this story was on the front page of my local paper.
http://www.southtynesidetoday.co.uk/fullstory.asp?storyid=1

Without reading the article I didn't recognise the breed of th poor dog

Lynn

Poor little beggar. Stories like this are so infuriating, why couldnt she just hand the dog into a rescue centre if she couldnt afford to keep it. arrgghhh makes my blood boil. People!!

It says that if it was not for the the RSPCA, the dog would have died , but they had already been to the house before and seen the dog , why not do somthing about it the first time round.
I say if it was not for the member of the public informing them it would have died.
RSPCA take to much credit and they do sod all.
So many animals have suffered and died because they do not act the first time round.
I am sure we have all seen or heard of the animals being allowed to return to the owner after cruelty has taken place , i think the fines are not enough.
PUT THE PEOPLE DOWN , NOT THE ANIMALS!!!

Peanuts

poor dog it makes me sick to think about some of the things people do to animals.
i agree the RSPCA get too much credit for the little work they do, when they come out to inspect an animal as long as it has access to water and shelter they dont do anything, whether or not its because they cant i dont know, perhaps someone here can shed some light on the matter
tanya

Tried to get the RSPCA to take an interest in /act about an elderly Lhasa who was so matted he could hardly move. He is an elderly dog (about 12) and is let to roam the streets every day while his ownere enjoy a drink or two in the pug:(. The dogs breeders are family members and neighbours of the dogs owners and became increaslingly distressed at the state he was in, filthy, matted, going blind, rotten teetch etc. etc. A friend of mine is a mobile groomer, and grooms the dogs of the breeder so became involved in the matter. The Rspca came out to see him, after repeated calls, last summer, and said he was not "bad enough" to do anything about. My friend eventually persuaded his owners to let her bathe and clip him off (for free). She collected him and brough him over to my grooming room, as it took 2 of us to cope. The hair had to be peeled back as I clipped, the tail hair unpeeled like a sausage skin! He had scabs and sores, was thin, and his eyes and ears were discharging, smelly and painful. I took photos and kept the hair. When the RSPCA were called they refused to visit because "they had seen him 6 months ago and he had not been matted enough to be a concern". Obviously they realise dog hair grows then!
bye
Gwen

I think you made two basic mistakes here Gwen,

1. You didn't have £50 on offer for RSPCA funding
2. You didn't have the TV cameras on stand-by

Both the above would have ensured RSPCA involvement. :D :D :D :D

Yup - I'm a real fan of the RSPCA - NOT

Me neither. They seem to have lost sight of their original aims and goals.

About a fortnight ago some friends were awoken at about 3am, by a frantically barking dog in the next door garden. Thinking the neighbours had got the guard dog they talked about, they went back to bed & would discuss it in the morning.

Morning comes, and they see one neighbour on the way out of the gate with the dog jumping round the car It turned out to be a bull terrier (they were unclear about which type). Apparently it had appeared in the night.

As they had the day off they agreed to make some phone calls. The dog, seeing them, came zapping into their garden and proceeded to patrol the house, jumping up and down at the windows.

They called the police:- "no longer have dog licences so not our problem, and anyway we don't have anywhere to keep it, call the Dog Warden"

Well what about calling the RSPCA "Don't even bother trying as they won't bother to come out. Oh you'll have to wait for the dog warden to start work at 9am"

RSPCA "we don't have the resources to do anything"

Dog Warden came and caught the dog, who was lovely once on a lead. They reckon it was about 2 years old and had been dumped in the locality. Apparently the dog warden was also fairly scathing about the RSPCA as well.

I think you will find that the RSPCA have very little powers to do anything and also have little funding, and yet in my opinion do the best job under the circumstances.

Please do not critise a charity - they are doing their best and cannot respond to every call/complaint they get.

If you want them to do a better job - donate some money.

I'm sorry, but I think they have more than enough funding - they could always try using some of the money they have stockpiled in the bank.

They should go out to every single case, thats what they are there for.

I am sick of seeing them operating on a budgie with a bad leg on Animal Hospital, while there are real animal cruelty cases out there.

Hi,

I agree, the RSPCA need to take a look at their policy and think of the animals, instead of money or whatever it is they seem to worry about.

I heard of a case (a while ago now) where someone tied a dog up to the wave-breaks on the beach so that it would drown because they didn't want it anymore, LUCKILY someone saw it and rescued it. They had dogs of their own and didn't really want to take it in, so phoned the RSPCA and explained what happened, their reply was " I WOULD KEEP IT YOURSELF, BECAUSE IF IT COMES HERE IT WILL BE PUT DOWN" :( How bad is that!!!!!!!!

manda
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Sorry, Timb, but when I worked for the RSPCA they had vast funds at their disposal!

Hi Timb, They are a little short of cash this year - because their vast investments have been hit by the Stockmarket fall, but they still managed to fork out something in the region of £16million on the new headquarters - and remember, these are administrative headquarters, offices etc, not housing for animals!:(. They are a charity by virtue of their charity licence and ability to collect cash, they are a political lobbying organisation by way of inclination now.

I fail to understand how an Animal Welfare organisation can EVER hope to justify NOT attending when called to animal in danger, but the RSPCA do, time and time again:(. I happily donate to the NCDL and the PDSA who both do an excellent dog to promote the welfare and wellbeing of dogs, ther RSPCA could, in my opinion spend a little more on keeping healthy animals until they can re rehomed rather than applying a strict 7 days and they are dead policy!

bye
Gwen