RSPCA animal cruelty convictions up by a third in 2012
The RSPCA said it rescued or collected 130,695 animals last year
Showing posts with label animal cruelty. Show all posts
Showing posts with label animal cruelty. Show all posts
Thursday, May 22, 2014
PET+LETTER: Animal Cruelty Could Be Linked To Psychological Problems
Animal cruelty a sign of psychological issues? http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/263562
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
Animal Cruelty on Christmas
Sent from the CNN App for Android
Adorable Christmas penguin march
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/20/travel/korea-penguins-santa/index.html
Thursday, November 21, 2013
Do You Know Where The Feathers In Your Pillows Come From?
I am the oldest living person that I know of with my condition called spina bifida. I am a columnist on disability and councillor for the city of Petaling Jaya city.
I turn 53-years old today. My birthday wish today is to spread this message to stop cruelty on birds like in the PETA video below.
Do you know where the feathers in your pillows and clothes come from? I didn't until I watched this video and vowed never to buy products with feathers again. I hope you will too. Thank you for making my wish come true. May God bless you!
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Animal Cruelty Cases On The Rise In The UK
30 April 2013
Last updated at 00:02 GMT
The RSPCA said it rescued or collected 130,695 animals last year
The RSPCA said it rescued or collected 130,695 animals last year
The
number of convictions for animal neglect and cruelty in cases brought
by the RSPCA rose by a third in England and Wales last year.
The charity's annual prosecutions report shows offences rose from 3,114 in 2011 to 4,168 in 2012.
Some 1,552 people were taken to court, up from 1,341 - an increase of 15.7%.
RSPCA chief executive Gavin Grant called the situation "a growing animal cruelty crisis" and urged judges to take "offences far more seriously".
Mr Grant said the RSPCA were "struggling to keep up" with the amount of cases they were faced with.
"For us, prosecution is always the last resort. Our inspectors investigated 150,833 suspected cruelty cases and issued 78,090 advice notices last year - these are extremely effective in improving the care of animals.
"However, if there is evidence of a crime and serious animal abuse then we will take legal action to protect the animals and prevent further abuse."
The charity's annual prosecutions report shows offences rose from 3,114 in 2011 to 4,168 in 2012.
Some 1,552 people were taken to court, up from 1,341 - an increase of 15.7%.
RSPCA chief executive Gavin Grant called the situation "a growing animal cruelty crisis" and urged judges to take "offences far more seriously".
Mr Grant said the RSPCA were "struggling to keep up" with the amount of cases they were faced with.
"For us, prosecution is always the last resort. Our inspectors investigated 150,833 suspected cruelty cases and issued 78,090 advice notices last year - these are extremely effective in improving the care of animals.
"However, if there is evidence of a crime and serious animal abuse then we will take legal action to protect the animals and prevent further abuse."
Roles questioned
The RSPCA's report catalogues the incidents of animal neglect and abuse the charity investigated.
These include a case of two puppies which were buried alive by their owner while in another more than 30 rabbits and guinea pigs were found living among dead animals and slurry in a hutch.
The RSPCA said successful prosecutions relating to cruelty to small mammals such as rabbits and hamsters went up from 97 in 2011 to 354 in 2012, and convictions related to the treatment of farm animals rose from 22 to 49.
The number of convictions linked to equine animals, such as horses, ponies and donkeys, rose from 230 in 2011 to 500 last year.
It rescued or collected 130,695 animals, up from 119,126 in 2011.
The cases have been highlighted during RSPCA Week, the charity's major fundraising push which runs until 5 May.
But the RSPCA's policy of bringing private prosecutions rather than referring them to the Crown Prosecution Service was raised earlier this year in a parliamentary debate.
Its role as both a prosecutor and campaign group was questioned by some Conservative MPs after members of Oxfordshire's Heythrop Hunt were fined in December 2012 for unlawfully hunting a wild fox with dogs.
The RSPCA says its various roles were independently run and that about five pence in every pound donated is spent on prosecutions. It prosecutes about 1% of all the incidents it is asked to investigate, with a success rate of approximately 98%.
These include a case of two puppies which were buried alive by their owner while in another more than 30 rabbits and guinea pigs were found living among dead animals and slurry in a hutch.
The RSPCA said successful prosecutions relating to cruelty to small mammals such as rabbits and hamsters went up from 97 in 2011 to 354 in 2012, and convictions related to the treatment of farm animals rose from 22 to 49.
The number of convictions linked to equine animals, such as horses, ponies and donkeys, rose from 230 in 2011 to 500 last year.
It rescued or collected 130,695 animals, up from 119,126 in 2011.
The cases have been highlighted during RSPCA Week, the charity's major fundraising push which runs until 5 May.
But the RSPCA's policy of bringing private prosecutions rather than referring them to the Crown Prosecution Service was raised earlier this year in a parliamentary debate.
Its role as both a prosecutor and campaign group was questioned by some Conservative MPs after members of Oxfordshire's Heythrop Hunt were fined in December 2012 for unlawfully hunting a wild fox with dogs.
The RSPCA says its various roles were independently run and that about five pence in every pound donated is spent on prosecutions. It prosecutes about 1% of all the incidents it is asked to investigate, with a success rate of approximately 98%.
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Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Stop The Barbaric Killing Of Macaques!
PRESS STATEMENT
Government must stop the mass killing of macaques
The mass culling of a 100,000
macaques nationwide by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment and PERHILITAN
has stunned and sickened the nation. We condemn the inhumane killing of our
native primates. The killing of 100,000 macaques in 2012 alone is staggering. The
largest number killed was in the state of Selangor where 18,800 were killed in
2012. We are appalled that, despite receiving recommendations on methods of population control,
such as sterilisation and relocation, the Minister Douglas Uggah Embas and PERHILITAN
have resorted to this needless slaughter. Furthermore,
PERHILITAN had set kill quotas for each state. The setting of kill quotas is an
irregular and improper method of culling.
We are particularly
concerned that the ministry has remained silent on the methods used to kill the
macaques. We have received credible evidence that the macaques are being killed
in a cruel manner and without the supervision of qualified veterinary
personnel.
PERHILITAN has
claimed that the macaque population had far exceeded
the proportionate capacity of its habitat. What is the
population census on macaques? And what methodology was exercised to come to
the conclusion that the number of macaques exceeded the carrying capacity? There appears to be no evidence to
support this.
