A Bird in the Hand
The RSPCA should have taken the offer of a settlement.
The RSPCA was today ordered to pay the bulk of the £1.3 million legal costs of unsuccessfully waging a lengthy court battle with a woman who was disinherited by her mother’s decision to leave their family farm to the animal welfare charity.
Dr Gill, rather generously, offered three-quarters of the estate as an out of court settlement. The RSPCA declined. Now they get nothing and a £1.3m bill. Ouch.
While I smile at their stupidity, there is always someone just as stupid in the comments section.
Hurray. Why do we give to animal charities when there are so many people suffering in the world? It makes my blood boil when I see people begging for money for retired greyhounds and the like when children are dying through neglect. We should restrict donations to animal charities and actively encourage donations to human charities, particularly those that benefit children.
Thus spake Allan Smith, fuckwit. I occasionally give to animal charities. That is my choice. I do not give as a general rule to children’s charities (apart from this one). As is usual with the hard of thinking, this moron believes that people should be forced to comply with his wishes. It’s my decision where I give my money and Allan Smith can take his self-righteousness and stick it where the sun don’t shine.
And, of course, step forward Stuart Mckay:
It is about time we have an animal charity funded by the government where we pay 5pence each week out of our wages.
Sigh…
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