Unfortunately the SPCA has come under rap from dissentors amongst staff and outside organisations for their lack of vision and the numbers of animals being euthenaised. It seems that some in the SPCA may have lost the plot, almost racing to pass animals through the system quicker, and that doesn't mean placing them in homes. Staff are traumatised about the number of animals put down and those chosen. Often these animals are young and healthy. Questions are also raised about whether the SPCA tries hard enough to get these animals into a home. Do they advertise enough? Do they have a good business model? Do they have to make it so hard for people to adopt? People have to come back two or three times and fill in several forms before being able to adopt. Many are put off or leave empty handed as the SPCA officials sometimes discourage people from adopting because of the animals' inadaquecy! Surely, it's better to give these animals a chance, even if there is a possibility that they will end up back at the SPCA, than just to kill them straight away?
I wish the SPCA could take an innovative approach, like setting up partnerships with petshops in town, so that healthy, sterilised animals could be brought right into the public eye. They can still ask the interested parties to fill in forms and even check out their homes, but it's likely to be less incovenient for people as they don't have to drive to Grassy Park, it promotes advertising for the SPCA and it encourages petshops to get animals from the SPCA rather than from breeders and goodness knows where, where we don't even know the conditions. Besides why breed more animals, when there are so many beautiful unwanted pets?
If anyone has a bright idea or could design a buisiness model for this, it would be great!
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