tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post929075582540567359..comments2024-01-05T05:02:20.353+00:00Comments on CRYPTOZOOLOGY ONLINE: Still on the Track: RSPCA: TIME TO GET MILITANT?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-22546411535770765302009-03-26T22:14:00.000+00:002009-03-26T22:14:00.000+00:00Bless you for that, Jan.Bless you for that, Jan.Naomihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701312800397865903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16505569.post-25140842587621332082009-03-26T15:41:00.000+00:002009-03-26T15:41:00.000+00:00JAN EDWARDS WRITES: One thing to bear in mind (and...JAN EDWARDS WRITES: One thing to bear in mind (and what most people don’t realise) is that each individual RSPCA centre is a different registered charity, and operates under their own criteria. Headquarters can set standards etc, but they are only suggestions. Your local branch is self-ruling.<BR/><BR/>Headquarters may have policies for dealing with wildlife, but the local branch can make up their own policies, just using HQ as guidelines.<BR/><BR/>In the centre I used to work at (Doncaster branch), wildlife used to be given 6 weeks. If the wild animal was in need of more than 6 weeks treatment, it was routinely put to sleep.<BR/><BR/>If it was permanently disabled (Amputation etc), it was not given a chance – always Put to Sleep.<BR/><BR/>Hedgehogs which needed over-wintering for 2-3 months were always killed (more than 6 weeks in care) even though they were just too small to survive hibernation.<BR/><BR/>We often took wild animals from the public, nurtured them for 5-6 weeks, got them almost better.... just to watch the boss kill them because they were taking too long to get well.<BR/><BR/>This is why I left the RSPCA and now run my own (No-Kill) animal rescue centre.<BR/><BR/> <BR/><BR/>Jan Edwards, Head of Animal Care<BR/>Farplace Animal Rescue - <BR/>the no-kill animal sanctuary<BR/><BR/>Farplace, Sidehead, Westgate, County Durham, DL13 1LE<BR/><BR/>www.farplace.org.uk<BR/><BR/>tel: 01388 517397 <BR/>mobile 07860 523434<BR/>Registered Charity number 1126812<BR/>Registered Company number 4397258Jon Downeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03467805661081755044noreply@blogger.com