DSPCA Society

Scrappychimow

Does TCD have a DSPCA society?

PurpleFistMixer

Nope, unless it was just founded, or is one of those societies that "exists" but is never observed to exist. There were some people trying to set up an animal rights society but I'm not sure if that actually went ahead or not.

Lawliet

Shame there isn't one, I'd definitely be interested in joining. Ah if only some of those involved people would set one up for me...

Scrappychimow

Lawliet wrote: »

Shame there isn't one, I'd definitely be interested in joining. Ah if only some of those involved people would set one up for me...

Maybe we could start a campaign to get a DSPCA society???

Could you outline exactly what this society would do? I contribute to the DSPCA up in Rathfarnham (and have adopted animals from there) but in terms of activities I've no idea what a local DSPCA society would actually do.

Scrappychimow

Dónal wrote: »

Could you outline exactly what this society would do? I contribute to the DSPCA up in Rathfarnham (and have adopted animals from there) but in terms of activities I've no idea what a local DSPCA society would actually do.

Fundraising , and general stuff like all the other societies do?

Darkglasses

Dónal wrote: »

Could you outline exactly what this society would do? I contribute to the DSPCA up in Rathfarnham (and have adopted animals from there) but in terms of activities I've no idea what a local DSPCA society would actually do.

Looking after Trinity Cat?

FloatingVoter

I'm going into 4th year and would actually contribute monetarily to that one.
I can see any such society taking off - with any of the Trinity cats as a mascot - (Professor Darwin-Wallace has just fired his agent again btw).
Seriously, the vet dept. must have links with the DSPCA.

spottykatt

FloatingVoter wrote: »

Seriously, the vet dept. must have links with the DSPCA.

What vet dept?? Is there a secret one?

Great idea on soc, id be a joiner too.

FloatingVoter

spottykatt wrote: »

What vet dept?? Is there a secret one?

Great idea on soc, id be a joiner too.

Sorry about that. Appears the veterinary department moved to UCD in 1977. Silly me.

spottykatt

FloatingVoter wrote: »

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Sorry about that. Appears the veterinary department moved to UCD in 1977. Silly me.

Boo They should take it back!

Lisandro

Although the lack of a DSPCA society in Trinity may be down to a lack of any real demand for one, I suppose it would be good for one to exist to show that not all animal rights activists are nutters who carry "meat is murder" signs and shout at you as you commute through front gate.

Hollzy

There's a zoology society! We had a day out at DSPCA but unfortunately I had to go home that weekend

tabouli

Lisandro wrote: »

Although the lack of a DSPCA society in Trinity may be down to a lack of any real demand for one, I suppose it would be good for one to exist to show that not all animal rights activists are nutters who carry "meat is murder" signs and shout at you as you commute through front gate.

Yeah, there is an animal rights society but they seem to lean more towards these kinds of activities. I would be more interested in one that's affiliated with something like DSPCA and fundraises or offers volunteering opportunities etc.

Scrappychimow

Spread the word people..........

Tragedy

Why don't you actually approach the DSPCA and offer them your services in relation to volunteering and fundraising? I'm sure they'd be happy to hear from you and if you want to help the DSPCA, you'd be offering far more help doing that than by setting up a society.

[edit]Hopefully this doesn't sound bitchy as I don't intend it to be. I volunteered in the DSPCA for a while in 1st year and found it a rewarding experience.

Scrappychimow

Tragedy wrote: »

Why don't you actually approach the DSPCA and offer them your services in relation to volunteering and fundraising? I'm sure they'd be happy to hear from you and if you want to help the DSPCA, you'd be offering far more help doing that than by setting up a society.

[edit]Hopefully this doesn't sound bitchy as I don't intend it to be. I volunteered in the DSPCA for a while in 1st year and found it a rewarding experience.

Because i think the college could do with a DSPCA society.

