I had a chat with a councillor yesterday as he was interested in discussing our mission in pushing for CNRM by doing the education for it. He agreed that education is sorely needed and that is the first step towards getting more people interested to participate in CNRM.
He told me that the local councils do not want to capture and kill at the pounds "Do you think we like doing it? We don't," he said, but they have no choice because people complain and it is the duty of the councils to act on these complaints.
He said some people complain that cats scratch their cars or dogs pee outside their houses - these people want the council to catch and kill these animals.
Sigh.....these are people who think the earth belongs only to them OR they expect animals to use the public toilets.
So, it all boils down to the people who complain.
When the complaints stop, the killing will stop.
If only we could educate and change the complainants' mindset.
It's long process but we have to start the education.
We can't go on killing and killing, can we? It's not solving the problem, anyway.
Education is the key.
CNRM
C = Care (feed)
N = Neuter (we pay)
R = Rehome or Return to colony
M = Manage (continue to feed)
That is what we have been promoting besides providing financial assistance in sponsoring spay-neuter and medical treatment.
Since I live in Subang Jaya, I would like to invite any SJ resident who is interested in doing CNRM on his/her street to write to me. If you could get your neighbours interested in helping to trap or catch the strays living on your street, we'll help you with the spay-neuter charges at our panel vets.
Let's start with ONE street.
YOUR street.
Then, we'll progress to the next street....hopefully, to the whole Residents Association.
If we can do this and use it as a case study or a role model, we can approach the local council and maybe....better things can happen for the animals?
It's worth a try.....
Any SJ resident interested? We'll work with you....(but you must do some work too, ok?)
Here's what you need to do
1. Talk to your neighbours about CNRM, and get them to agree on it. (If you prefer that I explain it to them, organise a gathering, and let me know.)
2. Once your whole street is agreeble to the idea and nobody is going to complain to the council, get a few people who are willing to do the catching and/or trapping. You can borrow the traps from your local council.
3. We'll provide the funds and the clinic for spay-neuter.
4. We're promoting RETURN TO COLONY, so we need the whole street to agree that the spayed-neutered animals (with ears notched) will be allowed to live on. No one will call in to complain about them. Let's aim for 100% support from one street first. If we can't get 100%, then at least reduced complaints? I believe if we explain to our neighbours that neutered cats won't breed anymore, some may be tolerant. Some, not all, but some is better than none!
5. If you could REHOME the animals, that's even better, of course. But we may have to return to colony, to be realistic. It isn't so easy to rehome adult animals.
It's easier to talk to a smaller group of people and get their consent. Hence, start with your street.
What happens to the animals
a. A spayed-neutered community animal will have its ear notched as an indication so that it will not be re-captured. Notching = a small V-cut on its right ear.
b. Pregnant animals will NOT be spayed.
Why we RETURN TO COLONY
i. It's not easy to rehome so many stray animals.
ii. By returning to the colony, we preserve the eco-system by preventing the re-colonisation of unneutered strays. Hence, we return the neutered animals to its original environment to let them live out their natural lives (without breeding).
Interested? Please write to me at chankahyein@gmail.com
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Stray animals are being killed because people complain about them. Stop the complainants, and the killing will stop.
We have to educate and appeal to the complainants to stop complaining.
Live and let live, please.
This earth belongs to the animals as well.
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