Two dogs were put down after a fight broke out at an RSPCA dog show.Whoops!
Dozens of families who had turned out for the annual open day at the charity’s centre, in Enfield Road, Altham were left “very distressed” when a dog awaiting rehoming lunged at a show goer’s dog during a show parade.
Branch manager Ken Harrison described the event as a “tragic incident”. Mr Harrison declined to state the breed of the dogs…Oh, really? Why?
… but eye-witnesses said Megan, the dog which was attacked, was a King Charles spaniel-type and Dillon, the attacker, was a rotweiller type.In other words, a cross-breed. Presumably, no history known?
If so, why was it allowed to socialise at a public event? And why was it not under control?
Mr Harrison said: “It was very distressing for everyone involved and our heart goes out to everybody involved.
“All the dogs in our care are assessed on an ongoing basis and prior to this incident Dillon, the centre dog, had not shown any cause for concern regarding his behaviour.”I’d say I hope the owner of the other dog sues you, but you’d just waste more public money defending yourselves….
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The RSPCA doesn't run on public money so far as I know, but on individuals' (arguably misguided) donations.
Maybe it's trialling another income stream from the dog fights?
RSPCA ?
Wouldn't piss on 'em if they were on fire ..
I said it yesterday already: ANY dog can suddenly go postal and 'responsible' owners are deluding themselves when they claim they can control their animal.
>Dillon, the centre dog, had not shown any cause for concern
Bit unfair giving the dog a gansta name.
@ Twenty_Rothmans ..
"Bit unfair giving the dog a gansta name" ...
I thought that Matt Dillon was a "Lawman" .. who had that limpy side-kick "Chester" .. ("I'm a comin' Mister Dillon, I'm a comin' ") ...
Can't remember who played "Dillon" .. but I think "Chester" was played by Slim Pickens .. ;)
Di none of yous watch Magic roundabout as kids?!
*takes a long hard toke on his carrot*
Dillon sass auf dem Rasen und fragte sich ob die kleinen blauen Pilze wirklich Zauberhaft seien...
CooOOOOOOOol Daddy-O
It was only a matter of time...
DONA
Dillon sass auf dem Rasen und fragte sich ob die kleinen blauen Pilze wirklich Zauberhaft seien...
Nice use of the subjunctive, mein Lieber, but you need a comma before the subordinate clause and the Pilze should be in the nominative.
My favourite from Dillon was "Heavy Carrots" - from which you can assume a childhood which encompassed the Magic Roundabout and Mr Russon's excellent German course!
http://www.magicroundabout.com/
"Nice use of the subjunctive, mein Lieber, but you need a comma before the subordinate clause and the Pilze should be in the nominative."
It was a meme (80's student druggy thang, like 'lass Dich nicht BRDigen') not something I wrote.Chances are it needs an Eszett in there too somewhere....not that I'd know, if I wrote it it'd read 'kloa blaa Schwamml' or something like that.
"The RSPCA doesn't run on public money so far as I know..."
I thought it did, but I can't check as 'fakecharities' site is down.
"Maybe it's trialling another income stream from the dog fights?"
Heh!
"Bit unfair giving the dog a gansta name."
I wonder how many 'Duggans' there'll be in local parks next year?
"It was only a matter of time...
DONA"
LOL!
The RSPCA doesn't run on public money so far as I know...
It's true that while they are funded by way of public donations, bequests and such like; they also enjoy lavish public subsidy too. Not only do they benefit from a tax free charitable status - not bad for an organisation with a £100 Million in the bank - but their 'private' prosecutions are usually paid for by the tax payer. The court's time and officials are free, with their prosecution costs billed to the losing defendant(s) and they gain from oodles of free publicity too. If the RSPCA loses a case (which does happen often) the costs are met from public funds and not their own.
Yesterday we learnt that the organisation... has yet again racked up eye-watering costs... £50,000 of these costs are said to have been incurred by the RSPCA itself, with the defence costs (which the judge ordered should be met out of public funds) estimated to be about the same.
Like all big charities these days, what they tell us they do and what they actually do are two completely different things.
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