First Time World Animal Day Seminar By Local Government

The following is an unbiased view of the Animal Cruelty Seminar organised by the Petaling Jaya City Council as seen in the eyes of Cruzin Thots. (Please click on the title to get to the blog.) Part two will be printed tomorrow.

 

Saturday, 22 October 2011

MBPJ Forum in Conjunction with World Animal Day

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Wikipedia: World Animal Day is celebrated each year on October 4. It started in Florence, Italy in 1931 at a convention of ecologists.^[1] On this day, animal life in all its forms is celebrated, ........

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NOTE:
Today's post comes in two parts- the first, about the event itself, and the next being my take on it. Tq.

PART I

(Ahli MPPJ) Mr Anthony Thanaseyan had invited yours truly to participate in a forum/seminar at MBPJ Library (in conjunction with World Animal Day which was on October 4th, 2011) which was held yesterday - which I must say, was very educational (besides the forum itself, the handouts from Eukanuba were good too!).

As modest as it may have been- it was definitely a "groundbreaking" moment, as it is being officially acknowledged & celebrated for the first time in Malaysia by a Government body....

The event was graced and officiated by YB Xavier Jeyakumar who  is the Exco member of Selangor State Govt. He articulated the efforts of the State Govt towards animal welfare (by making allowances for those who wished to keep livestock).
The Mayor of PJ, Dato Roslan Sakiman was very supportive of the fact that MBPJ was leading the way in being a caring Local Government.
 

Among the speakers at the event was Edmond Bon in his capacity as an advocate for Animal Rights (wearing "UNDI MALAYSIA" t-shirt- which I bought later at the booth). The others were representatives from the DVS, MBSJ, MBPJ, and MPK.
En. Zulkifli Abbas, Pengarah Kesihatan Majlis Perbandaran Kelang gave an excellent presentation of the problems faced by local councils- which isn't quite understood by (certain NGOs) which tend to unjustly criticize them without quite understanding what the the authorities are faced with.
 

I was truly impressed with the efforts of MPK which was keen on learning newer methods to mitigate social problems as a result of neglect suffered by animals in our communities.

He opined that irresponsible ownership of pets/dogs was & is the main cause of most of the problems- which they are ultimately responsible for, and are obliged to act upon using methods to the best of their knowledge. As such, he hoped for greaater participation of the various NGOs who appear to know better when the make a fuss over the "cruelty" perpetrated by the local councils.

Seeing both sides of the picture, I believe that there is much truth to what En Zul says. His humility conceding that they have plenty to learn was something which I see as very progressive- which I have yet to see in local councils like MPS (which incidentally wasn't represented at the Forum).


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