🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <4a2gld$sdg@wombat.melbpc.org.au> barbaram@melbpc.org.au (Barbara Maple) writes:
>From: barbaram@melbpc.org.au (Barbara Maple)
>Subject: Re: RSPCA  Adoption Charges
>Date: Wed, 06 Dec 1995 17:12:12 GMT

>frankh@gil.com.au (Frank Halliwell) wrote:
>      I suspect that pressure from the commercial breeders may be
>>responsible 
>>for the new policy, but whatever the reason, within the next couple of
>>weeks 
>>we are sure to see the sad tales in the newspapers about how many dogs
>>are 
>>being put down daily across the country because homes can not be found
>>for 
>>them,  when a bit less greed on the part of the society would go a
>>long way 
>>toward fixing the problem!


>    How long ago was it that you paid $10 for a dog from the RSPCA

********** 1984.... 2 neutered, dewormed, inoculated dogs    $20.00
                        The RSPCA charge now is 5 times that for one dog.


>> I believe they have  lost the plot and forgotten why the society
>>exists  ,

>   Other animal shelter prices are in the same price range, may be
>$20 lower but that is all,

***********  Quite true, In fact locally the charge is $90.00.   Most shelters 
set their prices just lower than the society's prices so folks will come to 
them first. If the society raised its prices to $250.00 to-morrow many of the 
others would likely follow suit and set theirs to $230 or so! That's human 
nature!

>   I am sorry that you think this way.

********** So am I !

   The point is that IT IS NOT in the dog's best interest to be put down just 
because the bloke at the shelter gate only has a 50 dollar bill in his hand 
when someone has set the tariff at 100. That's what it's  supposed to be 
all about,..... what is in THE ANIMAL'S BEST INTEREST , not what the society's 
policy happens to be!

>   I have already put a message on regarding the mistake in
>my husband's arithmetic,

********* Everybody makes mistakes,  fortunately yours is not going to cost a 
lot of innocent dogs their chance to live a full life!  The society's is!

Frank











>>> Frank Halliwell
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>e-mail = frankh@gil.com.au            * While prose may carry all the facts
>>>HOME at http://www.gil.com.au/~frankh * The voice of verse is sweeter
>>>& oceanside.com/oceanside/poetry.html * For poetry transports the soul
>>>www.midcoast.com.au/poetry/frank.html * On lilting rhyme and meter.
>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~



>> Frank Halliwell
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>e-mail = frankh@gil.com.au            * While prose may carry all the facts
>>HOME at http://www.gil.com.au/~frankh * The voice of verse is sweeter
>>& oceanside.com/oceanside/poetry.html * For poetry transports the soul
>>www.midcoast.com.au/poetry/frank.html * On lilting rhyme and meter.
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~





 Frank Halliwell
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
e-mail = frankh@gil.com.au            * While prose may carry all the facts
HOME at http://www.gil.com.au/~frankh * The voice of verse is sweeter
& oceanside.com/oceanside/poetry.html * For poetry transports the soul
www.midcoast.com.au/poetry/frank.html * On lilting rhyme and meter.
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~