RSPCA Giving Away Free Designer T-Shirt
Published on November 5, 2007 by Ryan O'Meara · 2 CommentsClever idea, this.
During November the RSPCA is running a national consumer survey to identify the animal welfare issues that worry the Great British Public.
The advertising campaign urges people to pick up the phone and call the RSPCA on 0300 123 8888 for a copy of its national animal welfare questionnaire which they should complete and post back. In return,the RSPCA will give away a unique T-shirt designed by Hemingway Design. Wayne Hemingway was a judge at this year’s RSPCA Good Business Awards and is against the use of animal fur in fashion.
The T-shirt plays on the designer desirability social phenomenon and comes in a male and female version with individual graphics. For the male there is a modern camouflage treatment and while the female shirt carries a quirky style icon of an elegant lady walking her pooches.
Says Hemingway: “People must let the RSPCA know where their concerns for animal welfare lie because they care about their opinions.. Gerardine and I both have an affinity for the cause and if the T-shirts encourage people to respond then its mission accomplished.
Commenting on the campaign, Louise Richmond, RSPCA said: “Foot and mouth and bluetongue are all over our screens at the moment but we want to find out more about what really concerns people about animal welfare Whether it’s fur in fashion, intensive farming, badger culling or dogs left in hot cars we want to know what it is that will best encourage the British public to back our campaign as a one off donor, campaigner, or a long life supporter of the RSPCA.”
Anyone wishing to take part should call 0300 123 8888! Or vistit www.rspca.org.uk/tshirt for more info.
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“People must let the RSPCA know where their concerns for animal welfare lie because they care about their opinions.. ”
Really? I work with RSPCA Field staff regularly and have a lot of respect for them But I’m afraid I have little for the hierarchy. My concern for animal welfare? Well, apart from the fiasco over the handover of responsibility for stray dogs from the Police to Local Authorities, driven by the RSPCA and other national animal ‘Welfares’, there is the now confirmed plan to phase out the Animal Collection Officer Service. These are the people who provide 24 hour cover to collect or catch injured or sick animals of every type. Their areas are huge but they provide a much needed service. They were introduced about 10 years ago when it was finally accepted that Inspectors could not provide this service. Now they will be phased out in 2008. If they wish they may apply to become Inspectors. The ones I know became ACO’s and not Inspectors because they wanted the hands on work without the confrontation of enforcement.
I wonder how long it will take before the lack of out of hours staff becomes a major welfare issue again.
Will there be an area where one can comment on the remoteness and possible conflict of interests of the RSPCA Board? The troops on the ground do great work and I have a lot of respect for them, unfortunately the ‘suits’ and ‘top brass’ in the headquarters are left to come up with crackpot ideas that are totally unworkable especially when the Inspectors have to implement them. I feel that the RSPCA board has been infiltrated by animal activists who put animals before people. I love animals especially dogs but humans come first everytime. Is Louise Richmond commenting that F&M and Buetongue are overshadowing the RSPCA and its quest for donations to spend lobbying on issues that may be outside the remit of the RSPCA when the money should be spent on animal welfare instead? I agree with Dave the Dog, the ACO’s have a specific role that takes the pressure off the Inspectors, why phase them out when they were introduced to support the Inspectors in the first place? Crazy idea, crazy boss-class, another first for the RSPCA!
PS Will this qualify me for a T-shirt?