Bombay SPCA and lessons to be learnt

[Guest guest]

After reading all the postings and all the links given, I reflected on our

work in Kandy. All our volunteers just bring in rescues and animals to be

sterilized, some get all their transport and telephone-expenses reimbursed

by us and up to now not one of them has done anything for fundraising, but

we know that they all are very sincere and none of them would ever try to

take personal advantage of our group. However it's a valid question, which

Merrit raised: someone has to do the fund-raising too. if all we do, is to

rescue and to sterilize free of charge. strays and owned animals as well, if

the owners can't afford it. it's not surprising that we are always on our

last penny. and if the few kind people, who have supported our work up to

now, suddenly would not be able to do so anymore, we would have to stop our

work.

 

 

 

Yet, with all the financial problems we face, I don't think charging fees

from people, who want to get a stray treated, is a good way of getting an

income because the only result will be, that more strays die on the street

without receiving treatment. It may happen here too, that people ask us for

help for an animal, saying that it is a stray, while in fact it is their own

pet, but if we would ask them to pay, they would just leave it to suffer or

dump it somewhere so that they don't have to see it suffering.

 

 

 

I don't know whether this always works out (it worked for us up to now), but

sincerity seems to be felt by someone out there. Some people have time to

contribute, but no money, others have no time, but some money, which they

give, so that those, who give their time, can do the work to be done.

Forming a group to help animals makes it possible for these two kinds of

people to meet.