Help RSPCA SA ‘win’ $60,000 with the click of a button … it takes seconds to change 1000s of animals lives forever…
June 26th, 2009
Louisa Swalling, an avid RSPCA supporter is also a great photographer and she has now combined her passions in a bid to improve the lives of the thousands of injured, neglected and or homeless animals we care for every year in our four South Australian shelters.
Now it’s up to you to make her vision come true. Louisa has entered a very clever, very stunning photo in a nation wide competition run by Canon called ‘Creative for a Cause’. If she receives the most amount of votes RSPCA SA receives SIXTY THOUSAND dollars. The ways in which this amount of money could help us here at the Society are countless. There is NO doubt it would mean we could do a lot of good and of course directly improve the lives of thousands of animals.
SO - here’s what you have to do… simply PRESS HERE to go straight to the CANON WEBSITE and VOTE !!
How do you VOTE? Simply INSERT ‘Louisa’ into the ‘SEARCH’ box AND TICK ‘Welfare’. From there you should find a black and white image of a gorgeous dog that Louisa photographed through what looks like a hole in her wall or door?? I am not sure, all I know is it looks fantastic and it could mean a huge ‘donation’ for the RSPCA!
** A little tip - You are (unfortunately) ONLY allowed to vote ONCE. HOWEVER if you have more than one email account; ie a ‘hotmail’ and a work email or a ‘yahoo’ and a ‘hotmail’…you can vote twice, three times (etc.) with those accounts. So if you can, why not double or triple your votes, and our chances!
Please also tell all your friends to vote! This is a fantastic opportunity to help needy animals with the click of a button!
As always, thanks so much for your support.
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1. Mark | June 30th, 2009 at 8:47 am
It’s disappointing that these blogs have become sporadic and mostly for fund-raising. It was intended that the blog site would be an opportunity to disemminate the latest news and animal welfare informntion and provide an opportunity for supporters (and detractors) to share and discuss topical issues, and be a means for the RSPCA to get feedback.
2. Tractor | July 9th, 2009 at 5:17 pm
RSPCA kill 12000 dogs in Queenslandeach year. RSPCA do not care for animals, they kill them.
3. Pam | July 10th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
Mark makes a good point. The RSPCA shouldnt underestimate the members, donors and publics interest in the work of the RSPCA and this should be used as a forum for discussion on topics such as the recent media on the Mitcham Council Cat regulations as well as current animal welfare issues dealt with by the RSPCA. Public opinion can help drive change.
4. aimee | July 13th, 2009 at 3:43 pm
Tractor,
Again, how are you?
Euthanasia is an extremely heartbreaking, horrible part of our job here at the RSPCA, however if ALL pet owners were responsible, we would NEVER have to care for OR euthanase any animals.
Unfortunately that is unrealistic, in fact (again, unfortunately) thousands of pet owners every year grossly abuse and or neglect their animals and thousands more abandon and surrender their animals when they realise they are too irresponsible, lazy, selfish and or poor to take care their animals.
Of course there are some owners who MUST surrender their animals. If the owner is terminally or seriously ill (as well as a number of other legitimate reasons) and, like the abused, nelgected and abandoned animals we welcome these pets with open arms.
Sadly all too often the animals we receive are simply too sick or too aggressive to be rehomed and yes, they have to be euthanased. This is not because the RSPCA doesn’t have enough room or facilities, it is simply because the owner has not cared for the animal properly. ‘Tractor’, trust me if you saw the state of (too) MANY of the animals that come into our care, you would much prefer they were put out of their misery… i promise you.
Needless to say, our expert carers and Vets ALWAYS see euthanasia as a last resort; of course! We ALL love animals…it’s why we have chosen the RSPCA to work at all day every day, animals are all we talk about, all we care for, all we write and read about; essentially they’re our life, so ending an animals life is most certainly not a decision we take lightly and there are always a number of experts who make this decision. While it’s not a decision we make lightly and while it is a decision we do not like being forced to make, if any member of the public saw the horrific wounds, infections, broken limbs (the list goes on) that too many animals suffer, euthanasia is the only humane thing to do. These animals would simply suffer too much for too long and the vast majority would not live anyway - no one wants that.
So, yes, we do put down thousands of animals each year, and yes it is something we’re actively trying to avoid through education and by policing the Animal Welfare Act and punishing those people who neglect and or abuse animals. However, sadly, the reality of the situation is animals ARE neglected, abused, unsocialised (the list goes on) so badly that putting them ‘out of their misery’ is the only option.
Don’t get me wrong ALL of us here at the RSPCA have shed tears, all of us have thought ’surely she/he can be socialised’ or ’surely that broken back can heal’ but at the end of the day,
that’s our hearts talking, not our heads. An aggressive dog can easily kill and a terminally or critically ill animal will only live a life of pain and suffering.
So, to conclude, it is not worth keeping an animal alive because we dont like ‘the thought’ of them being put down. We euthanase because the alternative is much worse.
Aimee McKay
RSPCA SA,
PR Officer and Media Spokesperson
If you have any questions on this topic please do not hesitate to email me directly;
5. Frank | July 18th, 2009 at 8:21 pm
Well said Aimee.
On another note, I live in the northern suburbs of Adelaide, how do I go about doing some volunteer work for the RSPCA, and what types of things can I do?
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