If there were one or two isolated incidents they could be passed off as aberrations. However, there are so many incidents and that means the problem is systemic. This kind of heavy handed behavior is now part of the standard operating procedures. That is how the RSPCA does things.
They are killing animals that could have been rehomed, but it is much worse than that.
What they did to the family with the 16 year old cat was cruel. That poor cat was denied a chance to pass peacefully in the company of his beloved family. Instead he was afraid and in distress, in the company of strangers. Claude never got to see his people again. After a lifetime of love and care he was coldly killed at the hands of the RSPCA.
The family were denied a chance to even see him again. Those children will always feel distress about how they lost Claude. Instead of being with him as he grew older and gently saying goodbye, he was torn from them.
How the family was treated after that is distressing. I hope they do bring about some kind of law suit. The RSPCA needs to be brought to task over this. An apology is too little too late and it does not bring Claude back.
At this point there could be a class action suit there are so many people out there who have been affected.
The RSPCA has become an enemy of animals and people with pets. They have gone very far from their original mandate. I guess they feel they justify their public money if they charge people with cruelty. It looks like they are needed if they charge people. Instead they are taking happy families with happy pets and tearing them apart.
Can anything be done to stop this?
They are killing animals that could have been rehomed, but it is much worse than that.
What they did to the family with the 16 year old cat was cruel. That poor cat was denied a chance to pass peacefully in the company of his beloved family. Instead he was afraid and in distress, in the company of strangers. Claude never got to see his people again. After a lifetime of love and care he was coldly killed at the hands of the RSPCA.
The family were denied a chance to even see him again. Those children will always feel distress about how they lost Claude. Instead of being with him as he grew older and gently saying goodbye, he was torn from them.
How the family was treated after that is distressing. I hope they do bring about some kind of law suit. The RSPCA needs to be brought to task over this. An apology is too little too late and it does not bring Claude back.
At this point there could be a class action suit there are so many people out there who have been affected.
The RSPCA has become an enemy of animals and people with pets. They have gone very far from their original mandate. I guess they feel they justify their public money if they charge people with cruelty. It looks like they are needed if they charge people. Instead they are taking happy families with happy pets and tearing them apart.
Can anything be done to stop this?
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Catherine
