£150,000 For board,just from march to sept,what are they feeding them on caviar ?.

PETE WOODLEY wrote:
£150,000 For board,just from march to sept,what are they feeding them on caviar ?.

How can the RSPCA justify that amount for boarding ?
This sum must have been plucked out of the air !

£200,000. That's barking mad!

Typical of the rspca, I'm sure their service serves some purpose but in my experience they will have great trouble rehoming these animals as they turn down the most suitable people on a whim. I have owned animals from gerbils to horses all my life but I have never been allowed an animal from the rspca on the occasions I have enquired due to really petty inspectors who assume you are unsuitable from the start and got my back up so much I went out & got my animals from elsewhere! Perhaps the law can now be looked at to either make the prosecuted person pay for upkeep while a trial proceeds or that the animals can be rehomed immediately. Surely having enough evidence to bring a prosecution is enough to say the animals need to be seized? I would love that little whippet. My husband used to own whippets, is disabled and has the time & ability to devote himself to their unique needs but whats the point in even asking in my opinion!

I fully agree with you Phily about the RSPCA turning down hundreds of genuine animal lovers wiling tohelp and give a dog a home. I work full time but I've had my old dog for 13 years. During the day my mum has him, he loves this, if she can't someone comes to walk him. I'm in a 1 bed flat as well! He has the life of Riley and I just have to make sure he gets all his walkies etc. When I lose him I would love another dog and i would love to give a home to an unwanted dog - but will they let me? Of course not! Whilst everybody will be forced to live flats and work fulltime in the near future (see other articles, green belt going, building going up, not family homes) there will be less and less suitable people to adopt these animals. When I had a huge garden, they wouldn't even let me take an unwanted rabbit - why? - because i go to work! Well, sad as it is I will have to go and buy a pup when that awful day comes. I agree, i won't even bother asking them either - I am an animal lover, prepared to devote my life to an unwanted dog - I'm not suitable though!

barbara blake wrote:
I fully agree with you Phily about the RSPCA turning down hundreds of genuine animal lovers wiling tohelp and give a dog a home. I work full time but I've had my old dog for 13 years. During the day my mum has him, he loves this, if she can't someone comes to walk him. I'm in a 1 bed flat as well! He has the life of Riley and I just have to make sure he gets all his walkies etc. When I lose him I would love another dog and i would love to give a home to an unwanted dog - but will they let me? Of course not! Whilst everybody will be forced to live flats and work fulltime in the near future (see other articles, green belt going, building going up, not family homes) there will be less and less suitable people to adopt these animals. When I had a huge garden, they wouldn't even let me take an unwanted rabbit - why? - because i go to work! Well, sad as it is I will have to go and buy a pup when that awful day comes. I agree, i won't even bother asking them either - I am an animal lover, prepared to devote my life to an unwanted dog - I'm not suitable though!

Barbara, I think you will find that most dog rescue organisations will not home dogs to people in flats or who are out to work most of the day. The one I have dealings with has very strict guidelines with this. Most of the dogs they rescue have been in terrible situations and need a stable environment in their new home.
I'm not standing up for the RSPCA though !
I understand that any animal they have long term is put down !

Ms Price, while in hospital, should in my opinion, receive the same care as she gave to those defensless animals..
The RSPCA do a great job, just a shame that crime dosn't fit the fine!!!!

Let me see. 6 months @ 30 days is 180 days. X 3 meals is 540 meals. X 200 dogs makes it 108,000 meals.

£150,000 / 108,000 is £1.428

I make that £1.43 a meal just for food. But there are costs on top of that. Staff, boarding, heating, cleaning, litter….

OK. So just give the dogs to the nearest Chinese take away. They will come out as Spare Ribs. Yum Yum….

Not a nice joke. Shame on you all who don’t think these dogs are worth it!

Let me see. 6 months @ 30 days is 180 days. X 3 meals is 540 meals. X 200 dogs makes it 108,000 meals.

£150,000 / 108,000 is £1.428

I make that £1.43 a meal just for food. But there are costs on top of that. Staff, boarding, heating, cleaning, litter….

OK. So just give the dogs to the nearest Chinese take away. They will come out as Spare Ribs. Yum Yum….

Not a nice joke. Shame on you all who don’t think these dogs are worth it!

Nick wrote:
Let me see. 6 months @ 30 days is 180 days. X 3 meals is 540 meals. X 200 dogs makes it 108,000 meals.

£150,000 / 108,000 is £1.428

I make that £1.43 a meal just for food. But there are costs on top of that. Staff, boarding, heating, cleaning, litter….

