Dear Orkney News,
We used to donate regularly to the RSPCA. Then, they decided to stop taking in unwanted animals. I had a heated exchange with them about the word ‘prevention’ in their title. We stopped supporting them regularly, and focused more on small animal rescue charities.
Also, we moved to Orkney, so the SSPCA became more relevant.
And now, the SSPCA is withdrawing from the Scottish Islands. The charity claims that this is due to financial difficulties.
I suspect that it’s another example of when an organization becomes too big and loses sight of its original purpose.
Withdrawing from the Islands will entail staff cuts, while the CEO is still paid a LOT… Unite accuses the SSPCA of worker ‘neglect’ over real terms pay cut
The money is there – do they not realise that they’ll lose supporters which will affect their financial situation?
This is a very stupid thing to do, as well as heartless and un-caring.
I don’t know what the solution is. The responsibility will now fall on the vets and good-hearted folk that are prepared to rescue animals and take them to the vets.
A lot more animals will suffer, and a lot more will die or need to be killed to alleviate their suffering.
A very, very wrong decision.
Society in – let’s call it Britain – is regressing instead of progressing. A society can be judged by how it treats its most vulnerable. I’m straying a bit from the point. Or am I?
Petition: Stop SSPCA cuts in Scotland’s islands
Yours, Bernie Bell, Orkney
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