We note that the Selangor government has instituted a “NO
KILL POLICY” to deal with the limited macaque intrusion cases. The Selangor
government has instead used the humane and effective method of translocation.
Our wildlife is already in
such great peril yet PERHILITAN intentionally and barbarically hunts, traps and
kills these poor animals.
By this
mass culling the ministry and PERHILITAN has painted Malaysians as intolerant,
heartless and selfish beings who cannot coexist with other living beings. The continued mass culling is certain
to jeopardise the survival of macaques. This is a matter of great public concern
and the government has a duty to protect our wildlife and natural habitat.
We call upon the Ministry of Natural Resources and
Environment and PERHILITAN to:
1.
Put an immediate stop to the culling of macaques.
2.
Carry out sterilisation/translocation programmes in
order to deal with cases of human macaque conflict
Issued by,
N.SURENDRAN
VICE PRESIDENT,
KEADILAN
SHENAAZ KHAN
PRESIDENT
M'SIAN ANIMAL WELFARE SOCIETY (MAWS)
YB ELIZABETH WONG
EXCO KERAJAAN NEGERI SELANGOR
ANTHONY THANASAYAN
PRESIDENT
PETPOSITIVE
Monday, March 25, 2013
Nationwide Secret Slaughter Of Macaques
PETPOSITIVE NEWSFLASH!
DATELINE PETALING JAYA:
THIS NEWS JUST IN!
A PRESS CONFERENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD AT 10AM TOMORROW WHERE A SHOCKING REVELATION WILL BE MADE HOW THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN CONDUCTING SECRET SLAUGHTER OF MACAQUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The PC will be held at Parti Keadilan Rakyat's office. It will be attended by PKR's N Surendran, Selangor State Exco Elizabeth Wong and Selangor Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.
N Surendran is also legal adviser to PETPOSITIVE.
The following are some background reports taken from The Star:
By R.S.N. MURALI
MALACCA:
The culling of almost 100,000 long-tailed macaques last year by the
Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) has turned into a
controversy, with the decision being challenged here.
Kota Melaka MCA complaint bureau deputy chief Dr Yee Kok Wah said he found out that Johor topped the list with 20,600 of the primates culled, followed by Selangor (18,800), Perak (16,000), Kedah (13,000), Pahang (8,100) and Negri Sembilan (8,000).
The total number culled last year was 97,200, up from 87,900 in 2011.
“The primates should not have been exterminated as they were not diseased.
“We need to create a colony for them so that the monkeys can be relocated.
“We have a moral responsibility to look after the primates.
“They will not pose a danger to humans if they are relocated to the jungle,'' he told The Star.
Dr Yee said Kyoto University's Juichi Yamagiwa, who is president of the International Primatological Society, had found that the transmission of virus between humans and macaques was very rare.
“As such, the mass culling of macaques here should be stopped.
“The primates are being driven to extinction,'' he added.
Dr Yee said there was a report saying that captured wild macaques from Malaysia had ended up on dinner plates in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, or in research laboratories.
Long-tailed macaques are native to Malaysia and considered opportunistic feeders, and can adapt well to the urban environment.
A Perhilitan official, when contacted, explained that the primates were exterminated through an internationally accepted culling method to control “a population that far exceeded the proportionate capacity of its habitat”.
He said the culling, conducted by trained game rangers, was carried out where human-macaque conflicts were most serious.
He denied that the macaques were killed by deliberate drowning as alleged by some quarters, adding that standard operating procedures were adhered to.
PETALING JAYA: Culling is not the answer to resolving human-macaque conflicts in Malaysia, said an expert.
Wildlife veterinarian Dr Sharmini Paramasivam said humans had invaded the monkeys’ habitat.
“Studies have shown that effective waste management and sterilisation reduces the size of the population.”
The wildlife veterinarian said it was unfair to blame monkeys for going into housing areas and rummaging through rubbish bins.
“We should first look at how residential areas are being planned.”
The Star reported yesterday that almost 100,000 long-tailed macaques had been culled last year by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan).
A Perhilitan official had explained that the primates were exterminated through an internationally-accepted culling method to control their population, which “far exceeded the proportionate capacity of its habitat”. He said culling had been carried out where human-macaque conflicts were most serious.
Dr Sharmini was involved in running a macaque conflict management project in Indonesia and has worked with the monkeys for a few years.
She said conflict management included studying the macaque population and their behavioural patterns, as well as conducting education programmes for those living in conflict areas.
“Malaysia should set an example on the best way to deal with wildlife conflict. Understanding the cause of the conflict is key in successful conflict management,” she stressed.
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THIS NEWS JUST IN!
A PRESS CONFERENCE IS EXPECTED TO BE HELD AT 10AM TOMORROW WHERE A SHOCKING REVELATION WILL BE MADE HOW THE WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT HAS ALLEGEDLY BEEN CONDUCTING SECRET SLAUGHTER OF MACAQUES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
The PC will be held at Parti Keadilan Rakyat's office. It will be attended by PKR's N Surendran, Selangor State Exco Elizabeth Wong and Selangor Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.N Surendran is also legal adviser to PETPOSITIVE.
The following are some background reports taken from The Star:
Monday March 18, 2013
Uproar over macaque culling
By R.S.N. MURALI
murali@thestar.com.my
Kota Melaka MCA complaint bureau deputy chief Dr Yee Kok Wah said he found out that Johor topped the list with 20,600 of the primates culled, followed by Selangor (18,800), Perak (16,000), Kedah (13,000), Pahang (8,100) and Negri Sembilan (8,000).
The total number culled last year was 97,200, up from 87,900 in 2011.
“The primates should not have been exterminated as they were not diseased.
“We need to create a colony for them so that the monkeys can be relocated.
“We have a moral responsibility to look after the primates.
“They will not pose a danger to humans if they are relocated to the jungle,'' he told The Star.
Dr Yee said Kyoto University's Juichi Yamagiwa, who is president of the International Primatological Society, had found that the transmission of virus between humans and macaques was very rare.
“As such, the mass culling of macaques here should be stopped.
“The primates are being driven to extinction,'' he added.
Dr Yee said there was a report saying that captured wild macaques from Malaysia had ended up on dinner plates in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, or in research laboratories.
