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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: RSPCA on August 25, 2009, 11:52:46 am
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Hi all,
I’m working on behalf of the RSPCA to help encourage supermarkets to do more for animal welfare and I think many of you here on accidentalsmallholder.net may be interested in helping.
For the first time ever, the RSPCA Good Business Awards is open to the public through the People’s Choice Supermarket award which means that you can vote for the supermarket you think is doing the most for animal welfare.
The RSPCA has short-listed three stores that have achieved the highest welfare standards in the past year, and now we’d like the public to pick a winner. Three supermarkets have made it through to the shortlist – Marks & Spencer, Sainsbury’s and the Co-operative. Further information on each of their achievements is available at http://bit.ly/rspcavote (http://bit.ly/rspcavote), where you can also vote.
By casting a vote, you will be encouraging all supermarkets to follow suit and raise their standards. So a vote for your favourite is really a vote on behalf of farm animals everywhere (they’ve not quite got the hang of online voting yet).
Voting closes on September 11th, and the winner will be announced in October.
I hope I have posted in the most appropriate section. Please do let me know if you would like me to move the post.
Thanks for your help, and please remember to vote at http://bit.ly/rspcavote (http://bit.ly/rspcavote).
Stefan, on behalf of RSPCA
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This is a truly excellent idea, and well worth the 2 minutes it takes to vote. It's great to see an organisation like the RSPCA coming up with an iniative like this. Guaranteed that the supermarkets that don't win will re-double their efforts. After all there's nothing like a bit of good publicity.
Morgan
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Agree
Plus the major ones we have the main problems with are not in the three to vote for.
Julie
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Is the RSPCA going to start supporting pedigree dogs and Crufts again then?
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sorry RSPCA
i know yor intentions are genuine, but since the introduction of freedom foods i have lost what little respect i had for the rspca
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I look at 'freedom foods' as a starting point for the RSPCA, and not an end point. Just hoping that we can get things moved forward, as far away from factory farming, and as close to natural rearing as we can. I would love to see a massive push towards the ending of gm ingredients in animal food too.
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sorry RSPCA
i know yor intentions are genuine, but since the introduction of freedom foods i have lost what little respect i had for the rspca
I tend to agree and wouldn't vote for any of them!
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It's a bit like asking someone to vote for the most humane terrorist.
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Is the RSPCA going to start supporting pedigree dogs and Crufts again then?
What I said there was to try to get a response - have lost faith in them too. However, the SSPCA is a totally different kettle of fish. They are rooted in reality and do a great job.
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It's a bit like asking someone to vote for the most humane terrorist.
Yep
love that!!
Ed
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freedom foods may have been a starting point, but it is badly managed with not enough inspectors. The rspca run more like a business now than a charity.
http://news.five.tv/news.php?page=2&news=1568
http://news.five.tv/news.php?news=639
http://www.hillside.org.uk/skypage.htm
Please do not watch if you have a delicated disposition
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God, these are awful. I couldn't watch them right through, I found them so distressing.
Do farmers pay for Freedom Food certification? Is there not a conflict of interest between being the certifying and the inspecting body?
Anyone involved in this should hang their heads in shame.
Re SSPCA, last year a grazier rented land at our livery yard. Many people reported the condition of the sheep - our yard owner shot nine when he came back from holiday, they were in such a state. Another local farmer took the ones with fly strike to her farm to treat them. When we reported it (and we weren't the first by a long way) we were told they were trying to put together a case. They couldn't have been trying very hard. Actually, we shoudl follow that up and see what happened ie if there was any prosecution.
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I lost any respect for the RSPCA way back in the 80's after they ran the Pile of dead dog's newspaper ad's. Personally, I think it's time for the Queen to revoke her royal patronage.
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The RSPCA as an organisation, are far more concerned with political lobbying than with animal welfare.
They call the people who work for them officers and then dress them as similarly as police officers as possible in order to brow beat and bluster people when in reality, they have no more powers than you and I.
I never donate to this charity and give money to the PDSA instead.
When it comes to animal welfare, they have more skeletons in their closet than our local undertakers.
The original RSPCA were a fine organisation but they have long since been infiltrated by and then taken over by animal activists.
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Holy crap 100 million in public donations, and this is still going on. Looks like I was a sucker, like most of the supermarket going public. These farms shouldn't be suspended they should be permanently removed from 'freedom food' label, the owners should also be prosecuted and permanently banned from keeping animals. I unreservedly withdraw my earlier comments.
Morgan
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I think the public would be genuinely shocked if they knew just how much money that they donated to charity was wasted. I have a friend who works in the Airline industry and they say that one of the biggest users of Business Class is Aid Workers!!!!
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Smoke without fire ?
http://the-shg.org/SHGPressReleases.htm
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I used to work for the RSPCA and left in disgust due to whole manner of issues including the welfare of some of the animals in its care!!
However, if they publicise this well and reward the supermarkets who take animal welfare seriously which in turn will hopefully encourgage other supermarkets to do the same then it can't all be bad.
Yes the RSPCA have messed up in many areas - over stretching themselves, not following up their Freedom Food scheme, acting as prosecuter too often instead of educator and helper. Taking 2 minutes of your time to vote for an award that may help to promote animal welfare is not endorsing the RSPCA as a whole, but just this award.
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Yes the RSPCA have messed up in many areas - over stretching themselves, not following up their Freedom Food scheme, acting as prosecuter too often instead of educator and helper.
£100 million in donations is hardly overstretching yourself, more like gross mismanagement.....and no doubt unlimited spending Visa cards for the top elite........
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Yes I agree with that amount of money they could do so much more.
The RSPCA person who started this thread seems to be staying very quiet! ;D
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I don't think he was an RSPCA employee but a consultant / contractor working for them.
Isn't it sad how let down we feel by government, charities and other institutions? Maybe they always let us down but we didn't know about it. Maybe ignorance is bliss.
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Hi all,
thank you so much to those of you that have voted. There has certainly been some debate here, and while it is unfortunate that many people here feel negatively, I think the spirit and logic of the campaign really is promoting higher animal welfare.
Thank you again for your support and opinions. That is after all what a forum is for!
Stefan, on behalf of RSPCA
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;D
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Look at the videos Stefan.
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I notice Stefan doesn't address any of the points raised!!
Ed
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The man has a career in politics ahead of him!! ;D ;D
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Hello again,
Thank you again for your feedback about the campaign. In regards to the other concerns you have about the RSPCA, please feel free to give them your feedback directly on their website at http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/Utility/Contact (http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RSPCA/Utility/Contact). Their enquiries line, which you can also make a complaint on, is 0300 123 4555.
Thanks,
Stefan