Penang Waiting For Proposal From WVS
AnimalCare 
Sep 22, 2015 
AnimalCare, NGOs 
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Thank you to all animal lovers and animal welfare organisations for speaking up for the thousands of innocent lives!
State health exco Dr Afif Bahardin said WVS, an international non-governmental organisation, is proposing mass vaccination instead of culling strays, which has the Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng under heavy criticism.
Lim is continuing to face backlash from animal welfare groups and animal lovers, including in social media, for stating that the killing will continue in the interest of public health and safety of pets.
“We will have a follow-up meeting with WVS again. We had a fruitful discussion.
“The state also gave WVS geographical data like where rabies had been detected.
“We are talking to everyone, we want to listen… it is not that we are just ignoring anyone who says there are alternatives,” Dr Afif told a press conference today at Lim’s office in George Town.
However, it will take time….
WVS meanwhile, is ready to supply 50,000 vaccines to Penang and can do so by the end of the year, a coalition of animal welfare groups – Stop Killing, Start Vaccinating – said in a statement today.
The coalition said WVS chief executive officer Dr Luke Gamble, an internationally-known British veterinary surgeon, had affirmed that WVS could immediately arrange for delivery of 50,000 vaccines and necessary manpower to conduct a mass vaccination programme in Penang at the end of the year.
The group said WVS would also train local veterinary personnel and volunteers on conducting the programme as well as awareness campaigns to educate the public.
“However, even though they have the vaccines ready and the manpower, they expect that they can only arrive in Penang at the end of the year because of the paperwork and applications that needed to be sorted out beforehand with the federal authorities, especially the Veterinary Services Department (DVS), Health Ministry and Immigration Department.
– See more at: http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/penang-waiting-for-mass-vaccination-proposal-by-global-veterinary-group#sthash.zCYhgShm.dpuf
Why is there so much red tape? If indeed the situation is so urgent?
Meanwhile, let’s continue to pray for good sense and empathy to prevail in the humans who are in charge.
For all street animals, we pray for your safety and wellbeing.
Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2015/09/22/penang-waiting-for-propos..
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