RSPCA claims dog licence could solve welfare problems

RE: RSPCA claims dog licence could solve welfare problems

Sal the 1st — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:45:51 GMT

I would like to know the type of people who took part in the survey - and i bet it wasnt the people who attend charity clinics and begrudge leaving even a small donation for treatment which may run to 100's of pounds. How many of these people are included in 'the more than 70% that would be happy to pay more than £30 for the pleasure and responsibility of owning a dog'?

And if there are so many people who are happy to pay this amount then why are the charity clinics so busy at the moment?

What would be more useful is to work out the % of dogs seen in private practice v the % of dogs seen in charity practice and to take a representative sample dependant on those percentages - then I think the number of people expressing happiness at the cost will be very much lower. Ultimately a survey however it is carried out can be made to say whatever the client wants it to say whilst the reality can be so much different. I have no doubt the responsible pet owners will be in the majority of people paying - but what about the others?

I think compulsory microchipping is a better way around this at the moment ( but again difficult to enforce) and only when this has been implemented for a number of years to bring in a dog license.

How much money was spent on this survey? considering the RSPCA are pleading poverty?

RE: RSPCA claims dog licence could solve welfare problems

sarahjune84 — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:30:24 GMT

i agree something needs to be done, but the people their aiming at, are they gonna bother paying for a licence? or like normal the responsible owners going to get punished because of others.

RE: RSPCA claims dog licence could solve welfare problems

Katherine Spear — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 19:49:56 GMT

I agree 100% that we need a dog licence and compulsory chipping. I would happily pay that amount to have my dogs, andI would hope it would be a step in the right direction towards prevention of over breeding. Having a cheaper rate for neutered dogs, and pensioners is a great plan, and I would say for rescued rather than speacially bred dogs too would be good