Charity put down dog who gave them £100,00.

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well they really are doing wonders for their publicity ! an old lady leaves wood green , which is a rspca shelter £100,00 and the next day they put her dog down. they say it was without food and water for 5 days , in which case it would not have been in good enough shape to play with a copper in the garden. :( poor lady . thank goodeness she doesnt know .
 
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Also you need to "read between the lines" on this one. I've just read this story in the Daily Mail who do go for the sensational and not always the factual; the dog was aged eight with known arthritis and possibly not in the best of health. The Shelter had access to his medical records and history and we don't know what "playing in the garden with a police officer" meant - he may just have sat there and been petted not chasing a ball around!
 
Here is a link to the story, it's the Daily Fail, I only had a quick search:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y--immediately-puts-loyal-dog-lying-body.html

Nothing to do with the RSPCA.

In fairness Woodgreen can only euthanise a dog under veterinary advice. I expect if the manager of the centre thought the decision was wrong they would have sought a second opinion.

I can understand why people are upset but this COULD be another case of the article being one sided.

The pictures in the article show a healthy looking dog but unless we saw the dog on the day the vet did it is hard to comment.

Just playing devils advocate.
 
have they changed ? i was told by the dog warden that they were rspca ? well if thats the case then all rescues should be open to scrutiny ! i really think that they were too hasty in putting that dog down . they couldnt possibly have done all they could in 24 hours . i would like to know the opinion of the policeman who "played " with this really "sick" dog ! dont believe it . sorry.
 
Wood Green have never been RSPCA.

Dog warden is prob just using a generic term, just as we tend to say hoover for any vacuum cleaner.

Please get you facts right and go back and edit the title
 
They are not RSPCA, so posts like this are inflammatory and not helpful.

No, I don't work for them, or agree with a lot of what they have done - but you need to be careful about posting things that are not factual.
 
There are no pictures of the actual dog in the article and after five days the dog could well have been in organ failure.

At eight and with known medical problems the charity probably did the best thing they could for this dog.
They would not have known about any large bequest until later and should being left money have any bearing on how a dog is treated?
The pet promise scheme does need a bit of clarifying IMO - http://www.woodgreen.org.uk/how_to_help/leave_a_gift_in_your_will/pet_alert_scheme

Wood Green had one of their professional fund raisers as a speaker at the Kennel Club Breed Rescue conference last year. She was not well received by the breed rescue volunteers as her main point was that using a cute puppy or kitten on a mailshot brought in more money than a staffie or an old dog.
( An suggesting breed rescues request legacies did not go down well in a hall were the average age was probably nearer 70 than 30.)
 
wipeout said:
Here is a link to the story, it's the Daily Fail, I only had a quick search:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y--immediately-puts-loyal-dog-lying-body.html

Nothing to do with the RSPCA.

In fairness Woodgreen can only euthanise a dog under veterinary advice. I expect if the manager of the centre thought the decision was wrong they would have sought a second opinion.

I can understand why people are upset but this COULD be another case of the article being one sided.

The pictures in the article show a healthy looking dog but unless we saw the dog on the day the vet did it is hard to comment.

Just playing devils advocate.
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The dog was bloated and stressed not had its medication and experienced vet euthanised it. The shelter put it down. If family and friends hadnt seen the lady for 5 days clearly none of them called in on her to check her. Hindsight is wonderful thing. Dog was 8 yes sad but the shelter always seems very good when I have gone to visit and ask about rescue(chickens, ponies, dogs etc). As stated it would be good to hear from the vet. Poor dog it is sad but when they start posting pics of healthy retriever wonder what it looked like when it was found. My own personal experience of RSPCA has been really good.
 