OK. So just give the dogs to the nearest Chinese take away. They will come out as Spare Ribs. Yum Yum….

Not a nice joke. Shame on you all who don’t think these dogs are worth it!

The figure quoted was for keeping mrs prices dogs wasnt it,that was not 200 dogs.

PETE WOODLEY wrote:

Nick wrote:
Let me see. 6 months @ 30 days is 180 days. X 3 meals is 540 meals. X 200 dogs makes it 108,000 meals.

£150,000 / 108,000 is £1.428

I make that £1.43 a meal just for food. But there are costs on top of that. Staff, boarding, heating, cleaning, litter….

OK. So just give the dogs to the nearest Chinese take away. They will come out as Spare Ribs. Yum Yum….

Not a nice joke. Shame on you all who don’t think these dogs are worth it!

The figure quoted was for keeping mrs prices dogs wasnt it,that was not 200 dogs.

Correct Pete,
Dozens of dogs
not 200 !
Also most dogs are fed twice a day not three.
Dogs in poor condition will be fed more regularly with smaller portions.
Try your sums again Nick !

Just for clarification Nick.
The Echo's original story said 59 dogs.
Bit different than 200 !

Blimey nick,i dont get 3 meals a day,2 at the most,and small portions.

I reckon it works out at about just over £5 per day per dog.
Expensive dog food !

Sorry, don’t know where I got 200 from.
So..
60 dogs @ 2 meals a day over 180 days is 21600 meals.

21600 meals/£180,000 is £8.33’ a meal.

But. As I said before, it does not all go on food. There are staff costs too.
I here there are always places for volunteer puppy walkers if you are interested!

Nick wrote:
Sorry, don’t know where I got 200 from.
So..
60 dogs @ 2 meals a day over 180 days is 21600 meals.

21600 meals/£180,000 is £8.33’ a meal.

But. As I said before, it does not all go on food. There are staff costs too.
I here there are always places for volunteer puppy walkers if you are interested!

Sorry Nick but the costs still sound over the top to me.I'll keep to walking my two rescue dogs and supporting the local dog rescue charity they
came from.

I think you'll find the boarding costs were from March 2006 to September 2007 which obviously is 18mths. The RSPCA is only now looking for homes for them because they are now legally able to do so as the lady has been banned. Prior to that the mad old cow would not give them over to the RSPCA. The only people that are at fault here is the beeder surely and the legal system for it to take so long not the RSPCA

Trace wrote:
I think you'll find the boarding costs were from March 2006 to September 2007 which obviously is 18mths. The RSPCA is only now looking for homes for them because they are now legally able to do so as the lady has been banned. Prior to that the mad old cow would not give them over to the RSPCA. The only people that are at fault here is the beeder surely and the legal system for it to take so long not the RSPCA

The echo said last march, not 2006,who is right

Trace wrote:
I think you'll find the boarding costs were from March 2006 to September 2007 which obviously is 18mths. The RSPCA is only now looking for homes for them because they are now legally able to do so as the lady has been banned. Prior to that the mad old cow would not give them over to the RSPCA. The only people that are at fault here is the beeder surely and the legal system for it to take so long not the RSPCA

The echo said last march, not 2006,who is right

Trace wrote:
I think you'll find the boarding costs were from March 2006 to September 2007 which obviously is 18mths. The RSPCA is only now looking for homes for them because they are now legally able to do so as the lady has been banned. Prior to that the mad old cow would not give them over to the RSPCA. The only people that are at fault here is the beeder surely and the legal system for it to take so long not the RSPCA

The echo said last march, not 2006,who is right

I am sure the paper has made a mistake. Probably using the info given to them in Sept 07 which then it would have been last March. I live locally to Ashley Heath and visit regulary and I know they have not had hardly any dogs up for homing in nearly 2 years due to a large animal welfare case and the dogs in their kennels what not theirs to re-home.

The archives on this story show the Echo reported in October that the dogs were found in March 2006 and had been in the care of the RSPCA for 18 months !
Come on Echo, get your facts right !
Costs now look more reasonable !

If you watch the video clip it states that the raid was in March 06. Can't believe anyone can live like that or keep animals in that appalling way and make money out of it! Can't begin to imagine how bad the smell would have been. It must have been very traumatic for all those involved,animals and police/rspca. Breeders like this give a bad name to all those out there that care about the animals rather than just the money. How does it take so long to find out about these people and prosecute them? Who would buy a dog from this lady?