to not like the RSPCA and turn over when their adverts come on TV.

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I will get flamed no doubt and I'm probably lighting the blue touch paper and then going off for some quality time with DH and leaving people to go demented but here's the crack:

I hate all these begging for money adverts on TV, for animals.

I want to give my money to abused children, great ormond street, breast cancer, other cancers etc.

I want to help poorly children, save daughters and mothers, sons, siblings, fathers, grandparents from diseases and death.

I do not want to house a rabbit or any other kind of animal.

I'm no animal lover as you may have gathered and that doesn't make me a bad person but I just think these people need to gain some perspective.

I hate reading about people who have left thousands of pounds to some animal charity. There are people, family members, dying out there. People are worrying for their children's lives for crying out loud.

Surely these are more worth while charities? I don't want to be guilted into giving however many pounds a month to dogs or hamsters in this 'difficult climate'.

I want to give hope and aid research into saving lives.

Pimp that's awful to say you would deliberately NOT give to 'Africa' (I assume you also mean other continents too as Africa are not the only place in the world to need assistance)

We are fortunate that the majority of people in this country are in a position to be able to give back and help those with nothing, however other places that is not the case. If the UK had thousands of people dying needlessly (lack of water, curable diseases) and not many affluent people (not many opportunities for jobs etc) in order to counteract that, would you like the hear the rest of the world saying they would deliberately NOT help us out and that we should sort outsleves out?

Of course we need to keep donating to local charities but it would be a shame if it was at the deliberate exclusion of wider reaching ones too. I personally would feel more comfortable in a world where we were able to get closer to eridicating human suffering (although not likely in this generation) before looking to spend millions on animals (and that's as an animal loving veggie)

URGH, too many spelling mistakes! Sorry!

Also interesting Pimp that you class animals as 'our own' before people, who just happen to be from another country.

Did you see the photo of the Honorary President of WWF Spain standing next to the elephant the other day. Seemed a bit ironic that the elephant was dead and he had proudly shot it.

YABU.

The RSPCA does good work. Why not complain instead about the people who mistreat animals or people, or those who don't give anything to any charity?

The way animals are treated seems to correlate directly with how civilised a country is. And humans who mistreat animals are more likely to go on to mistreat people, too.

Of course charities for human beings are essential. But if something needs to "give" in order for human charities to receive more, then there are plenty of things to pick on, rather than detracting from some other charity.

I love animals but wouldn't give anything to the RSPCA. There are plenty of other far more pro-actively welfare based charities without their political bias.

I also wouldn't give money to a charity which promised that no animals will be euthanised. I think many welfare cases would be better off being put to sleep rather than having to live in suffering or discomfort. In particular I'm rarely enthusiastic about them trying to operate on injured wild animals unless it is something trivial.

I would rather an animal charity spent it's money trying to stop suffering rather than just prolonging life.

Too many do-gooder sanctuaries near us run out of land/money and the animals end up being in a terrible state because they have made statements about not putting anything down. Sometimes a pragmatic approach can be kinder - especially if that means the money is spent rehabilitating animals which can be successfully rehomed elsewhere.

I'd rather give money to RSPCA than PETA any day of week.

That said I would treat their Chuggars as I do all others. Let them say their spiel and see how ling I can keep them standing there at the door until they realise they've no chance of me signing up for them.

Yes I would rather give money to a stray dog in england than send my money rio africa. Sorry but thats how I feel. Im not a bitch or anything but im english and I support english people and animals before any other

Pimp does that make english dogs better than african children.

For all you animal haters who would never give to animal charities and consider human concerns so much more important, do you know nothing of how our planet works. All species support each other and our planet to exist. Are you really so short sighted and narrow visioned? I find such dismissal of other creatures breathtakingly thick.

I also deeply mistrust anyone's claims to empathy and consideration if they can so causually dismiss any creature's distress. I avoid people like that.

My only issue with charity is that the vast majority of charities (human or animal) out there are deserving so where do you start?

Dogs and cats play no part in the food chain. Nor donkeys.

But the thing is with donating money is that people get to choose who they give the money to. You get to choose who you give your donations to and other people get to choose who their money goes to. Simples!

Not read any of the other replies, so I am probably repeating, but if you could see a dog being beaten and starved in the next door neighbour's garden, would you ignore its suffering or would you call the RSPCA about it?

Actually I think you'll find that cats play a significant role in the food chain with regards to vermin and donkey poop enriches our soil etc etc. It is not just the food chain that makes the earth spin so to speak. Stop being so tunnel visioned

I wouldn't give a penny to the RSPCA as they are utter hypocrites and kill thousands of healthy animals in their "shelters" alone each year while sitting on £119 million in the bank and claiming not to be able to afford to care for the animals in their care. I prefer to donate to animal welfare organisations which don't kill healthy creatures.

What you spend your money on is your business and yours alone and you are not being unreasonable to dislike the RSPCA or to turn the RV off when their adverts come on. So do I, albeit for different reasons. I do the same with NSPCC ones. We're all entitled to choice.

yanbu, though I'm not sure what OP hoped to achieve. It wears thin on me what an "animal loving" national Britain can be. Still, people have disposable income to spend as they wish. Free country & all that. Plenty of scope for valid differences of opinion about what are & aren't better charities to support.

What "political bias" does RSPCA have?
I don't object to putting down unwanted but healthy animals (I eat them, even those bolted in the head). Don't worry now OP, I'll get flamed even worse than you now for saying that.

ps: I badly wanted to dispute that cats are part of any food chain worth preserving, but... my cats killed 2 house mice in last 2 days and we are well-pleased about it. I'll be well miffed if they start killing frogs, though.

There's a lot of information about the RSPCA on their website.

The annual review and Trustees report and accounts can be found here:
www.rspca.org.uk/in-action/aboutus/corporate/annualreview

Main website here:

RSPCA