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Improving the health and welfare of all dogs
Author(s) -
Dean Steve
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
veterinary record
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.261
H-Index - 99
eISSN - 2042-7670
pISSN - 0042-4900
DOI - 10.1136/vr.e33
Subject(s) - club , puppy , purebred , animal welfare , welfare , blame , breed , psychology , political science , medicine , social psychology , biology , law , zoology , ecology , anatomy
JUST before Christmas, the RSPCA launched its ‘Born to Suffer’ campaign. I have written to the RSPCA expressing the Kennel Club's concern about the accuracy of its campaign, and our views may be of interest to colleagues.The Kennel Club believes that those interested in canine health and welfare would be more effective if we worked for a common cause, but this campaign suggests that the RSPCA remains intent on working in isolation from the Kennel Club for the improvement of dogs' lives. I am extremely depressed that this is the case.We had understood the RSPCA campaign would focus on ‘people’s behaviour when thinking of buying a dog'. Why then does it choose to focus solely on pedigree dogs (ie, those registered with the Kennel Club), when this excludes …