Wightbay was on IOW Radio and ITV.
ITV Script...
Link: An animal charity's criticising owners of a website for allowing the public on the Isle of Wight to sell kittens online. The RSPCA say some people are charging up to three hundred pounds for pedigree felines that have few health checks and frequently fall ill. The owners refute the claims saying they're providing a valuable public service. Dave Russell reports.
Script:
It's a scene that will tug the heartstrings of any animal lover in the south.
These kittens at the RSPCA all need homes, but unlike these animals there's many more being advertised for sale on a website aimed at people living on the Isle of Wight.
When we checked, Wightbay.com they had four pages of kittens for sale with prices averaging between fifty and a three hundred pounds per animal. RSPCA inspectors say they believe some of these people are selling animals that are ill, and are profiting from their misery.
@"We don't sell animals here, people adopt them from us, yes there is an adoption fee but we have after care, we have after home visits and I think it's profiting from animals which is a real moral issue that they should ask themselves, should it continue what sort of checks have they got in place to make sure these people are legitimate and how many times have these people advertised on their website."
Advertising animals for sale in local papers is fairly normal, but when we checked the weekly paper we could only find a handful. We contacted Wightbay which is run by the Friday Holdings group of Companies on the mainland.
in a statement they said :
"We closely monitor every advert that's placed and have systems to allow us spot potential animal traders. We also give the community the opportunity to report inappropriate adverts. We have also helped one animal charity re-home over 400 cats and kittens free of charge.
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@"Well they may look cute now but these cats like any other will grow up, at least these will be guaranteed a good home. Whether the same can said of those on the internet is a different matter."
@"There's no come back, they don't know where the cat's come from they don't know if the kitten's healthy and the people that are selling them most of the time are genuinely not concerned of any come backs at all they just want the money for the animal."
Dave Russell on the Isle of Wight for Meridian News.
Script:
It's a scene that will tug the heartstrings of any animal lover in the south.
These kittens at the RSPCA all need homes, but unlike these animals there's many more being advertised for sale on a website aimed at people living on the Isle of Wight.
When we checked, Wightbay.com they had four pages of kittens for sale with prices averaging between fifty and a three hundred pounds per animal. RSPCA inspectors say they believe some of these people are selling animals that are ill, and are profiting from their misery.
@"We don't sell animals here, people adopt them from us, yes there is an adoption fee but we have after care, we have after home visits and I think it's profiting from animals which is a real moral issue that they should ask themselves, should it continue what sort of checks have they got in place to make sure these people are legitimate and how many times have these people advertised on their website."
Advertising animals for sale in local papers is fairly normal, but when we checked the weekly paper we could only find a handful. We contacted Wightbay which is run by the Friday Holdings group of Companies on the mainland.
in a statement they said :
"We closely monitor every advert that's placed and have systems to allow us spot potential animal traders. We also give the community the opportunity to report inappropriate adverts. We have also helped one animal charity re-home over 400 cats and kittens free of charge.
PTC
@"Well they may look cute now but these cats like any other will grow up, at least these will be guaranteed a good home. Whether the same can said of those on the internet is a different matter."
@"There's no come back, they don't know where the cat's come from they don't know if the kitten's healthy and the people that are selling them most of the time are genuinely not concerned of any come backs at all they just want the money for the animal."
Dave Russell on the Isle of Wight for Meridian News.
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The R£PCA always wants to stop anyone else selling animals so that they can have the market all to themselves.
The problem is that people don't trust the R£PCA and would sooner buy elsewhere. No good cajoling people, they simply don't want to buy from the R£PCA.
Also, many people who could provide good homes are turned away from R£PCA centres. Perhaps they work or have young children and so are not considered fit to own an animal.
The R£PCA should stop spreading rumours and stick to facts. Either people are selling animals that are ill, in which case the R£PCA would have prosecuted them by now, or they are not and the R£PCA is simply trying to frighten people out of buying from their rivals.
And of course, if the animals don't sell guess who will get the chance to sell them second time around. That's right, the R£PCA.
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