Making It Happen In Our Country

Our last two posts was on the admirable and positive state of animal welfare in Holland. Over on Facebook, we received many, many likes on these posts too. As you might have read, the awareness and push for better and fairer treatment of animals started 200 years ago in Holland.

We did receive some response too, that the state of animal welfare in our country has a long, long way to go. That is very true, unfortunately. Non-governmental organisations which actively promote and push for better animal welfare here probably only started about a decade ago. Before that, it was individuals who cared for street animals using their own resources.

We only started our Neutering Fund seven years ago.

The awareness for the need of better treatment of street animals is in its infancy in our country. If we want to see it mature, we have to ensure that it continues to grow.

But what we are severely lacking in right now is human supporters and a bigger voice.

The reason human supporters are important is that the human voice is needed to change laws. The bigger the voice, the better the chances of pushing for change.

Law-makers are politicians and politicians only listen to the majority. They want votes. For example, if only 5% of the people support Neuter-and-Return and 95% do not, who will the politicians listen to? It’s very basic arithmetic at work here. If we attend a pre-elections campaign talk and only one person questions the politicians about better treatment of street animals whereas the rest of the audience is only interested in better transport services, cleaner drains or so-called “bigger” issues, who is the politician going to listen to?

Margaret Mead said, “Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” Yes, animal lovers are the minority. Now, this minority’s task is to spread the word because it’s numbers that we need in order to push for change in legislation.

We need a bigger voice. We need more people to speak up for the animals.

Is kindness to animals a part of the Malaysian culture? If the answer is “no”, then let’s do our part to make it so. Talk to your friends and family. The message of kindness to animals and that animals are sentient beings who deserve love and respect has to reach out much further and wider. Most importantly, educate by example. Show friends and family that you are kind to animals and that you walk your talk. Culture can evolve for the better.

Make kindness to animals a part of the Malaysian culture. Even if it were to take 100-200 years for this to happen, let’s start the ball rolling and keep it rolling. Instead of complaining and saying that it will never work in this country, why don’t we do our part and work towards it?

Little by little is the water jug filled.

If you need financial aid for neutering, please contact us: www.myanimalcare.org/aid/.

If you get a chance to speak with your local government representative, please ask for this: Please spare the ear-notched animals. And yes, we have asked for this, many times too, but our request was turned down. We need a bigger voice.

One voice for the animals. A BIG one, please.

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2016/07/18/making-it-happen-in-our-..

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AnimalCare is a registered society that promotes caregiving to street animals and helps in their neutering and medical needs. AnimalCare has a Medical Fund, Food Fund and Education Fund.

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