One good news: our big boy Bob (right) with the badly injured, oozy ear had turned up at K's farm a few times in the mornings. He had disappeared for about 10 days before appearing one fine morning to K. According to K, his ear didn't smell anymore and it looked dried up. After he turned up a few more times, K confirmed that his ear has indeed healed. K's pack of 7 don't really welcome him though thus he never stays long. The 7 will tolerate Beth and Billy's bro.
Our team of volunteers have also gone around to the neighbouring farms to educate and share with them on the benefits of sterilising their dogs. Of cos, you'll get differing ideas and philosophy but there'll always be some wise ones who agree with us, and allow us to arrange for sterilisation, some at their own cost.
To effectively control our stray population and reduce unnecessary loss of lives by culling, the root cause must be targeted.
The root cause of UNREGULATED BREEDING -- which leads to uninformed buying -- pet neglect/abuse, lack of knowlege in proper care and socialisation -- irresponsible pet ownership -- pet abandonment -- increase in stray population -- unwanted births by unsterilised, abandoned dogs -- unnecessary destruction of lives by culling.
It is the last step of culling that we hope to reduce. Many lives have been destroyed in the name of stray population control. However, if culling is that effective, you would think that the stray pop would have been controlled a decade ago.
Stop and think. What exactly is the ROOT CAUSE of our stray population. And ask ourselves - is culling targeting this root cause?
If it is not, isn't it high time we direct our resources elsewhere?
Do not just fight the haze. Get the waters to that fire in the forest.
October 20, 2006
We've been quiet for a bit
for various reasons. Partly cos most of the dogs that are friendlier and easier to handle for treatment/sterilisation have been done. We still have not been able to get Scruffy and the mommy dog as well as our little gal at SK. As for the ones at MF, they are even more skittish.
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if a layman such as myself is able to understand that it is a vicious cycle -- just like the poverty concept -- i don't see how and why anyone, with a heart and conscience, would beg to differ that animal welfare can be improved if the root causes of illegal abandonment and uneducated, uninformed pet care and pet purchase are tackled.
the graph cannot be clearer.
kz
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