Some People Capitalize on Animals

When I needed good homes for my puppies, I sent out an email *refer to last blog entry*.
And this was my favorite reply:


Just because a puppy or kitten ends up at the SPCA does not necessarily mean that it will be put to sleep. Adoption drives is high on SPCA priority list.

The SPCA is not a dumping ground where you bring whatever unwanted puppies (kittens) you have because of mismanagement of your bitch. If it comes to it and no homes are found the puppies would have to be put to sleep but SPCA is really only cleaning up the irresponsibility of owners that will perpetuate if the puppies are going to be released without being spayed / neutered (not that release in woods / dumping site is a sensible option). Further is it a better option to be put to sleep or left at a dumpsite to starve?

That statement gives the impression that anything that enters the SPCA is put down effective from the moment the little paw crosses the threshold. This is erroneous and this thinking that is forwarded to countless people gives a false impression and erodes the good work that the SPCA is trying to do. Putting down puppies and kittens is not the priority of the SPCA but given the sheer numbers that come through, the SPCA is not faced with any other option. If you have a better plan of what to do with the 20 -30 000 stray animals each year dumped at the SPCA, please do suggest some. The SPCA is not a dog pound.

Just to let you know the SPCA runs foster programmes, adoption drives and spay neuter programmes so that the amount of animals that have to be put to sleep is lessen as the years pass.

In what way did I mention it was my bitch who screwed up, you bitch? And then you go and contradict yourself by saying that if it really comes to it the puppies would be put to sleep.
So let me clarify and bitchify your smarty pants answer.
I'm sure adoption is high on the SPCA priority list. How else are they going to rip RM250 off your pockets? And if it that really is the case, how do you explain that I managed to find 5 puppies five good homes in less than 2 weeks (among so many people who called and came to enquire), but that SPCA has to put to sleep thousands of them every year?
I'm not the only one who thinks so: http://blog.menj.org/2005/11/30/spca-are-scum/
I'm not saying they're Cruella in disguise. All I'm saying is, if I'm allowed to offer my humble opinion, is that perhaps it's not a very feasible approach. If you want to encourage adoption, why tag such a price on them? I can totally understand that SPCA needs to make ends meet as well, but it's something like a chicken and egg situation. If you don't give the dogs away, you have to spend more money to continue to sustain them. If you're all out to make money from them, why not train them up and you can have a dog circus? Why not make them jump loops, walk on charcoal and swing on the trapeze? Or if you can't be bothered, why not sell them to the Royal London Circus? *this by the way, is my 'suggestion' of what to do with the animals*
The point lies in the education of pet owners that they have a responsibility and should not just own a pet for the sake of having one.
And seriously, they are not here to "clean up the irresponsibility of owners". If your 16 year old kid screws up and ends up having a baby, do you put the baby to sleep? I know this sounds a bit far fetched, but could it be remotely possible that there are people out there who wouldn't want their beloved pet to go through life without ever having had a feeling of what it's like to be a parent, or worse still, to let them die a virgin? And if it is a better option to be put to sleep rather than to be starving, then should we round up all the homeless and people living in poverty and put them to sleep?
So don't talk like an animal lover if you don't even recognize their rights.