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Animal charity in donations clash Animal groups in bitter cash row
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The Scottish SPCA has thrown down an unprecedented challenge to the RSPCA to stop taking donations which were meant to protect animals in Scotland. The Scottish SPCA has attacked the RSPCA for taking donations which were meant to protect animals in Scotland.
The SSPCA has launched a campaign calling for the organisation for England and Wales to stop fund-raising and advertising north of the border.The SSPCA has launched a campaign calling for the organisation for England and Wales to stop fund-raising and advertising north of the border.
Newspaper adverts warn the public that any donations made to the RSPCA will not see the money spent in Scotland. Newspaper adverts warn the public that any donations made to the RSPCA will not save animals in Scotland - "stealing food from their mouuths".
The RSPCA insisted it did not deliberately advertise in Scotland.The RSPCA insisted it did not deliberately advertise in Scotland.
It also said it did not fund-raise in Scotland.It also said it did not fund-raise in Scotland.
The SSPCA has taken out full-page adverts in Scottish newspapers calling on the RSPCA to make it clear it does not help a single animal in Scotland.The SSPCA has taken out full-page adverts in Scottish newspapers calling on the RSPCA to make it clear it does not help a single animal in Scotland.
The advert says: "It's time the RSPCA stopped stealing food from the mouths of Scotland's defenceless animals."
In August 2005, the SSPCA gave itself a new logo which it hoped would prevent legacies being left to the RSPCA.In August 2005, the SSPCA gave itself a new logo which it hoped would prevent legacies being left to the RSPCA.
In one case £250,000 was left in a will but went to the English charity.In one case £250,000 was left in a will but went to the English charity.
The SSPCA believed the money was meant to be spent on Scottish animals.The SSPCA believed the money was meant to be spent on Scottish animals.
The new SSPCA logo, highlighted the word Scottish and was changed to black from blue to differentiate it from its English counterpart.The new SSPCA logo, highlighted the word Scottish and was changed to black from blue to differentiate it from its English counterpart.