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It is clear many families find the burden of ownership too great and so they hand the problem over to the Pet Rescue Service run by the Scottish SPCA.
I am all in favour of reasonable efforts to find new homes for unwanted pets but I have doubts about asking for more money to look after increasingly numbers of unwanted animals.
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Hide AdI suggest if unwanted pets cannot be found new homes in a reasonable time they should be painlessly put to sleep. This may seem harsh but huge numbers of animals are slaughtered every day for food.
I feel the Scottish SPCA should concentrate the use of its funds to combat animal cruelty and its other excellent work rather than keeping considerable numbers of unwanted animals alive.
Hugh M Mackenzie
Pitlochry