Pdsa

I always used to pass this pet charity shop on the way to a friends house down in that beautiful heaven known as Bolton.
It always grated with me a bit because the idea of animal charities bothers me when there are millions of starving people in the world. This one is not content with being an animal charity in the sense of protecting endangered wildlife but rather they support domestic pets. I’m not cold hearted, and its not that I don’t care about domestic pets, but I’ve got to say, aren’t there more pressing human and environmental concerns that we should be raising money for?
I’ve had a good browse of the website, and I think they have clearly been doing some great work with domestic pets, but still, they are domestic pets.
This review though should be about the service provided by the shop itself, and I have to say its not bad in charity shop terms. Its got a decent range of classic charity shop items and most importantly, quite a few bargainous second hand books.
In short, as a shop its pretty good, but as a charity, I think I’d rather direct my support towards other causes.

Pdsa is a charity shop for pets. Not in that pets shop there, just in terms of raising some well-​needed cash for our furry friends. «Pets In Need of Vets.» That’s their tag line, see?
There’s a book stall outside this charity shop which is a really nice touch. I for one really do enjoy browsing through books outside in the sun.
There are lots of books inside as well, in addition to clothes and other random charity shop finds. There’s actually a really good range of antique trinkets in the back of the shop. Really worth a visit here if you like that kind of thing.
Come and support a great charity too!