Day 26: The RSPCA

[zebbiejohnson]

Day 26: The RSPCA

Website: www.rspca.org.uk/home

The work of the RSPCA includes education about proper care of pet animals/horses and some pet rehoming, campaigning for improvement of welfare standards in farming and for 'replacement, refinement and reduction' of animals in research (eg: against animal testing but in a 'fade it out as fast as

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[pavanne]

The big one you haven't picked yet is Oxfam. This was the one I picked for a one-off donation, because I have the vague idea that they support development in a sustainable way and are intelligent about deploying long term solutions to really big problems.

Any particular reason they're not on your list? I would be the first to admit that I did not do adequate research.

[zebbiejohnson]

Mostly they haven't appeared yet because they do such a lot of things that I need a longer evening for their website than I often have. :)

(I also have a totally unjustified irritation with them because their charity shop is much higher priced than everyone else's for second hand stuff and this interferes with my functionality of buying disposable larp tat/things to destroy creatively as it makes them equivalent to a cheap Real Shop....but I should just get over that because that really isn't the point)