I recall several years ago when the SPCA announced it would restructure, that I corresponded regularly with someone at its head office, along with several BOD members. Those people were happy to share ideas and talk about the SPCA's future, and I felt optimistic that great changes were coming. But one of these people was soon fired, and the others (including the BOD members) all quit, and the SPCA's wall of silence was thus re-established.