Long-tailed macaques are native to Malaysia and considered opportunistic feeders, and can adapt well to the urban environment.
A Perhilitan official, when contacted, explained that the primates were exterminated through an internationally accepted culling method to control “a population that far exceeded the proportionate capacity of its habitat”.
He said the culling, conducted by trained game rangers, was carried out where human-macaque conflicts were most serious.
He denied that the macaques were killed by deliberate drowning as alleged by some quarters, adding that standard operating procedures were adhered to.
Tuesday March 19, 2013
There’s no need to cull macaques, says expert
PETALING JAYA: Culling is not the answer to resolving human-macaque conflicts in Malaysia, said an expert.
Wildlife veterinarian Dr Sharmini Paramasivam said humans had invaded the monkeys’ habitat.
“Studies have shown that effective waste management and sterilisation reduces the size of the population.”
The wildlife veterinarian said it was unfair to blame monkeys for going into housing areas and rummaging through rubbish bins.
“We should first look at how residential areas are being planned.”
The Star reported yesterday that almost 100,000 long-tailed macaques had been culled last year by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan).
A Perhilitan official had explained that the primates were exterminated through an internationally-accepted culling method to control their population, which “far exceeded the proportionate capacity of its habitat”. He said culling had been carried out where human-macaque conflicts were most serious.
Dr Sharmini was involved in running a macaque conflict management project in Indonesia and has worked with the monkeys for a few years.
She said conflict management included studying the macaque population and their behavioural patterns, as well as conducting education programmes for those living in conflict areas.
“Malaysia should set an example on the best way to deal with wildlife conflict. Understanding the cause of the conflict is key in successful conflict management,” she stressed.
Wednesday March 20, 2013
Decision to cull macaques not done in haste
WE refer to the reports “Uproar over macaques culling” and “There’s no need to cull macaques, says expert” (The Star, March 18 and March 19) respectively.
We at the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) feel very sad that such articles were published as the journalist was informed and explanations given on the culling of macaques by this department.
We would like to stress that the government decision to cull the excess population of macaques in peninsular Malaysia was not done in haste.
The estimated population of the long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in peninsular Malaysia is estimated at 740,000 heads and well distributed in the urban areas in peninsular Malaysia.
The long-tailed macaque is a pest species and can easily adapt to any urban habitat.
It is prolific and able to reproduce very fast. There is no question of the species being threatened into extinction with culling.
The long-tailed macaque has the third largest range of any primate species, after humans and the rhesus macaque.
The culling practice was discussed in detail with NGOs, experts and scientists.
This department had been actively involved in the dialogues and engagement with all stakeholders on the culling practice before it was implemented.
The disturbance caused by the long-tailed macaque has undermined the tolerance level of the communities to co-exist with them.
The culling exercise has nothing to do with diseases carried by this species.
Nevertheless, the department has intensively collaborated with scientists from both local and foreign universities to screen for known and unknown diseases which long-tailed macaques might spread as potential carriers/hosts.
To date, there are several pathogena found in the primate such as plasmodium sp., herpes virus, Filovirus, Flavivirus and Paramyxcovirus.
Relocation of problem long-tailed macaques to forested areas in the long term is just a temporary transfer of the problem when a new conflict will be created as long-tailed macaques are territorial.
The department disputes the allegation that the culling practise will push the long-tailed macaque into extinction as this is not true.
We are only culling the problematic population in urban and sub-urban areas and not the macaques’ population that live in protected forests.
In fact, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 categorised the long-tailed macaques as “Least Concern”.
If one looks closely at the statistics published in the department’s annual report, one can see that the complaints on human-macaque conflict received by this department from 2007 to 2012 was 40,407 cases with 10,232 cases in 2008 and 3,235 in 2012.
Just imagine, with the culling of 87,819 heads in 2011, we still had 4,913 complaints. With the culling of 97,119 heads last year, the complaints still stood at 3,235 cases.
We would like to disassociate ourselves with the allegation that the “captured wild macaques from Malaysia had ended up on dinner plates in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, or in research laboratories” as claimed by Dr Yee Kok Wah of the Kota Melaka MCA Complaints Bureau. This is a very serious allegation.
We would like to state that we stopped the exporting of long-tailed macaques for commercial purpose from 1986.
The wildlife management toll employed is an anthropocentric approach as the management and practices undertaken are to solve the problems of communities and human well-being.
Wildlife is well protected in the protected areas system throughout peninsular Malaysia.
Last but not least, we always welcome constructive feedback and real cooperation from interested parties in dealing with the human-macaque conflict.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan)
We at the Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) feel very sad that such articles were published as the journalist was informed and explanations given on the culling of macaques by this department.
We would like to stress that the government decision to cull the excess population of macaques in peninsular Malaysia was not done in haste.
The estimated population of the long-tailed macaques (Macaca fascicularis) in peninsular Malaysia is estimated at 740,000 heads and well distributed in the urban areas in peninsular Malaysia.
The long-tailed macaque is a pest species and can easily adapt to any urban habitat.
It is prolific and able to reproduce very fast. There is no question of the species being threatened into extinction with culling.
The long-tailed macaque has the third largest range of any primate species, after humans and the rhesus macaque.
The culling practice was discussed in detail with NGOs, experts and scientists.
This department had been actively involved in the dialogues and engagement with all stakeholders on the culling practice before it was implemented.
The disturbance caused by the long-tailed macaque has undermined the tolerance level of the communities to co-exist with them.
The culling exercise has nothing to do with diseases carried by this species.
Nevertheless, the department has intensively collaborated with scientists from both local and foreign universities to screen for known and unknown diseases which long-tailed macaques might spread as potential carriers/hosts.
To date, there are several pathogena found in the primate such as plasmodium sp., herpes virus, Filovirus, Flavivirus and Paramyxcovirus.
Relocation of problem long-tailed macaques to forested areas in the long term is just a temporary transfer of the problem when a new conflict will be created as long-tailed macaques are territorial.
The department disputes the allegation that the culling practise will push the long-tailed macaque into extinction as this is not true.
We are only culling the problematic population in urban and sub-urban areas and not the macaques’ population that live in protected forests.
In fact, IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 categorised the long-tailed macaques as “Least Concern”.
