to get the police round (not saying how) but their body cam footage showed our concerns. They were going to submit what they found but the officer said "what they'll do is anyone's guess"
Atrocious organisation |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Years ago I donated to the RSPCA but was harassed by them with loads of letters through the door. Are they still like that? Was the old days via cheque through the post "
They advertise in Scotland to get donations from Scottish folk, but they don’t operate in Scotland  they are a despicable organisation, I’ve known of cases, that have ended up in court because they put healthy animals down, one dog a 10 yr old healthy black lab, was euthanised as his owner had died, owners son lived at other end of the country, and had asked the RSPCA to Rehome the dog, and left them a huge sum of money to go towards the dogs care with them, the son arrived just two days later to reclaim the dog but he was already dead, they had claimed their vets had said he was riddled with cancer, the son got a report which was just a month old from his usual vet, which said he was healthy, son took them to court and won, they (RSPCA) had to give him back the money his father gave to them for the dogs keep, and also compensation. In another case they were left a small sanctuary with animals. Because there was no stipulation that they could not sell the sanctuary, they euthanised all the animals and sold the land. Why in the name of god would a so called animal rescue organisation do that to healthy animals?
In Scotland we have the SSPCA, they have their issues too, but they are IMHO far better than their English counterparts
If you’re going to donate to an animal rescue find a smaller local one who need the funds and will put them to better use. |
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"No they don't pester any more. I donate to dogs trust sponsoring a couple of dogs  "
Dogs trust is one of the charities that has had my support for quite a few years now. I never had any excessive pestering apart from the occasional letter and magazine and actually I don't mind that. I also support a local shelter who are amazing and I can also visit any time I want. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"No they don't pester any more. I donate to dogs trust sponsoring a couple of dogs
Dogs trust is one of the charities that has had my support for quite a few years now. I never had any excessive pestering apart from the occasional letter and magazine and actually I don't mind that. I also support a local shelter who are amazing and I can also visit any time I want."
I wouldn’t even touch them with a barge pole. |
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RSPCA are one of the most cash rich charities
Managed from on high who do little, if anything, to help "their" centres (used to know the manager of one centre and their bint of a wife)
As has already been said - they also don't care unless its going on TV. Once reported a sheep stuck in mud. Waited opposite it (it was at a country park, I could see it, but couldn't get to it). Rang and rang and rang, having to give the same details every time before they'd even call it up on their system. The animal was in awful distress and ultimately died - I waited 3 hours and they never showed. But my ex reported me for allowing my old dogs to foul in my house and not clean up after them so my child was crawling through it - couldn't come out quick enough then. Officious bint demanded entry to my home and when I told her to "kindly vacate my doorstep" threatened to get the police as I was refusing her access. Funnily enough, she disappeared and never came back with the fuzz - but bizarrely did keep putting cards through my door (which I totally ignored) then one day I came home to tape over my door and a card demanding I contact them as I'd clearly not been at the property and my dogs were home alone. I had been on holiday - with the dogs!!! Vile organisation not worth the paper they're written on (steps off soap box) |
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By *a LunaWoman
over a year ago
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"Stopped my donation when they wouldn't help with cats abandoned at work. Cats protection helped , now give £20 to them a month.
Still feed 6 at work and 5 at home "
We had a client who had mature cats but she wanted to rehome them as she could no longer cope.
RSPCA did not want to know as they were mature cats (albeit still healthy and had a good few years left in them). That was it for me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Years ago I donated to the RSPCA but was harassed by them with loads of letters through the door. Are they still like that? Was the old days via cheque through the post
They advertise in Scotland to get donations from Scottish folk, but they don’t operate in Scotland they are a despicable organisation, I’ve known of cases, that have ended up in court because they put healthy animals down, one dog a 10 yr old healthy black lab, was euthanised as his owner had died, owners son lived at other end of the country, and had asked the RSPCA to Rehome the dog, and left them a huge sum of money to go towards the dogs care with them, the son arrived just two days later to reclaim the dog but he was already dead, they had claimed their vets had said he was riddled with cancer, the son got a report which was just a month old from his usual vet, which said he was healthy, son took them to court and won, they (RSPCA) had to give him back the money his father gave to them for the dogs keep, and also compensation. In another case they were left a small sanctuary with animals. Because there was no stipulation that they could not sell the sanctuary, they euthanised all the animals and sold the land. Why in the name of god would a so called animal rescue organisation do that to healthy animals?
In Scotland we have the SSPCA, they have their issues too, but they are IMHO far better than their English counterparts
If you’re going to donate to an animal rescue find a smaller local one who need the funds and will put them to better use. "
There's a lot of animal charities that just can't be trusted. Look at PETA.
Smaller local shelters are crying out for donations and not just money. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Stopped my donation when they wouldn't help with cats abandoned at work. Cats protection helped , now give £20 to them a month.
Still feed 6 at work and 5 at home
We had a client who had mature cats but she wanted to rehome them as she could no longer cope.
RSPCA did not want to know as they were mature cats (albeit still healthy and had a good few years left in them). That was it for me. "
Unfortunately that’s normal for the bigger organisations, the older the animal the less likely it will be rehomed. A wee lovely yorkie up here whose owner went into hospital because of a stroke couldn’t look after him anymore, the local council rescue refused to take on account of his age (14) he’s now in a lovely home near Bury after having his pic & details on a overseas rescue but they also help animals in need here too. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Years ago I donated to the RSPCA but was harassed by them with loads of letters through the door. Are they still like that? Was the old days via cheque through the post
They advertise in Scotland to get donations from Scottish folk, but they don’t operate in Scotland they are a despicable organisation, I’ve known of cases, that have ended up in court because they put healthy animals down, one dog a 10 yr old healthy black lab, was euthanised as his owner had died, owners son lived at other end of the country, and had asked the RSPCA to Rehome the dog, and left them a huge sum of money to go towards the dogs care with them, the son arrived just two days later to reclaim the dog but he was already dead, they had claimed their vets had said he was riddled with cancer, the son got a report which was just a month old from his usual vet, which said he was healthy, son took them to court and won, they (RSPCA) had to give him back the money his father gave to them for the dogs keep, and also compensation. In another case they were left a small sanctuary with animals. Because there was no stipulation that they could not sell the sanctuary, they euthanised all the animals and sold the land. Why in the name of god would a so called animal rescue organisation do that to healthy animals?
In Scotland we have the SSPCA, they have their issues too, but they are IMHO far better than their English counterparts
If you’re going to donate to an animal rescue find a smaller local one who need the funds and will put them to better use.
There's a lot of animal charities that just can't be trusted. Look at PETA.
Smaller local shelters are crying out for donations and not just money."
Don’t get me started on PETA, they had videos on YouTube visiting chimps in research facilities, who were in individual cages because they were infected with HIV, but they sweet fuck all to rescue them, just left them there.  |
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