We don't do anything in your country but we want your money anyway...

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Mostly of interest to Brits, link copied from the uk_pets community.

One of my friends is a vet who is often very angry about the behaviour of the RSPCA. This story from Scotland is unlikely to change her mind - the RSPCA don't operate there, but are nevertheless raising funds and advertising in Scottish media without making the distinction clear, at the expense of the Scottish SPCA.

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This story doesn't tell the half of it. Concerns were raised a number of years ago especially about the status of legacies made out with obvious intent to go to SSPCA but because of the inclusion of the R went to RSPCA (ie Scottish RSPCA or RSPCA Scotland). The RSPCA completely refused to stand down on the issue. The SSPCA's response was a fairly low key publicity drive.

Then when the RSPCA began a media drive in Scotland the SSPCA attempted to negotiate with them but instead got an escalation in campaigning. Their tactics are shoddy and frankly immoral. I confronted someone in a supermarket about it and they first lied about it and then claimed that they didn't know themselves that they did not operate in Scotland (this may be true, I strongly suspect that these were not RSPCA volunteers but PR Firm drones).