To ask about your opinion on the RSPCA after Brian May resignation

Not a personal story but on our local Facebook page there was someone asking for help locating rescue for an injured swan who was currently on the side of the road (not dead - was injured but ok otherwise). RSPCA has said it didn't meet their threshold for rescue.

My friend stopped giving them money years ago when they put a dog to sleep when it was brought in as a stray. Didn't even give it a chance to he claimed. Turned out it was a much loved family pet, but I guess it wasn't microchipped, so they just got rid of it, they're vile, wouldn't give them a penny and good for Brian.

Just wanted to add that the RSPCA need to be investigated, I remember visiting their shiny new HQ years ago, way too much money spent on an architect's dream of a building!

Found an animal that had been run over but was still alive. Spent ages on hold to the rspca. They didn't have anyone to help. Told us basically to just leave the animal there to die. We found a volunteer from a local group who was able to come and collect the animal. Sadly it had to be put to sleep but at least it didn't die slowly and in agony.

The recorded message was annoying. It reminded me of the NHS. Kept saying that all their call handlers were dealing with real emergencies and basically
not to waste their time by calling them. Also if they can't help why don't they have a list of local volunteers you can call?

I reported a local vet who in lockdown cropped his beautiful dog's ears, then a year later docked her tail. I asked him at the time I saw him walking her with her ears in splints and he told me he did it because of her 'type' (a Dobermann). I reported him and his company when I found out it was illegal to do this, aside from docking tails for working dogs. After a long slog of keeping-on at RSPCA and Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, an RSPCA inspector investigated, but vet said he had rescued dog from abroad with cropped ears and no more was done about it. Why the fuck they didn't ask for the dog's passport, I don't know - this would have shown any anomalies.
This vet is still in business, owns the local Vets for Pets franchise, goodness only knows what else he is doing if he does this to his own pet. Disgusting.

They are total shit.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj9nl88k0mo

We called them about a horse lying in a frozen field. They said it was probably sleeping and refused to come out. Later that day we found out it had been dead.

I reported a sheep that we found butchered on a hike. They claimed they investigated that it was foxes. Absolutely not possible by the way it was left behind unless foxes carry cleavers and knives and know how to perform clean cuts. They did however use my details without consent to get me to sign up for regular donations, which I declined.

RSPCA also turned us away when we called about an injured fox that was hanging around in our garden.

We were told to contact a local shelter, who despite being 100% volunteer run and significantly underfunded were very helpful.

The RSPCA are a shower of shit with overpaid execs. They do nothing unless there's a camera on them. They have more money than ever in their accounts and gullible well meaning people keep adding to it. I loathe them with all my heart.

Same thing happened to me. There were feral kittens born in my elderly neighbours shed. We called RSPCA.

they did nothing.. asked to me call local shelter. It was run by volunteers only.

anyways most kittens when missing, some died and the volunteers caught the feral mother a few weeks later.

RSPCA did not help

Probably thin on the ground

Yes, they didn't want anything to do with a ferret found by a person when he phoned them. He ended up going to the nearest funding event for ferrets and a lady running a rescue happened to be there and she took it in. I eventually ended up with said ferret!