02-09-2013, 12:28 PM
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And other smaller charities like the one I help with, income from donations £10,434 last year expenditure £20,000 (We all pitch in as best we can to make up the short fall). Rehomed 700 dogs, PTS 4 who were sadly too ill to help, and have 17 permanent fosters who are due to behavioural problems unable to be rehomed.We make a smaller dent in the numbers but looking at our numbers the RSPCA could do better with the vast fortune they take in.
No one even the lady who runs our rescue takes a penny from it, only people paid for their time is the vet and he works on "mates rates" for us doing neuters for £50 etc
02-09-2013, 01:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Julie1962
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No one even the lady who runs our rescue takes a penny from it, only people paid for their time is the vet and he works on "mates rates" for us doing neuters for £50 etc
02-09-2013, 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by MickB
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Same with us Julie - we have no paid staff, no premises, no kennels. Everyone is a volunteer and most don't even claim legitimate expenses (eg when transporting dogs long distances). Wish we had your vet though - we pay anywhere between £100 and £200 for neutering (even with a welfare discount!).
02-09-2013, 02:49 PM
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Our dog Dora comes from a small Surrey rescue - we help at fundraising events etc. Luckily for Dora, if anything happened to me or OH, she would go back to them to be rehomed. But I worry about Monty (dog) and Kizzy and Pip (cats). All are young and fit atm. I have met nice people from the Cinnamon Trust, so I'll explore that route. Thanks for flagging them.02-09-2013, 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Mups
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That's excellent Twizard, you are a very kind lady, doing good in such a practical way is brilliant.I know many neglected dogs in rescues have such severe mange and hair loss, the coats must be a godsend till their fur grows back.
Where do you get the knitting patterns from?
03-09-2013, 06:56 PM
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There has been a lot of bad press concerning the RSPCA over the years with animals destroyed for non medical reasons.
I had a bad experience with them 6 or 7 years ago when I took a heavily pregnant stray cat to them as I couldn't have it in my house due to my own cat being nervous. When I handed her over, I also donated food and blankets at the same time. I was told she would be cared for and when the kittens were born they would be rehomed, the mother spayed and released. I phoned on the second day to see if she had settled and had her kittens and was told that the kittens had been 'taken away' (surgically) from her and the mother put to sleep.
I have never donated to them since
Members on our sister forum Catsey have also told of their bad experiences with RSPCA so it does appear to be a common practice.
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