If one looks closely at the statistics published in the department’s annual report, one can see that the complaints on human-macaque conflict received by this department from 2007 to 2012 was 40,407 cases with 10,232 cases in 2008 and 3,235 in 2012.
Just imagine, with the culling of 87,819 heads in 2011, we still had 4,913 complaints. With the culling of 97,119 heads last year, the complaints still stood at 3,235 cases.
We would like to disassociate ourselves with the allegation that the “captured wild macaques from Malaysia had ended up on dinner plates in China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan, or in research laboratories” as claimed by Dr Yee Kok Wah of the Kota Melaka MCA Complaints Bureau. This is a very serious allegation.
We would like to state that we stopped the exporting of long-tailed macaques for commercial purpose from 1986.
The wildlife management toll employed is an anthropocentric approach as the management and practices undertaken are to solve the problems of communities and human well-being.
Wildlife is well protected in the protected areas system throughout peninsular Malaysia.
Last but not least, we always welcome constructive feedback and real cooperation from interested parties in dealing with the human-macaque conflict.
DIRECTOR GENERAL
Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan)
Thursday, August 09, 2012
Monsters In Our Midst
Thursday August 9, 2012
Puppy thrown into manhole: Monsters in our midst
WHEEL POWER by ANTHONY THANASAYAN
I WEPT when I read the horrible news last weekend. Many
animal-lovers were just as distraught. The news media reported that two
young foreign students threw a helpless puppy into a manhole before
running away. And they had a good chuckle over it. The heinous act was
caught on video by an accomplice who had no qualms about filming the
sorry episode. The incident, we were told, took place in Cyberjaya some
time in June.
The video went viral after it was uploaded to YouTube. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it. The photo stills on print were enough to give me an inkling of the kind of nightmare the puppy called Kanilla went through. I agonised over the fate of the pup. Instead of being treated to a game of catch in the park with the boys, Kanilla had no idea that she was bound on a one-way trip to hell.
Even now, the thought of it makes my blood curdle and my heart wants to scream and demand the same treatment for the perpetrators. But then again, no. For that would turn me into the very monster that the world does not want.
Dogs can be trained to provide companionship to those who need friendship and love.
To help me come to terms with Kanilla’s cruel fate, I try to focus on all the good that animals, especially dogs, have contributed to my life as a person born with a disability.
One of the first pets I had was good ol’ Brutus, a mongrel. Brutus came into my life shortly after I became unable to walk and was confined to the house because the school which I attended refused to build a wheelchair-friendly toilet.
Whilst the rest of my siblings were in school, it was Brutus who kept me company through all those lonely, boring days.
When I was 10, and started using the wheelchair, the canine became my confidante as I poured out my heart to him.
A few years later when I entered my teens, Cindy took over. She learnt to sit firmly on the footrest of my wheelchair as I wheeled around the neighbourhood. Cindy made me proud to be disabled.
Vai, a Rottweiler, came into my life when I was much older. He taught me to accept my disability and move on. Vai was able to get through to me where health professionals failed. As I learnt to attend to his needs, I started to look after myself just so I could stay out of hospital and be with him.
Reba, a Shetland sheepdog, is a real life-saver. She monitors my paralysed legs daily and zeroes in on any wounds that appear so that I can get them treated immediately.
Zhar, a Doberman, is now officially the new maid in my house. He picks up everything that I drop on the floor and passes it to me.
I know of numerous disabled Malaysians whose dogs have enhanced their quality of life. I know a quadriplegic whose Rottweiler gives him a reason to live after his motor accident.
There’s also another mongrel that helps an amputee stay positive at all times instead of sinking into depression.
And who can forget my friend, a mum of two disabled children, who says her Buster’s wagging tail and loving licks keep her motivated to help her children all day.
I have no doubt that if Kanilla were alive today, she (and others like her) could be trained to be special companions to people in need of friendship and love. I pray that her tormentors will get what they deserve from the authorities.
And for those of us who are outraged by what happened to Kanilla, let us keep her memory alive and remember that dogs are indeed man’s best friend. Their contributions to society must be respected and protected at all costs.
(For the full unabridged story, see Weekend View this Saturday on PET+BLOGSPOT)
The video went viral after it was uploaded to YouTube. I couldn’t bring myself to watch it. The photo stills on print were enough to give me an inkling of the kind of nightmare the puppy called Kanilla went through. I agonised over the fate of the pup. Instead of being treated to a game of catch in the park with the boys, Kanilla had no idea that she was bound on a one-way trip to hell.
Even now, the thought of it makes my blood curdle and my heart wants to scream and demand the same treatment for the perpetrators. But then again, no. For that would turn me into the very monster that the world does not want.
Dogs can be trained to provide companionship to those who need friendship and love. To help me come to terms with Kanilla’s cruel fate, I try to focus on all the good that animals, especially dogs, have contributed to my life as a person born with a disability.
One of the first pets I had was good ol’ Brutus, a mongrel. Brutus came into my life shortly after I became unable to walk and was confined to the house because the school which I attended refused to build a wheelchair-friendly toilet.
Whilst the rest of my siblings were in school, it was Brutus who kept me company through all those lonely, boring days.
When I was 10, and started using the wheelchair, the canine became my confidante as I poured out my heart to him.
A few years later when I entered my teens, Cindy took over. She learnt to sit firmly on the footrest of my wheelchair as I wheeled around the neighbourhood. Cindy made me proud to be disabled.
Vai, a Rottweiler, came into my life when I was much older. He taught me to accept my disability and move on. Vai was able to get through to me where health professionals failed. As I learnt to attend to his needs, I started to look after myself just so I could stay out of hospital and be with him.
Reba, a Shetland sheepdog, is a real life-saver. She monitors my paralysed legs daily and zeroes in on any wounds that appear so that I can get them treated immediately.
Zhar, a Doberman, is now officially the new maid in my house. He picks up everything that I drop on the floor and passes it to me.
I know of numerous disabled Malaysians whose dogs have enhanced their quality of life. I know a quadriplegic whose Rottweiler gives him a reason to live after his motor accident.
There’s also another mongrel that helps an amputee stay positive at all times instead of sinking into depression.
And who can forget my friend, a mum of two disabled children, who says her Buster’s wagging tail and loving licks keep her motivated to help her children all day.
