Row As Charity Posters Compare Disabled To Pets
Provocative posters comparing people who have learning disabilities to pets have been heavily criticised by animal rights groups. The posters were unveiled yesterday by Enable Scotland to mark the beginning of a campaign to highlight the problems learning disability charities face when raising funds.
{mosimage}Enable, the leading charity in Scotland for children and adults with learning disabilities, wants the posters to show that animal charities attract almost twice as many donors as disability charities.
In the UK 11.1% of the population donate to animal charities, while just 6.6% pledge cash to disability charities.
However, the campaign has been condemned for creating conflict between two sets of charities.
John Robins, secretary of the charities Animal Concern Advice Line and Save Our Seals Fund, said: “Enable Scotland is skating on thin ice in a pair of tackety boots.
“They forget that the welfare state was established to ensure that the educational and health needs of the people of this country would be paid for through our taxes.”
“If they think more money is needed to pay for special education programmes then they should be attacking government for failing to fulfil its duties.”
He added: “There is no welfare state for animals. There is no Children in Need Day for animals. People who choose to support animal charities have already paid for the welfare state through their taxes.
Provocative posters comparing people who have learning disabilities to pets have been heavily criticised by animal rights groups. The posters were unveiled yesterday by Enable Scotland to mark the beginning of a campaign to highlight the problems learning disability charities face when raising funds
Enable, the leading charity in Scotland for children and adults with learning disabilities, wants the posters to show that animal charities attract almost twice as many donors as disability charities.
In the UK 11.1% of the population donate to animal charities, while just 6.6% pledge cash to disability charities.
However, the campaign has been condemned for creating conflict between two sets of charities.
John Robins, secretary of the charities Animal Concern Advice Line and Save Our Seals Fund, said: “Enable Scotland is skating on thin ice in a pair of tackety boots.
“They forget that the welfare state was established to ensure that the educational and health needs of the people of this country would be paid for through our taxes. “If they think more money is needed to pay for special education programmes then they should be attacking government for failing to fulfil its duties.”
He added: “There is no welfare state for animals. There is no Children in Need Day for animals. People who choose to support animal charities have already paid for the welfare state through their taxes.
