Just when I had just written the last post about our elected authorities not doing enough for the stray animals or animals in general, Wani sent me this link below:
http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/2011/12/27/rm5-million-centralised-state-run-pound-in-the-works/
According to the report, the Selangor State government is going to start a “centralised pound”.
As I understand it, a “pound” would still be a place where un-claimed animals are still euthanised. So, that’s something we cannot support.
And why centralised, especially when Selangor is so big? As pointed out in the report by Wani, wouldn’t it be more troublesome for owners to go to a faraway place to retrieve their captured animals? Wouldn’t it be easier to have well-run smaller pounds in each district? For one, it is easier for owners to reclaim their animals. For another, it is easier to run a smaller place.
I’d still prefer to CNRM and educate the public that this earth does not belong to them alone. It is a shared earth. I acknowledge that it IS hard work getting that message through, but we know that’s the truth, and we’ll just have to push that message through gently over a long period of time. That’s what education is all about. It isn’t about opting for the easier way out knowing fully well that that’s not the right thing to do.
The report above purports that we must respect the rights of people who do not like stray animals roaming around. Well, yes, just as some humans cannot stand the presence of street animals, I’ll bet some animals also cannot stand the presence of uncompassionate humans. Where is the respect for the animals then? Humans, animals and plants exist alongside each other and we have to learn to live in harmony with and with respect for each other.
Well, never mind the authorities. They need to do what they think is right and they are the powers-that-be.
We’ll do what we think is right.
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