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frankh@gil.com.au (Frank Halliwell) wrote:

Hi there Frank.

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

 In that time which is 11 years, how much as the cost of goods gone
up? wages and vet fees etc.

By the way did you get a special discount for being a pensioner?
I ask this as some of the shelters have special discounts for this,

>***********  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 do not agree with the above statement as all the shelters as well
as the RSPCA would know that at this price they would not sell any
dogs at all or at the most very few .  Therefore, more would have to 
be put down.  

>   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!

  At a shelter I used to be involved with a bit.  Dogs were put down 
only if really necessary,  There are mainly problem dogs.   I had one 
from the RSPCA here that I had to take back to get put down as it went
vicious,

With this other shelter dogs that jump fences all the time are put
down to    This is so that they will not get into trouble and end up
being killed on the road,
  
You talk about the prices at the RSPCA   pet shops are much worse,
Usually well over $100 and that does not include desexing or a 
voucher for same whereas the RSPCA includes this,
Or as it is with the RSPCA Melbourne the dog is checked by a Vet
as soon as you have bought it.  Then if it takes sick after this there
is free vets fees if you take the dog back to them   This is all 
included in the price that you pay.  

Ah well  what is the use, you will never change your mind,  I just
can't  see the sense in carrying this on any futher,

Another thought is that if people can't afford between $80 and $100
to buy a dog how can they afford to keep one,   Feeding a dog is 
not cheap although it all depends on the size of it    But there is
always unexpected Vets fees plus the cost of heart worm tablets,
plus yearly inoculations,

Have you given it a thought that if the RSPCA didn't  take in Strays,
and dogs that people didn't want.   Where would the dogs be,
Just dumped and roaming the streets,?


I am glad that the RSPCA do the work that they do and that is
that,  I have a lovely golden pure bred labrador from them 
that I am even going to be able to enter him into dog obedience
trials in the future.   


END OF DISCUSSION   

Barbara Maple

WOOF WOOF FROM JAKE

  I am glad that my old owners took me to the
RSPCA and Barbara and Len found me,  I have a good home, well loved,
probably spoilt, but I am being trained,  I even have my own beanbag
when Sambo the cat isn't on it,  He was a stray and so was Socksie our
other cat.  So we are a happy family of animals that people didn't 
want but are now wanted very much even if we are naughty at times

WHERE WOULD I BE IF THE RSPCA DIDN'T TAKE ME IN WHEN MY 
ORIGINAL OWNERS DIDN'T WANT  ME   .    AT LEAST THEY HAD THE
RSPCA TO TURN TO INSTEAD OF JUST DUMPING ME