Don't abandon charity

I must admit my curiosity was aroused after reading the letter from Janet Beddow, who took a stray and injured cat to the vet, who within a couple of days had to put it to sleep after being instructed to by the RSPCA. Surely the job of a vet is to prolong life and not take it away at the first opportunity?

I would have thought one of the first things the vet should have done was to check to see if the cat was chipped. This could have determined its owner. Also, we have many other dedicated rescue organisations in the area apart from the RSPCA – surely if one of these had been contacted the cat could have been fostered until its future had been assured.

But we must remember the RSPCA have a very broad remit, so I must say I totally disagree with Janet Beddow who suggests: "In no circumstances have anything to do with the RSPCA".

At the moment the RSPCA is in the front line trying to tackle the many dog fighting rings that are now operating in Britain.

Remember the people who participate in this barbaric pastime glorify in seeing their dogs rip the flesh out of one another and hearing them cry out in pain as they fight until they reach death's door.

Obviously those dogs who survive for any period of time are never taken to the vets, they are just patched up by the owners until their next confrontation.

Already we have seen a couple of these dog owners prosecuted this year, but all they got were token sentences and they are probably back on our streets already to carry on where they left off.

That's why the RSPCA faces such an uphill battle against these cruel people, so surely they deserve all the support we can give them.

A P Cuff, Grayling Road, Stourbridge.