I have no doubt that if Kanilla were alive today, she (and others like her) could be trained to be special companions to people in need of friendship and love. I pray that her tormentors will get what they deserve from the authorities.
And for those of us who are outraged by what happened to Kanilla, let us keep her memory alive and remember that dogs are indeed man’s best friend. Their contributions to society must be respected and protected at all costs.
(For the full unabridged story, see Weekend View this Saturday on PET+BLOGSPOT)
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
MPs Must Support Animal Act Amendments - Letters, Malaysiakini
MPs must support Animal Act amendments
Deputy
Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister Chua Tee Yong recently
said that if within the next few weeks a Parliament approval to an
amendment is obtained, then those who show cruelty to animals will face
heavier punishments.
The existing Act known as the Animal Act 1953 where those guilty of an offence of cruelty to animals shall be liable to a fine of RM200 or imprisonment for a term of six months or both would then be upgraded to include raising the fine for animal cruelty to RM50,000 and a jail term of not more than one year.
He added that repeat offenders would be penalised more severely.
Indeed never has there been a better time than now for such an amendment to take place.
There is an ever growing number of Malaysians who are hopeful that their furry friends get a safer and rightful protection from the authorities.
There has been an unbelievable number of abuse cases in the last couple of decades that shamefully to date the country has been mentioned and cautioned by various international bodies on the matter.
It is hence envisaged that the current members of parliament would have no qualms to ensure that this necessary and long-awaited law is enshrined.
The country's moral standing on the matter will no doubt be raised with this positive action.
The existing Act known as the Animal Act 1953 where those guilty of an offence of cruelty to animals shall be liable to a fine of RM200 or imprisonment for a term of six months or both would then be upgraded to include raising the fine for animal cruelty to RM50,000 and a jail term of not more than one year.
He added that repeat offenders would be penalised more severely.
Indeed never has there been a better time than now for such an amendment to take place.
There is an ever growing number of Malaysians who are hopeful that their furry friends get a safer and rightful protection from the authorities.
There has been an unbelievable number of abuse cases in the last couple of decades that shamefully to date the country has been mentioned and cautioned by various international bodies on the matter.
It is hence envisaged that the current members of parliament would have no qualms to ensure that this necessary and long-awaited law is enshrined.
The country's moral standing on the matter will no doubt be raised with this positive action.
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Thursday, January 20, 2011
MBSA Set To Rescue A Dog In Distress
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| Canine Cruelty: Muzzled by a rafia string |
DATELINE KOTA KEMUNING, SHAH ALAM:
THE OWNER OF THE GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG (right) is in a heap of trouble.
He or she will be visited by a council officer here first thing in the morning tomorrow for a possible case of animal cruelty.
The picture was sent to us a few hours ago by a reader of Petpositive Empowerment on Facebook named Loo Yuen Ping.
As you can see, the pitiful GSD is muzzled by a piece of rafia string possibly to stop it from barking; or possibly even eating something.
It has also been reported that the canine is being kept together with its own urine and faeces.
Judging from the photograph, the background area is amazingly impeccable with some nice flower plants.
That may possibly explain why the GSD is also tied up - so as to not reach the flowerpots and destroy the plants.
This horrific picture is a fine example of what PET+BLOGSPOT believes strongly about: it is pet owners who are more of monsters than many of local council authorities.
We have alerted this matter to Puan Zuhailah Abdul Latiff, the veterinary assistant from the Shah Alam City Council.
"We will visit the home first thing on Friday and investigate the complaint thoroughly, " she told PET+BLOGSPOT this evening through a telephone call.
"We will not hesitate to take action against the owner if they are found guilty of cruelty," added the MBSA official who regularly attends the monthly meetings on canines organised by the Canine Advisory Team of the Petaling Jaya City Council.
PETPOSITIVE strongly believes that owners who are guilty of cruelty should never be allowed to keep dogs at all.
Subjecting an animal to have its muzzle tied up like this is extremely cruel and even dangerous for the animal.
And why have a pedigree when you obviously can't look after it?
German Shepherds are barkers at heart. Did the owner bother to know this when he or she got the dog in the first place?
GSD's are incredibly intelligent animals and can be taught when to bark and when not to. There is no need to tie up the breeds mouth to stop it from barking.
In fact to do so would cause a dog to make noises even more because of the discomfort.
Other ways of stopping a dog from barking unnecessarily are giving it enough exercise and activities to keeping it in a cosy place when it will not be tempted to bark at passer-bys or other animals.
One of the best places is inside the home or in a bedroom.
It seems very clear that its owner has obviously got more than he/she had bargained for.
According to Loo's report, the Department of Veterinary Services has also been alerted to the case.
Stay tuned via Twitter, Facebook, Yahoo, Google Talk and My Space for the very latest in this latest development.
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Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Why Are Human Beings So Cruel?
Recall this atrocious picture that grabbed our attention not long ago for the wrong reason?
Well, we're bringing it up here again today for the sake of one of our strong supporter Eugene Lee.
He wanted to catch up on a follow-up report on The Malay Mail that even we at PET+BLOGSPOT missed!
Here it is, Eugene - and all you folks - complete with the comments that followed in the newspaper that describes itself as "the paper that cares."
What is it about us human beings that can sometimes make us commit the most ignoble of acts to some of the most innocent and defenseless creatures?
How could we even think of deriving "pleasure" from such acts?
It's been said that US intelligence has conclusively discovered a link between those that commit animal cruelty and other heinous acts.
This is really scary, especially when they are committed by young and older kids.
Read on folks; and don't forget to let us know your thoughts on this at the COMMENTS section at the bottom of this page.
Puppy torture photo brings out animal lovers' anger
Malay Mail Monday, October 25th, 2010
Syamim Hariri 
KUALA LUMPUR: More than a week has passed since the gruesome photo of a hanged puppy spread like wildfire online and animal rights groups are wondering when cops will get to the bottom of the matter.
Enraged by the photo spread widely via email, Malaysian Animal Rights Society president N. Surendran said he had lodged a report at the Brickfields police station last weekend.
He described it as one of the worst cases of animal abuse he had ever seen in Malaysia.
The photo, which has been posted on several blogs and social networking sites, showed two individuals gesturing with an obscene one-finger salute while one was holding a hanged puppy.
