mumof3 Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 to the RSPCA for the mail out I received yesterday, directly attacking the puppy farm industry, with real life stories and photos of a dog seized from a puppy farm near Townsville (one of over a hundred dogs seized that day on that farm). I know we don't always agree with everything the RSPCA does, but I agree with this. The mail out asked for donations to their fund directed at stopping puppy farming and handling, treating etc animals seized from such terrible places. If half the people that get one actually read it, that'd be great. I'd love to see them do something broader along the same lines, as I suspect I only got this cause I am on their database, and not everyone got it. I'd donate towards advertising educating people about the puppy farm industry if I could. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tdierikx Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My Mum said she got a cold call from the RSPCA asking for donations today... and when she told them that her daughter is a foster carer for private rescue, they hung up on her! Funnily enough, they did the exact same thing to me a couple of weeks ago... T. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsfevr Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Don't 1. Buy a puppy over the internet, newspaper advertisement or from a pet shop 2. Buy a puppy without first meeting the breeder and visiting its place of birth 3. Impulse buy - owning a dog is a huge responsibility and should be the result of careful planning and consideration 4. Discriminate against crossbreeds or mixed breed dogs - they also make great pets and can be bred responsibly Take note of point 4 of there site on how to buy a dog ,so how do they plan to promote this yet say that . yet another money makker for those who have no idea of the two faced side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussielover Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Don't 1. Buy a puppy over the internet, newspaper advertisement or from a pet shop 2. Buy a puppy without first meeting the breeder and visiting its place of birth 3. Impulse buy - owning a dog is a huge responsibility and should be the result of careful planning and consideration 4. Discriminate against crossbreeds or mixed breed dogs - they also make great pets and can be bred responsibly Take note of point 4 of there site on how to buy a dog ,so how do they plan to promote this yet say that . yet another money makker for those who have no idea of the two faced side Whilst I realise that the RSCPA are trying to get homes for the many animals in their care and I agree that crossbreds can make great pets, it is disappointing that they have said that crossbreds can be bred responsibly which I believe in most cases is untrue. The exception is with working dogs, but these animals are not intended for general pet ownership anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
furballs Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 My Mum said she got a cold call from the RSPCA asking for donations today... and when she told them that her daughter is a foster carer for private rescue, they hung up on her!Funnily enough, they did the exact same thing to me a couple of weeks ago... T. I actually support the RSPCA and they seem to do a good job here in WA, but the thing that really shocked me about them is their vets won't give discounts to other rescue groups, I think no matter which rescue organisation you are in it should be about the animals, not who is housing them. I haven't donated to them since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lanabanana Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) Don't 1. Buy a puppy over the internet, newspaper advertisement or from a pet shop 2. Buy a puppy without first meeting the breeder and visiting its place of birth 3. Impulse buy - owning a dog is a huge responsibility and should be the result of careful planning and consideration 4. Discriminate against crossbreeds or mixed breed dogs - they also make great pets and can be bred responsibly Take note of point 4 of there site on how to buy a dog ,so how do they plan to promote this yet say that . yet another money makker for those who have no idea of the two faced side Whilst I realise that the RSCPA are trying to get homes for the many animals in their care and I agree that crossbreds can make great pets, it is disappointing that they have said that crossbreds can be bred responsibly which I believe in most cases is untrue. The exception is with working dogs, but these animals are not intended for general pet ownership anyway I somewhat agree crosses can be bred responsibly - depends on the breeder but I certainly dont think the RSPCA should be condoning breeding like that. Dogs who have been rescued (CROSS OR PURE= oops caps was accident) should be automatically desexed before rehoming. Encouraging breeding (to anyone) by the RSPCA is just irresponsible imo Edited June 5, 2010 by lanabanana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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