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RSPCA QLD - All Cats and Dogs (over 4 Months) $50 to Adopt in April

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RSPCA QLD - All Cats and Dogs (over 4 Months) $50 to Adopt in April
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Commonwealth Pig on 07/04/2016 - 12:15 rspcaqld.org.au (1026 clicks)

Copy paste from RSPCA QLD Facebook

Tap, tap… Have you heard? No, the bird is not the word – it’s CATS and DOGS! RSPCA Queensland shelters are FULL and we’re reaching out for you to help us spread the word! Know a friend looking to adopt an animal? Tag them here :D.

All RSPCA cats and dogs (over 4 months) are just $50 to adopt in April! To view our pets available to adopt visit our website, http://www.rspcaqld.org.au/adopt and drop by your local RSPCA.

Sadly ALL of our RSPCA shelters across Queensland are FULL and we need to help find more homes for animals in our care so we can continue to help incoming pets.

Here’s a crazy stat for you, across our RSPCA Queensland shelters we are currently caring for 1,568 cats and 812 dogs! So as you can see, we’re doing all we can to help these pets - but need your support to spread the word far and wide about adopting a pet from the RSPCA.

🚗 We also have our Pet Delifurry service available in South East Queensland where we can bring an RSPCA pet TO YOU! Find out more here and apply: www.rspcaqld.org.au/adopt/delifurry-service.

PLUS find us at various Mini Pop Up Adoption events too: www.rspcaqld.org.au/news-and-events/events/mini-pop-ups

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  • QuickToThePointless on 07/04/2016 - 12:21
    +8

    Great post - even if you don't have room for a pet, consider volunteering to walk them once or twice a week - its only an hour or two of your time and you will meet some of the nicest people on earth there and they never have enough volunteers

  • jelko on 07/04/2016 - 13:24
    -6

    There was a report on Perth news last night about a puppy that was dumped in a Hungry Jacks bin. It was found by a worker in the morning. Apparently it was discarded as was disabled (it had very short legs). The RSPCA said it would cost $3,000 a month for rehabilitation and it will need a wheelchair to get around. Are you kidding me? They're going to spend $3,000 a month on an animal? How many months will the rehab go for?

    This puppy should just be put down.

    Anyway the good news is that the puppy looks quite distinctive and they reckon in 8 weeks time the other puppies in the litter will be old enough to sell, so hopefully the perpretrators of the puppy dumping will be discovered and prosecuted.

    • 2stroksmokr on 07/04/2016 - 13:34
      -3

      I'll put you down.

    • Randxyz123 on 07/04/2016 - 13:46

      The RSPCA said it would cost $3,000 a month for rehabilitation and it will need a wheelchair to get around

      This puppy should just be put down.

      Have you never owned a dog? If my dog needed that sort of treatment I'd do what ever it took to make sure he was comfortable.

      In 2011 my 12 year old dog got cancer. When we found out we could have put him down but we decided on chemo.

      No chemo wasn't particularly nice for him but at the end of the day it gave him a extra 4 months to live

      My family spent several thousand dollars on vet bills and care for him. 100% worth it.

      I'd also like to add that this really isn't a bargain and I think you should put in the deal that dogs and cats cost a lot per year to look after (vet bills, food, toys etc)…

    • PainToad on 07/04/2016 - 13:48
      +5

      He has a point. Think of how many animals that actually have a chance for a normal life, could be saved with that $3000. As long as it's done humanly, ie. not in a bin!

    • jelko on 07/04/2016 - 13:59
      +6

      I have no problem if somebody wants to spend thousands of dollars on their pet. But this pet doesn't belong to anybody - it's a few weeks old.

      The RSPCA shouldn't be using its limited funds (especially this enormous amount) on helping 1 single animal. As paintoad mentioned, the dollars spent on this one animal could help tens of other animals.

      • mousie on 07/04/2016 - 21:41

        It's a publicity stunt specifically after that disgusting human did that act to a helpless dependant animal. I don't think them saying they can save an animal for twenty bucks has the same shock effect that the hungry jacks story did, which in turn leads to more donations.

  • Julyshas on 07/04/2016 - 13:24

    Come on Hervey Bay + Maryborough can you match this so furbabies can get themselves into a loving home???

  • alan77 on 07/04/2016 - 13:58

    Apols for the slightly off topic question, but this is a genuine question: given that the RSPCA has limited resources, when they have a surplus of animals (Eg cats or dogs) they tend to give them away like this. But if there are no takers and there is an ever increasing number of animals in their care, and if they just can't cope with the sheer numbers, do they reluctantly have to put any of them down (even though they might be quite healthy)?

    • shtewe on 07/04/2016 - 14:03

      Yes, they will put the animal down. I remember looking for our lost cat once and the person said that if these cats don't get pick up shortly, we will have to put them down.

      Always adopt

      • locosam on 07/04/2016 - 22:41

        Well you probably dont want to know the stats, but yes, if theyre not rehomed, they are put down.
        And to be honest, the numbers are quite high.

        Last year, they put down about 6700 dogs, and 17 000 cats.

        But the good news is, people are learning, and the numbers are going down. ie in 2010, it was shockingly 20k dogs and 37k cats.

        So where possible, adopt.

