Posted By: Dr Ellen Guttmorson
Date: Thursday, 19 June 2003, at 7:23 p.m.

This is one program that I find very offensive. It one of the the mandates of the SPCA to care for animals in need of care----I would think that this includes an animal whose owner has died and for whom there is no immediate home. To actively solicit for large sums of money for this service is reprehensible. I can tell you that it does not go over very well with the public either. As a veterinarian I have had elderly clients who have donated to the SPCA for many years tell me that they are offended by the this "program" and the glossy brochures that describe the program. We have taken in cats and found homes for them on a number of occassions when owners have died----and for NO CHARGE!

Dr Ellen Guttormson,
Beacon Cat Hospital and Victoria SPCA CAC member