Expressing hope the culprits are caught quickly, Surendran said: “How anyone can do this to a puppy which can’t defend itself is beyond me. These two are criminals and mentally unstable. I hope the police will throw the book at them so they can be made an example of.”
Surendran said he might organise a public gathering to push for results.
“It might be too late for that puppy. But it will send out a message to deter crazed individuals from taking part in such torture.
“This sort of behaviour is bad for the country's image and will get worse if the authorities let it slide.”
Surendran said his lawyer friend, Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif, forwarded the picture to him after she stumbled upon it through the Twitter social networking site.
“I found the pictures when Lisa Surihani re-tweeted it on her Twitter account,” Sasha said.
Actress Lisa Surihani told The Malay Mail she re-tweeted the photo on her account but did not know the persons in the picture.
"My intentions were to highlight the cruelty towards animals portrayed by the two individuals. I am strongly against animal cruelty."
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Selangor said they were doing their best to uncover the identity of the individuals in the photo.
“It is not easy as it came from an online source. We are doing what we can and hope the public will be patient.”
● Sept 20: Briton Mary Bale throws a cat into a wheelie bin where it is trapped for 15 hours before being discovered by its owner. Her actions were caught on CCTV. She is fined £250 (RM1,220).
● Sept 29: Pig farmer Keith Barnett admits to seven charges of animal cruelty after it was found that he neglected his pigs, leaving them with no food or water, to the point where they began eating each other. He was banned from keeping pigs and fined £880 (RM4,290).
Monday, October 25th, 2010 13:16:00
HEARTLESS: The picture of two individuals posing with a hanged puppy has stirred the passions of animal rights' activists
KUALA LUMPUR: More than a week has passed since the gruesome photo of a hanged puppy spread like wildfire online and animal rights groups are wondering when cops will get to the bottom of the matter.
Enraged by the photo spread widely via email, Malaysian Animal Rights Society president N. Surendran said he had lodged a report at the Brickfields police station last weekend.
He described it as one of the worst cases of animal abuse he had ever seen in Malaysia.
The photo, which has been posted on several blogs and social networking sites, showed two individuals gesturing with an obscene one-finger salute while one was holding a hanged puppy.
Expressing hope the culprits are caught quickly, Surendran said: “How anyone can do this to a puppy which can’t defend itself is beyond me. These two are criminals and mentally unstable. I hope the police will throw the book at them so they can be made an example of.”
Surendran said he might organise a public gathering to push for results.
“It might be too late for that puppy. But it will send out a message to deter crazed individuals from taking part in such torture.
“This sort of behaviour is bad for the country's image and will get worse if the authorities let it slide.”
Surendran said his lawyer friend, Sasha Lyna Abdul Latif, forwarded the picture to him after she stumbled upon it through the Twitter social networking site.
“I found the pictures when Lisa Surihani re-tweeted it on her Twitter account,” Sasha said.
Actress Lisa Surihani told The Malay Mail she re-tweeted the photo on her account but did not know the persons in the picture.
"My intentions were to highlight the cruelty towards animals portrayed by the two individuals. I am strongly against animal cruelty."
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Selangor said they were doing their best to uncover the identity of the individuals in the photo.
“It is not easy as it came from an online source. We are doing what we can and hope the public will be patient.”
ANIMAL cruelty is no stranger to communities across the globe. Here are a few that made headlines this year:
● Aug 12: A family's pet lamb is stolen by thugs in England. The lamb, named Lily, is abducted in the middle of the night and butchered on the street, where she is discovered the following morning. The culprits are still at large.● Sept 20: Briton Mary Bale throws a cat into a wheelie bin where it is trapped for 15 hours before being discovered by its owner. Her actions were caught on CCTV. She is fined £250 (RM1,220).
● Sept 29: Pig farmer Keith Barnett admits to seven charges of animal cruelty after it was found that he neglected his pigs, leaving them with no food or water, to the point where they began eating each other. He was banned from keeping pigs and fined £880 (RM4,290).
Comments
this photo is 8 years old and originated in mexico. it has been floating around from inbox to inbox ever since then. please check your sources before you write articles. if you cannot verify a single source then maybe you shouldn't write about it?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
These mentally sick individuals will evolve into murderers in the future if they are not stopped now. Many of the murderers/serial killers starts by torturing and killing animals before progressing to humans. The authority and the public must work together to report and have these individuals arrested and charged. We can see their face as such those people out there who know who they are must do their civic duty and report them to the police.
Submitted by Anonymous1 on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
Submitted by Anonymous1 on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
moderator,kalau anda tutup mata mereka macam mana mau tangkap mereka?dari photo yang digambarkan mereka tidak takut atau malu kalau mereka dikenali.adakah dengan mengaburkan mata mereka pehak mm takut jika tindakan undang undang diambil terhadap mm?
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
Submitted by Anonymous on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
Hopefully these losers doesn't graduate out of this and do it to humans because they certainly displayed the signs and potential to do that...but who knows they might have already graduated to that....sick!
Submitted by TheKites on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
Submitted by TheKites on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
i ever found worst incident by kelantanese guys who worked in KL.they killed the puppy for no reason saying najis.I am a Muslim but send clear message to all Muslims do read Quran properly.Sureh AL-KAHAF,where no haterate is shown towars dog.Its frustrating photo and disturbing.If i find these guys definately i will do something to them.Goverment shoudl be blamed for not taking Action & these guys should be punished with jail terms not let them away with any tactics.Sen a strong message to animal abusers.i doubt its muslim brothers who did not understand our religion dosent ask us to hate dog & pig all are makluk of God.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
Well said my Moslem friend. No animals are inherently dirty because God do not create dirty things. Dogs have served mankind... in many ways. Every living thing has an ecological function.... that is the wisdom of the Almighty. Who are we as mere mortal men to play God?
Submitted by Road Warrior on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
Submitted by Road Warrior on Wednesday, October 27th, 2010.
to the moderator in response to simon tee, this is not a police case, so why hide the identities? unless of course you think it should be a police case. and please note that the police are not even bothered with this. so get off your high and albeit misguided horse and print it like it is a news story and not a police case. show the guys faces. or otherwise, you should blur the faces of everyone in your website.
Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
Submitted by Anonymous on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
How will your love one feel if someone will to dig up your body and hang them like these 2 kids? Whether the puppy had die or not, only MENTALLY SICK people will do this and another Mentally Constraint human to support them.
