Protem Malaysian Animal Welfare Advisory Council Formed, Reports SPCA Selangor

The following report is by SPCA Selangor's Saturday Snippets last week:

 

Inaugural Meeting of the Pro-tem Malaysian Animal Welfare Advisory Committee

The inaugural meeting (1/2010) of the pro-tem MAWAC was held at the Department of Veterinary Services headquarters in Putrajaya on 25th November 2010. 

The Committee comprises of representatives from the relevant government agencies and NGOs. By virtue of his position as Director General of Veterinary Services, Dato’ Dr Abd Aziz Bin Jamaluddin naturally assumed Chairmanship of the Committee, as will the DGs who succeed him. 

For the record, the mandate for the formation of the Committee has been obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Primary Industries but Cabinet endorsement will be obtained at a later date.

The inaugural meeting (1/2010) of the pro-tem MAWAC was held at the Department of Veterinary Services headquarters in Putrajaya on 25th November 2010. 

The Committee comprises of representatives from the relevant government agencies and NGOs. By virtue of his position as Director General of Veterinary Services, Dato’ Dr Abd Aziz Bin Jamaluddin naturally assumed Chairmanship of the Committee, as will the DGs who succeed him. For the record, the mandate for the formation of the Committee has been obtained from the Ministry of Agriculture and Primary Industries but Cabinet endorsement will be obtained at a later date.

As the scope is wide, it was decided that members be grouped into sub-committees for the purpose of more focused effort, namely Pet/ Companion Animals, Sports/ Recreational Animals, Food Animals (to be chaired by representative from DVS), Research/ Laboratory Animals, Wildlife (Note: wildlife in the wild- natural habitats- is to remain under Perhilitan).

The objectives are defined as follows:
• To identify and promote humane methods of stray control
• To facilitate collaboration between the NGOs and other relevant agencies on matters related to stray animal control
• To strengthen collaboration between NGOs, government agencies and DVS in matters
regarding abuse and mistreatment of animals
• To promote responsible pet ownership among Malaysians
• To develop the Malaysian Animal Welfare Act

With the formation of the MAWAC, the SPCA hopes that Animal Welfare receives due consideration in all animal-related concerns and Responsible Handling of Animals becomes the norm in our Society.

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