On 2/24/2013 4:27 AM, Ophelia wrote:
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> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
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>> I'm not sure how charities work in the UK but I'm tending to think
>> it's just as bad there as it is here. The UK has an equivilent
>> concentration of bleeding hearts as most "progressive" American
>> cities.
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>> Please research your charities carefully. There are too many people
>> getting stinking rich off of the kindness of others.
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> Yes, you are quite right! The only charities we support these days are
> the one in my sig and the Dog's Trust. The biggest animal trust in uk
> is the RSPCA and it stinks. I could tell you many stories about how
> they big waste money. One story in particular makes me very angry.
> They are often left money and property in wills. One man had nurtured a
> piece of land as a haven for wildlife. In his will he left it to the
> RSPCA requesting it be cared for as he had done. They promptly sold it
> to a property developer.
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I know someone whose elderly but well-loved and well cared-for cat had
wandered off. She'd been searching frantically. Some woman picked the
cat up, thinking it was a stray. She took it to the RSPCA. Without
even attempting to find the owner, they euthanized her cat!

Jill