SSPCA

Today I'm going to talk about the SSPCA (Scottish Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). It is not as well known as the RSPCA, but in fact the RSPCA only helps animals in England, and does nothing for Scotland. Sadly, a lot Scottish people don't know this and give money to the RSPCA instead of the SSPCA, so Scottish animals do not get as much care as they should.


The SSPCA help loads of types of wild animals, as well as rehoming pets. Here are some of the ways the SSPCA help wild animals, copied from the website.

Wildlife rescue

Every year the Scottish SPCA rescues and rehabilitates thousands of sick,injured and orphaned wild animals.

Most of these animals are cared for by our dedicated wildlife team at our National Wildlife Rescue Centre in Clackmannanshire.

In 2012, we cared for 3,812 wild animals, which included 2,577 birds. We help every kind of wild animal in Scotland and are the only national animal welfare charity which rescues birds on this scale.

This year we have rescued and returned to the wild garden birds, water birds, birds of prey, seals, red squirrels, badgers, hedgehogs, otters, pine martens, fox cubs and many, many more wild animals who desperately needed our help.

The number of wild animals arriving in our care has increased almost 70% in the past five years. Our National Wildlife Rescue Centre includes veterinary facilities, seal pools, aviaries, wild mammal enclosures, a stable block for deer casualties and can care for up to 1,000 oiled birds at a time.

Here is another article, copied from the website.

Fife otter cub recovering

An otter cub found orphaned and crying out for her mum in Fife is being hand-reared by the Scottish SPCA.

We were alerted after the four week old female cub was discovered in a wooded area of Cupar at the beginning of August.

The cub has been recovering at the our National Wildlife Rescue Centre and has been named Eden.

Animal Rescue Officer Robyn Gray said, "A couple heard Eden's cries from their home in the Ceres area and kept an eye on her to see if her mum would come back.

"When she was still there the following day they took her into their house and kept her safe until I arrived.

"Eden soon stopped crying after she had warmed up and was given some water to rehydrate. I can't thank the finders enough for going out of their way to help her."

National Wildlife Rescue Centre manager Colin Seddon said, "Eden is now around seven weeks old and is doing really well.

"It's possible her mother was killed or frightened off and she would have died had she not been rescued as she's far too young to fend for herself.

"Eden is now feeding from the bottle and we have every hope she'll be able to be released back into the wild in around a year's time."

Basically, in order to help animals in Scotland, it is important to donate to the SSPCA and not the RSPCA.

You can find out more about the SSPCA and what they do at www.scottishspca.org.