Ref: http://animalcare.my/2013/04/29/of-concerts-ceramahs-and-animal-rights-part-3-hopeful-news/
We wish we didn’t have to “get involved” with politics and politicians because we’d pretty much rather get on with our lives and all the things we have to do, but like it or not, politics and politicians impact in a big way on our lives. They decide how certain things are run, they make laws and we are governed by these laws.
In the area of animal welfare, local councils catch the street animals and send them to the pounds, local councils respond to complaints notwithstanding whether the animals are neutered or licensed. Laws dictate that once a complaint is made, street animals are regarded as a nuisance and are therefore destroyed.
We want such laws to be changed. We want kinder treatment for the street animals.
In our previous post, I shared with all of you the response from the office of the state assemblyman in Subang Jaya, where it appears that the only way for kinder treatment of street animals by the local council is through a bigger voice in the local council. The candidate’s party wants to bring back local council elections, so until and unless there is a majority of animal-lovers amongst the councilors, we will not have a big enough voice to make a change.
Yes, “ubah” for the animals, ie. “ubah” from “capture-and-kill” to “neuter-and-return”.
A bigger voice is needed. I have spoken to my constituency’s candidate. Have you spoken to yours?
If you haven’t, we cannot keep sitting back and lamenting and complaining without doing something about it. We have to speak up, no matter how hopeless it seems. We have to try or nothing will ever be changed.
So, have you spoken to yours and what was the outcome? Please write in and share with all of us.
For the benefit of those who missed the post, here is mine: http://animalcare.my/2013/04/27/of-concerts-ceramahs-and-animal-rights-part-2-on-a-more-serious-note/
Now, higher up on the hierarchy, we have the parliamentary candidate. He or she will be fighting for better laws in parliament and this will impact directly on the fate of the animals.
You also need to speak with your parliamentary candidate.
Here’s mine: http://animalcare.my/2013/04/29/of-concerts-ceramahs-and-animal-rights-part-3-hopeful-news/
Have you spoken to yours and what did he/she say? Please share with us.
In our last post, I asked for suggestions, and only one person wrote in. Her suggestion was to introduce “animal welfare and care” as a subject in primary school. According to her, it’s taught in Singapore schools. That’s a marvelous suggestion and once the elections are over, I will gladly bring this up to my parliamentarian as he has promised to address this issue and hear me out after he is elected.
Meanwhile, here are the issues we would like to discuss:
1. To spare our ear-notched animals from being captured. And if captured, to be released.
2. To have restricted zones whereby if the majority of the residents put in in writing that they do not want animals captured, that particular neighbourhood will be exempted from the local council’s animal-catching activities.
3. To stop giving out contracts to private animal-catching companies and instead, channel these funds to neuter street animals.
4. Introduce “animal welfare and care” as a subject or incorporate it into the primary school curriculum.
Come 6th May, will we see a new dawn and hope for the future of our country?
This is truly, truly an opportunity of a lifetime for our country and our future generations, folks.
Malaysia is a beautiful country, we need to bring out that beauty and this can only happen if we have clean and responsible leaders.
Not matter how long the queue on 5th May is, please stay in the line and cast that ONE precious vote.
Make your vote count, please.
Make this historic change.