FloatingVoter

Tragedy wrote: »

Why don't you actually approach the DSPCA and offer them your services in relation to volunteering and fundraising? I'm sure they'd be happy to hear from you and if you want to help the DSPCA, you'd be offering far more help doing that than by setting up a society.

[edit]Hopefully this doesn't sound bitchy as I don't intend it to be. I volunteered in the DSPCA for a while in 1st year and found it a rewarding experience.

There's a point there. A lot of college (not just TCD) societies are set up with the best of intentions and wind up as little more than drinking clubs.

Tragedy

Scrappychimow wrote: »

Because i think the college could do with a DSPCA society.

And I asked why?

So far all you had posted was "Fundraising , and general stuff like all the other societies do?"

As I said, if you want to fundraise you'll most likely be far more effective approaching the DSPCA directly and as for "general stuff like all the other societies do"...well there you are. All the other societies already do it and it has zero relation to the DSPCA.

Scrappychimow

Tragedy wrote: »

And I asked why?

So far all you had posted was "Fundraising , and general stuff like all the other societies do?"

As I said, if you want to fundraise you'll most likely be far more effective approaching the DSPCA directly and as for "general stuff like all the other societies do"...well there you are. All the other societies already do it and it has zero relation to the DSPCA.

Fundraising, socializing ,general college stuff! that's exactly what i mean . It's college we are in after all you cranky granny.

Lawliet

Tragedy wrote: »

As I said, if you want to fundraise you'll most likely be far more effective approaching the DSPCA directly

Not necessarily, I know people involves with VDP who wouldn't have gotten involved if it wasn't for the society. It can be pretty daunting volunteering for things when you don't know anyone involved. Also most of the fundraising opportunities for individuals on the DSPCA website are basically getting people to sponsor you in marathons and the like, which isn't suitable for everyone. A society could organised their own fundraising events and allow more people to get involved. Also since DSPCA isn't reachable by public transport, maybe a society could organize their own transport out there for people who want to volunteer. There's definitely things a society could do that individuals might not be able to.

Tragedy

Scrappychimow wrote: »

Fundraising, socializing ,general college stuff! that's exactly what i mean . It's college we are in after all you cranky granny.

So your reason for creating the DSPCA now is that it gives you a reason to insult people?
Unlike you(it seems), I made the effort to volunteer in the DSPCA, including getting up the Dublin Mountains in Winter 2010 when I was frequently working in temperatures approaching freezing and roads weren't being gritted - but questioning what your reasons are for setting up a society instead of actually getting involved makes me a cranky granny?


@Lawliet, there's quite a difference between VDP and DSPCA. A lot of Trinity VDP's activities are the same activities that the wider SVDP does, what can DSPCA members do? They can't rescue animals, they can't setup a rescue shelter, they can't assist or emulate (to the best of my knowledge) anything the DSPCA does without actually getting involved in the DSPCA - all quite unlike TVDP. For a DSPCA society to work (and for it to be legal), it'd need to be organised from the ground up with the actual DSPCA.

It just strikes me as being a bit pointless tbh, and Scrappychimow's inability to give it even the most flimsy justification kinda proves that.
A general animals society = cool, and I'd join though!

Scrappychimow

Tragedy wrote: »

So your reason for creating the DSPCA now is that it gives you a reason to insult people?
Unlike you(it seems), I made the effort to volunteer in the DSPCA, including getting up the Dublin Mountains in Winter 2010 when I was frequently working in temperatures approaching freezing and roads weren't being gritted - but questioning what your reasons are for setting up a society instead of actually getting involved makes me a cranky granny?


@Lawliet, there's quite a difference between VDP and DSPCA. A lot of Trinity VDP's activities are the same activities that the wider SVDP does, what can DSPCA members do? They can't rescue animals, they can't setup a rescue shelter, they can't assist or emulate (to the best of my knowledge) anything the DSPCA does without actually getting involved in the DSPCA - all quite unlike TVDP. For a DSPCA society to work (and for it to be legal), it'd need to be organised from the ground up with the actual DSPCA.