BeesKnees said:
For goodness sake, this is turning into an RSPCA witch hunt. People need to stop.
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Yes agree. The RSPCA has been Criticised for spending so much money I mean £KKK on court cases and should apparently be spending it on other matters ie rescue. They are damned if they do and damned if they dont. Their membership and donations have fallen and RSPB gone up. Now years ago my mother at Rye meads found a lot of little distressed birds caught in nets unattended she complained to RSPB and they said they were doing a study. She found noone to speak to and never knew how long the birds were left trapped like this? When swans had hooks in their bills we rang the RSPB and they didnt want to know they are more interested in "legislation". The RSPCA came and spent ages catching swans over the years post fishermen etc(lines wrapped round legs). RSPCA membership has fallen and RSPB is up. When my mother died we asked for donations to NSPCC and RSPB and we got a lovely thank you from NSPCC and 0 from RSPB. Now I dont want to knock charities but they are charities and I would rather have them than people that do nothing.
 
There aren't enough homes for healthy young dogs let alone older ones with issues. This is due to overbreeding and irresponsible dog owners not the rspcas fault, not wood sides fault. The kennels did the right thing, this poor dog didn't need to be stuck in a kennel after years in a nice home
 
Can't see what they did wrong to be honest....
The dog was old, with health issues and likely mentally distressed over the death of his mistress.
Judgement call which was well made from what I can read.
 
Agree beesknees. I am not a fan from my experiences with them but don't see the point in a post like this which has nothing to do with them.

If anything it would be in the shelters favour to keep a dog like that alive to promote future donations from her surely.
 
I also find the statements about how well he was when people last saw him rather stupid. At that point he had food water and medication. Without these there could have been substantial damage and yes they probably could have saved him... But I don't think it would have necessarily been in the dogs interest...
 
In the daily fail article (which I appreciate is probably totally incorrect:p), it says the dog was given food and water, and then played ball with an RSPCA inspector. That is a classic recipe for bloat, particiularly as the dog hadn't eaten for days, and the vet does describe as bloated, so that could well be reason for pts. In any case I agree it was far better for the dog than spending months in a kennel. My late mother stated in her will that if for any reason I was not able to have her dog she was to be pts, that is because she was involved with rescue for many years and saw no end of sad dogs pining in kennels after their owners had died, waiting for the new home that often never turned up.
 
Forget whether it was RSPCA, Wood Green, whatever. The point is surely that a dog was peremptorily put to sleep one day after they took it on. I take on board that it had been without food and water - and its medication - for 5 days. That is not necessarily a reason for pts. My friend's elderly terrier was stuck down a badger sett for 6 days, AND he had fought with the badger. He came through it.

Whether the old lady left money or not to the Shelter is beside the point. I think 24 hours is a pretty brisk despatch rate. I've gone to great pains to make sure that, when I pop my clogs, my dogs and horses stay out of certain charities' way.
 
horserider , not exactly ill informed , i mean its not like the rspca would ever do anything like that , would they now ? and i am assured that they work closely with rspca. however as rose says thats not really the point is it.
 
The fact is no-one knows what the reality of the situation is. It wouldn't be discussed, particularly with journalists, as it is confidential.

Get a grip people, and stop mud slinging and jumping to conclusions when you have no way of knowing the facts.

Eta. Lamehorse, what you have put is I would imagine, libellous. I would strongly suggest you change the thread title and your first post.
 
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BeesKnees said:
The fact is no-one knows what the reality of the situation is. It wouldn't be discussed, particularly with journalists, as it is confidential.

Get a grip people, and stop mud slinging and jumping to conclusions when you have no way of knowing the facts.
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Agree Beesknees.

The fact we DO know is that it was NOT the RSPCA
 
MurphysMinder said:
In the daily fail article (which I appreciate is probably totally incorrect:p), it says the dog was given food and water, and then played ball with an RSPCA inspector. That is a classic recipe for bloat, particiularly as the dog hadn't eaten for days, and the vet does describe as bloated, so that could well be reason for pts. In any case I agree it was far better for the dog than spending months in a kennel. My late mother stated in her will that if for any reason I was not able to have her dog she was to be pts, that is because she was involved with rescue for many years and saw no end of sad dogs pining in kennels after their owners had died, waiting for the new home that often never turned up.
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Err no I think the story said it played with a police officer.
OP you need to change the title of this thread .
 
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