[Guinness]

I only use the RSPCA as an example of a charity gone beyond its original remit..i.e. to prevent cruelty to animals (rsPCA)..yet now stick their oar in many political arguments yet refuse to take in strays and redirect you to the local dogwarden, or as you say a rescue centre. Kinda like HBC debating an area of Asia but refusing to engage on the provision of benches outside the town hall. Delusions of grandeur and totally lost their focus.

As for charity shops...back in the day, they were called second hand shops, usually on the back streets of the town centre, and is yet another example of how the rise of charities has destroyed jobs in the private sector, you would be hard pressed to find a second hand shop in this day and age that could compete with charities that have doorstep collections, volunteer staff, tax and rate break high street shops and TV advertising.