When faced with dogs who could have been sedated and then calmed down and helped the RSPCA preferred to shoot all ten with a bolt pistol.
http://www.the-shg.org/SHGPressReleases.htm
Not only have the RSPCA recently admitted to shooting the ten German Shepherds with a bolt pistol they have admitted destroying another 65 dogs by the same method in the last year.
These actions have generated two petitions on the No. 10 Petition the Prime Minister site which ask for a ban on the use of bolt guns on domestic pets.
You can only sign these petitions if you either live in the UK or are an exp-pat.
Please sign and/or pass on if you are able to as a minimum of 200 signatures are needed to trigger a response from the Prime Minister.
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Boltguns/
http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Boltguns-on-dogs/
More information on the RSPCA can be found at:
RSPCA-Animadversion
http://cheetah.webtribe.net/~animadversion/
Remember that on their own figures 50% of all animals that come into the possession of the RSPCA are killed.