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Generally the SPCA isn't of much use here regarding reptiles either. I have used the threat to get people who are clearly not taking care of an animal, and appear to have no intent to do so, to release them to me, so I can take care of them, get them cleaned up, treat any problems they ma have, and then find someone who wants to take care of them, and put them there. I hate to sound like this, but most of these people aren't bright or motivated enough to look up how to take care of the animal, so they generally don't realize that if I called the SPCA nothing would happen either.
This happens all of the time here with bearded dragons. And it does touch a nerve. I have actually been asked to leave a petsmart if I overhear an employee giving very bad care advice to a customer. I have been considering a way to get someone to force a good bearded dragon care sheet or pamphlet into our large chain pet stores. It would be far too complicated I fear. But one of those stores "care sheets" was close to inhumane torture for a beardie years ago. I haven't even read one of those things in years.
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