  • shtewe on 07/04/2016 - 13:59
    +1

    This needs to happen nationally

  • syousef on 07/04/2016 - 14:10
    -8

    They use to put down about half of all dogs, and something like 2/3rds of all cats they received. It's why I won't donate a cent to RSPCA. I am not paying for lethal injections. (There are conflicts of interest between animal control and welfare. The 2 should never be part of the same entity).

    They've steadily improved their figures but now have peaked at around 15% of dogs and half of 1/3rd of cats. But they've peaked and started to bounce back which is why they're trying tactics like these. You can imagine the backlash when people discover so many animals are put down.

    If you don't believe me you'll find all the stats here:
    http://www.rspca.org.au/facts/annual-statistics

    Now I'll just wait for the downvotes because groupthink is RSPCA is beyond criticism.

    • psabbrev on 07/04/2016 - 14:21
      +12

      What would you have the RSPCA otherwise do with its limited funding?

      It's not the RSPCA's fault that this situation exists. Irresponsible, naive people are the reason the RSPCA floats on a growing tide of homeless animals. Emotionally I can understand it's horrific an animal is put down simply because it's not wanted, but the RSPCA can only do so much when the general population don't care.

      • syousef on 07/04/2016 - 14:23
        -6

        I would have the RSPCA separated from the pound. I am not donating money to kill animals. End of story.

        • callum9999 on 07/04/2016 - 14:51
          +4

          If they had more money they wouldn't need to put them down…

        • syousef on 07/04/2016 - 14:57

          @callum9999:

          Yes perhaps if they had 100x the money. My measly donation won't make a difference. That's not how the real world works at all.

          How much does it cost to feed and house a dog for 8-14 years vs the cost of a single injection of poison and another of a sleeping drug?

          You can't improve a bad system by just throwing more dollars at it.

        • treeman on 07/04/2016 - 15:13

          @syousef:

          Using the argument of limited funding is no excuse when there are many no kill shelters that fund themselves just fine without the hype and marketing that rspca get.

        • syousef on 07/04/2016 - 15:18
          +1

          @treeman:

          In part you're making your point for me. The mistake you are making is that those no kill shelters do not have to do animal control. They get to select which animals they take. I'd donate to them. I would not donate to RSPCA.

        • dazweeja on 07/04/2016 - 18:21

          @syousef:

          I'm struggling to see your alternative scenario. Where do the pets from the pound that no-one wants go, if not the RSPCA? The best option seems to be that they go to an organisation that at least makes a genuine attempt to give them a life. Otherwise, would you have them euthanised after a few days by the pound?

        • syousef on 07/04/2016 - 21:46

          @dazweeja:

          The RSPCA is suppose to be about the protection and care of animals as per their name. The PCA does not stand for "prolific culling of animals". A different organisation tasked with the gruesome act of disposal should exist. Pragmatically, I realize it's inevitable that some animals will need to be put down. But I have no intention of contributing to that. The RSPCA could either refuse animals to begin with (which means that some animals that could be saved won't be), or hand them over to animal control only when it had to (more workable). I don't see what's so hard for you to understand.

        • dazweeja on 08/04/2016 - 00:28
          +2

          @syousef:

          It's clear that if the RSPCA didn't take the pets from council pounds they would have to be euthanised by the pounds themselves with little or no prospect of rehoming. Tens of thousands - literally - more pets would die. And considering that realistically many would have to be euthanised under any arrangement, I'd prefer that the most compassionate organisation do it. One that genuinely cares but recognises that in some cases there's no other alternative. Would you expect another organisation whose sole task was to destroy animals to do it humanely? I certainly wouldn't.

          I don't care where you put your money, but the situation you describe would seem to result in more pets dying and in a less humane fashion. That's what I don't understand.

        • syousef on 08/04/2016 - 07:06

          @dazweeja:

          Well I would prefer not to fund the animal control organisation with donations. There is no such thing as compassionately putting down a healthy animal. Sure it can be done with respect for the animal - the least possible pain - but you still are not caring for the animal. Anyone tasked with that job is an executioner with all the mental health issues that go with that role.

          The situation I describe would not result in more pets dying. The RSPCA would probably get more donations if it wasn't killing animals. They would hand over animals to animal control only when they could no longer house them.

  • anonymous01 on 07/04/2016 - 14:18
    +1

    Hmm.. I was just reading this news. Some humans are pathetic.

    http://www.news.com.au/national/victoria/police-hunt-thieves…

  • Charity on 07/04/2016 - 20:25
    -5

    How much is it usually? $50 to many people is still a lot. Any reason why it can't be free, especially when there is too many? RSPCA receives tens of millions every year from donations and the tax payer afterall .

    • locosam on 07/04/2016 - 22:46
      +7

      If someone cant afford $50 to buy a dog / cat, then they shouldnt own one in the first place. A bag of dog food costs at least that.
      Most likely the animal will be just returned.
      This is after the rspca go and tag it, worm it, desex it.
      Giving it for free is a waste of tax payers money.

  • tommy-darko on 08/04/2016 - 01:39
    +2

    Wish this was nationwide, great deal and initiative.

  • [Deactivated] on 09/04/2016 - 05:22

    Will RSPCA in other states price match??

    • jdr on 11/04/2016 - 11:31

      Is that a serious question? Surely you're joking?

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