It just strikes me as being a bit pointless tbh, and Scrappychimow's inability to give it even the most flimsy justification kinda proves that.
A general animals society = cool, and I'd join though!

Stop nitpicking at peoples ideas . Join the knitting society , you cranky granny.

Lawliet

Tragedy wrote: »

@Lawliet, there's quite a difference between VDP and DSPCA. A lot of Trinity VDP's activities are the same activities that the wider SVDP does, what can DSPCA members do? They can't rescue animals, they can't setup a rescue shelter, they can't assist or emulate (to the best of my knowledge) anything the DSPCA does without actually getting involved in the DSPCA - all quite unlike TVDP. For a DSPCA society to work (and for it to be legal), it'd need to be organised from the ground up with the actual DSPCA.

It just strikes me as being a bit pointless tbh, and Scrappychimow's inability to give it even the most flimsy justification kinda proves that.
A general animals society = cool, and I'd join though!

I kind of get the impression from your post that it's not so much that the suggested society itself is pointless, but that naming it DSPCA is misleading?

Scrappychimow

Tragedy wrote: »

So your reason for creating the DSPCA now is that it gives you a reason to insult people?
Unlike you(it seems), I made the effort to volunteer in the DSPCA, including getting up the Dublin Mountains in Winter 2010 when I was frequently working in temperatures approaching freezing and roads weren't being gritted - but questioning what your reasons are for setting up a society instead of actually getting involved makes me a cranky granny?


@Lawliet, there's quite a difference between VDP and DSPCA. A lot of Trinity VDP's activities are the same activities that the wider SVDP does, what can DSPCA members do? They can't rescue animals, they can't setup a rescue shelter, they can't assist or emulate (to the best of my knowledge) anything the DSPCA does without actually getting involved in the DSPCA - all quite unlike TVDP. For a DSPCA society to work (and for it to be legal), it'd need to be organised from the ground up with the actual DSPCA.

It just strikes me as being a bit pointless tbh, and Scrappychimow's inability to give it even the most flimsy justification kinda proves that.
A general animals society = cool, and I'd join though!

When did I say i didn't intend on getting the society linked with the DSPCA themselves?

Tragedy

Lawliet wrote: »

I kind of get the impression from your post that it's not so much that the suggested society itself is pointless, but that naming it DSPCA is misleading?

Animal Welfare is cool, the suggested society isn't for animal welfare (or alternatively, animal rights which tends to get taken over by militants) - it's for a DSPCA society! That doesn't really have all that much to do with either animal welfare or animal rights imho.

Scrappychimchow, I don't recall you saying you were going to link it either and you had plenty of opportunities to mention it.
By all means, call me a cranky granny - but you might want to stop acting like a butthurt child the instant someone raises a couple of questions - you could consider it an important life lesson.

Scrappychimow

Scrappychimow wrote: »

Fundraising, socializing ,general college stuff! that's exactly what i mean . It's college we are in after all you cranky granny.

I'd agree with Tragedy. You basically want a general college soc but instead of joining an existing one you want to slap an animal welfare sticker on a new one. This will only serve to drain already limited resources when joining the DSPCA itself would be far more productive.

I also don't think it's fair to call Tragedy a cranky granny when you're the one stuck in your idea and being dismissive of others' (notably an other with experience in the DSPCA) advice.

Lisandro

Scrappychimow wrote: »

Fundraising, socializing ,general college stuff! that's exactly what i mean . It's college we are in after all you cranky granny.

I'm sure the DSPCA would be delighted to know that their name is being attached to such frivolous pursuits as "socialising" and "general college stuff".

LifesaverNiall

Lol... cranky granny?
God to know youre still trolling boards Scrappychimow..
You really need to grow up a bit!

Scrappychimow

LifesaverNiall wrote: »

Lol... cranky granny?
God to know youre still trolling boards Scrappychimow..
You really need to grow up a bit!

Good to know you're not in TCD, now go back to UCD.

LifesaverNiall

Lol, bye now!