Submitted by Jati Yeoh on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
Submitted by Jati Yeoh on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
Why do you censor the eyes if the public want them caught?
Moderator: Because the alleged culprits have yet to be charged in court, therefore their identities cannot be revealed. This is what The Paper That Cares practices.
Moderator: Because the alleged culprits have yet to be charged in court, therefore their identities cannot be revealed. This is what The Paper That Cares practices.
Submitted by Simon Tee F B on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
Submitted by Simon Tee F B on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” - Mahatma Gandhi So this is what we have become Malaysia. We have regressed to the bowels of the dark ages.
Submitted by panas panas tahi ayam on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
Submitted by panas panas tahi ayam on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
You just said what I said - it doesn't matter if it's dead already and because you can't tell if it's alive or not, this picture cannot be your only source of truth to determine if the puppy was mistreated.
Submitted by Boss Coffee on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
Submitted by Boss Coffee on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
That the puppy may already be dead... Yes, it may be true, but the premise of them posing with the puppy (hanged) and flipping the middle finger at the camera only implies that they can do what they want and flip you off and you are not able to do anything about it. It is the notion and message they are sending. Wake up, you don't need someone to beat you with a hammer on your head before you realised such things. This is an outrage and I hope those 2 get their dues many folds!
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
Submitted by Anonymous on Tuesday, October 26th, 2010.
people who abuse animals are just plain sick. hope these culprits get caught & are severely punished soon.
Submitted by chee na moi on Monday, October 25th, 2010.
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Saturday, September 25, 2010
Group cries foul over killing of dogs at farm - Malay Mail Online
Group cries foul over killing of nine dogs at poultry farm
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| Pix courtesy by ILTC |
Friday, September 24th, 2010 17:54:00
BANTING: Yet another group has come forward to express their dissatisfaction over the actions of Kuala Langat District Council officers, who last Sunday had put nine dogs, belonging to the main lawyer suspect in the quadruple murder of cosmetics millionaire Datuk Sosilawati Lawiya and her three aids.
Committee members of the Independent Living and Training Centre (ILTC) today held a protest in front of Majilis Kuala Langat building to address their dissatisfaction against the council for euthanising the nine dogs, comprising six Rottweilers, two Dalmatians and one Bulldog, at the poultry farm at Gadong during investigations into the murders.
During the protest, members assembled outside the building carried several signs condemning the killing of the dogs and questioned the council's authority in taking such measures.
Following the protest, a meeting was held between ILTC and Kuala Langat district council president Abdul Razak Jaafar on the matter.
During the meeting, ILTC committee members wanted to know why the council did not consult with the Department of Vetirinary Services (DVS) or other animal welfare groups such as the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to take the dogs away instead of putting them to sleep.
They also wanted serious action to be taken against those involved in putting the dogs down and an assurance this incident would not be repeated in future.
“We want to know why they killed the nine dogs just like that. This is an unacceptable and a cruel act," ILTC president Francis Siva said when met with reporters after the meeting.
“I feel the council needs education on this. Dogs are important to us, as they help us disabled in terms of security and they make our lives easier as the dogs are trained to help us in our daily activities," he added.
Francis stated the Centre was upset with the council's seeming lack of understanding and again called for the Selangor Government to take action against those responsible for the dog's death.
He questioned why the killing of the dogs was carried out on a quiet Saturday, without anyone's knowledge, stating that such action can be deemed as suspicious.
Francis's call was echoed by ILTC secratary Gurdip Kaur.
Stressing on the importance of dogs, Guldip spoke of a previous incident when her home was almost robbed.
She said, “one day, there was an attempted robbery at my house and my dog came to lick my leg to indicate that someone was at the window . I take care of my dogs like they are my children and they do listen to their owners when they are trained."
ILTC committee member Hajjah Khairozy also related a similar experience three years ago when she told The Paper That Cares that if it was not for a dog she would not be alive today.
She said the dog barked constantly in front of her house to alert her to the fact her house was on fire and said, "even my neighbors were not aware that my house was on fire. I am blessed to be alive today because of a dog," she said.
ILTC were advised to lodge a police report on the matter by Kuala Langat district ASP Nor Imran Abd Rahman.
Meanwhile, Abdul Razak told reporters the reason why the dogs were put to sleep was because they were found to be a danger to police carrying out the murder investigations, and so he said the dogs were given lethal injections.
“The dogs tried attacking the police, and it was too dangerous so we had no choice. We tried contacting DVS to transfer the dogs, but we could not get hold of them at that point," he explained, adding council officers thus had no choice but to take immediate action.
PET+BLOGSPOT NOTE: Francis Siva is also Adviser to the Malaysian Animal-Assisted Therapy for the Disabled and Elderly Association (PETPOSITIVE).
The press conference was also organised by Petpositive.
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Kuala Langat Council Clearly Inept With Banting Dogs Issue
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Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Look, it's a bird, plane, no - a flying donkey! How dastardly cruel!
20 July 2010 Last updated at 10:10 GMTParasailing donkey stunt sparks police inquiry 
The move was intended as an advertising campaign
The donkey was sent up into the sky last week by entrepreneurs hoping to attract people to their private beach.
Witnesses near the beach on the Sea of Azov in the Krasnodar region said the animal had been screaming in fear.
It landed in the water and was pulled onto the shore, said police.
"The donkey screamed and children cried," regional police spokeswoman Larisa Tuchkova told AFP news agency.
"No-one had the brains to call police."
Instead, bystanders took photos and phoned newspapers, she said.
"It was put up so high into the sky that the children on the beach cried and asked their parents: 'Why did they tie a doggy to a parachute?'" Taman newspaper reported last week.
"The donkey landed in an atrocious manner: it was dragged several metres along the water, after which the animal was pulled out half-alive onto the shore," the paper reported.
Police began to investigate after the incident, which occurred at the coastal village of Golubitskaya, was aired on national news on Tuesday.
The businessmen responsible may face criminal charges for animal cruelty, according to news agency RIA-Novosti.
The move was intended as an advertising campaign Police in southern Russia are investigating allegations of animal cruelty after a donkey was made to parasail as part of an advertising stunt, Russian media report.
