RSPCA, What do u think????

[LauraandLee]

My sister as just rang me upset!!!

Yesterday she took her dog for a walk and saw a little ducking (well so she thought) on its own!!!

After taking the dog for a walk around and seeing the little ducking get picked on.

She decide to take it home!!! She researched the ducking on the internet and found out it was a baby "canada goose". My sister didnt know what to do so she rang RSPCA and explained.

She was told to bring the baby goose down and they would put it into a santuary if it couldnt go back into the wild.

So my sister how lives in Leicester went to local RSPCA. Once there she gave her details etc and was called in to she vet. Then she was told oh these are vermin it will have to be put to sleep!!!
My sister said No you told me it will go to santuary!! Please I will take it home and look after it.
Vet said to my sister it is vermin and we have your details so if you that it home we will prosercute you!!!

I wanted to share this story for your opninons my sister is upset6 that they lied to her!!!

RIP baby canada goose

[Ssthisto]

Well, given that rats are vermin and we still keep them as pets, there shouldn't have been any reason she couldn't have taken the goose home if she intended to keep it permanently. However, if she didn't have appropriate facilities to keep him permanently - including plenty of grazing and a pond - it might well have been kinder to the gosling to allow it to be put down.

[lizardloverrach]

sounds familiar...i had a baby jackdaw with a bad wing, nursed him at home after taking him vets and getting his wing bandaged for a week.
called RSPCA and asked if they would take him from there on (i was due to have my baby in 2 weeks so couldnt keep him myself really)
they say yeah sure, take him down there and they put him down..
was gutted wish i'd kept him now

[LauraandLee]

Thought that RSPCA was there to help animals in need cant believe they put them to sleep esp if they are healthy animals.

Would they put down a healthy Cat or Dog!!!! NO

[Ssthisto]

I hate to say it, but....

The RSPCA does put down healthy cats and dogs, too.

[connor 1213]

:c ensor: them

[mattm]

I could perhaps understand if they'd given your sister a valid reason for Euthanizing it - but I can't see why a vet would label it as vermin.

Even if Canada Geese are considered vermin by some, there are millions of them around. Euthanizing one little chick isn't going to help in any sense.

The RSPCA are rapidly losing support. A lot of what they do is good, there is no doubt about that, but there are more and more stories of them making rediculous decisions and sometimes they seem like a very hypocritical charity.

[Shell195]

At our sanctuary we have 3 rescued canada geese. They arent a native species so its illegal to release them into the wild. For future reference google wild life rescue centres and ring one of them as they will take it in and keep it. I never trust the RSPCA with anything

[LauraandLee]

Poor little goose

[adamntitch]

what a shame but wot i dont understand is if its illegal to release vemin and non native species in to the wild then with do places like that one on wildlife sos program release grey squirels and the like