The donkey was sent up into the sky last week by entrepreneurs hoping to attract people to their private beach.
Witnesses near the beach on the Sea of Azov in the Krasnodar region said the animal had been screaming in fear.
It landed in the water and was pulled onto the shore, said police.
"The donkey screamed and children cried," regional police spokeswoman Larisa Tuchkova told AFP news agency.
"No-one had the brains to call police."
Instead, bystanders took photos and phoned newspapers, she said.
"It was put up so high into the sky that the children on the beach cried and asked their parents: 'Why did they tie a doggy to a parachute?'" Taman newspaper reported last week.
"The donkey landed in an atrocious manner: it was dragged several metres along the water, after which the animal was pulled out half-alive onto the shore," the paper reported.
Police began to investigate after the incident, which occurred at the coastal village of Golubitskaya, was aired on national news on Tuesday.
The businessmen responsible may face criminal charges for animal cruelty, according to news agency RIA-Novosti.
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Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Time to pressure the DVS - the malaysian insider
Dog lovers accuse authorities of uncaring attitude
Sheena with her ribs sticking out. — Pictures courtesy of SPCA
They point out that only one case of animal abuse prosecution has been filed in the last five years.
“There’s lack of enforcement in the prosecution department,” said Christine Chin, chairman of the non-governmental organisation Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA).
A total of 657 animal cruelty cases were reported last year with 90 per cent involving dogs, although none was prosecuted, according to SPCA marketing and communications manager Jacinta Johnson-Chan in a recent media report.
“I think DVS has no will to prosecute abusers,” Christine told The Malaysian Insider. “There are a few cases where the evidence is quite strong that the animal is abused, but they’d rather give them warning and a lot of chances.”
The DVS has come under fire for being indifferent towards animal abuse.
In a horrific case of dog abuse where Sheena, a German Shepherd was starved by her owner till she had to be put down in 2005, the DVS reportedly did nothing though a neighbour had telephoned the agency three times about Sheena’s abuse.
By the time DVS officers seized the dog, it was too late to save her. Sheena’s owner walked off with a RM100 fine.
In another case five years ago, a pet shop called Pet Safari was alleged to have allowed a sick dog under its care to die without giving it medical attention for two days.
Despite the availability of witnesses and photographic evidence, Shah Alam DVS director Tee Thian See had said his department would not take any action because “they did not see anything”.
“Their (DVS) priority is not cats and dogs; it’s livestock,” said M. Mala, co-ordinator of canine welfare initiative Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better (MDDB). “They ensure livestock is not affected by disease.”
The DVS’s mission is to provide quality veterinary services as an assurance for public health and sustainable livestock industry for the sake of human welfare, as stated in its official website.
Four out of its five purported objectives are related to the livestock industry. The DVS is under the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry.
A starving and abused Sheena.
“In short, DVS sanctions all these acts of cruelty,” she added.
Another dog lover, Carolynn Thaw, told The Malaysian Insider in an email interview that she does not trust the DVS with protecting the welfare of dogs.
"I don't think much of them cos (sic) after all the cries for help from animal lovers, the DG had the cheek to even suggest using strays as dog meat... and the guy’s a vet!” the 36-year-old said.
DVS deputy director-general Datuk Dr Ahmad Suhaimi Omar suggested last March that people should be allowed to eat dogs kept in pounds to check the number of strays.
“They are animals, just like chickens or goats,” he told a forum on effective animal pound management organised by the Petaling Jaya City Council’s canine advisory team.
Azimah Mohd Othman, a 45-year-old personal assistant, said an absolute no when asked if she trusted the DVS.
“Trust? You must be kidding! They are not there to help any of the dogs... no way am I going to trust any of them with anything!” she blasted in an email interview.
However, NGO Petpositive president Anthony Thanasayan offered a different perspective, telling The Malaysian Insider that animal groups have bullied the DVS a bit too much.
“When you say you can’t trust them (DVS) anymore, you’re damning them,” he said in a phone interview.
“When they don’t do something, you don’t damn them and say go to hell,” he said. “It’s our responsibility to educate the DVS, pressure them, lobby them, but don’t damn them.”
Nonetheless, Anthony, who is also chairman of canine advisory teams of the Petaling Jaya City Council and the Klang Municipal Council, said that the DVS ought to take more action and realise that animal lovers are more demanding now.
“They (DVS) shouldn’t just care about poultry,” he told The Malaysian Insider. “DVS should show more support.”
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Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Animal Lover and Animals Attacked By Humans - NST
JOHOR BARU: Stray dogs and cats have a hard time but some people want to make it worse, even after the animals have been adopted by a shelter.
On Saturday, five men armed with sticks allegedly attacked several cats and dogs at the Johor Baru Humane Touch Animal Welfare Society in Taman Delima here at 10pm.
The founder of the shelter, 48-year-old Josphine Mary Dass Paul, was also threatened and roughed up when she tried to intervene.
The drama unfolded when Josphine Mary arrived at the centre and began unloading some food from her car. At that time, some of the animals ran out of the shelter to greet her.
She claimed she saw her neighbour, armed with an iron rod, in front of his gate.
"I told him to give me some time to get the animals back into the shelter but he started to hurl abuses at me. After that, four other men rushed out, all armed with sticks, and started beating my dogs.
The founder of the shelter, 48-year-old Josphine Mary Dass Paul, was also threatened and roughed up when she tried to intervene.
The drama unfolded when Josphine Mary arrived at the centre and began unloading some food from her car. At that time, some of the animals ran out of the shelter to greet her.
She claimed she saw her neighbour, armed with an iron rod, in front of his gate.
"I told him to give me some time to get the animals back into the shelter but he started to hurl abuses at me. After that, four other men rushed out, all armed with sticks, and started beating my dogs.
"When I tried to intervene, I was pushed to the ground. One threatened to set my car on fire while another threw a dustbin at me."
Josphine Mary said this was not the first time she had a confrontation with her neighbours, claiming that several of her dogs and cats had been poisoned.
Josphine Mary, who has lodged a police report, hopes animal lovers would help her out as her existing shelter is overcrowded.
Josphine Mary said this was not the first time she had a confrontation with her neighbours, claiming that several of her dogs and cats had been poisoned.
Josphine Mary, who has lodged a police report, hopes animal lovers would help her out as her existing shelter is overcrowded.
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