very sad for Ah Boy. For me, having encountered him only a few times, my heart is already grieved.
Not just for a life lost, but for the entire spectrum of animal welfare and control procedures of the authorities who have, thru their very set rules and regulations, disadvantage a group of people who are sincere in dog ownership but CANNOT meet their regulations which at times, do not work in the reality of our daily life .....
For eg, we were told that (1) all farm dogs must be chained up and when the farm owners are free, they can take the dogs out for a walk .. (?!) (2) that all farm gates must be closed at all times so the dogs do not run out. Once their 4 little paws step out of the gates, they are considered STRAYING and yes, they can be caught and culled.
While there is another group of commercial entities who are allowed to continue irresponsible business of breeding farms which contribute a large part to our stray population issues, and for which, I personally think stringent and regular checks are not done else why do we hear regular complaints and reports of the conditions of such breeding farms?
We are in the midst of documenting all the cases we have encountered so far and will be submitting a report to the AVA for an open dialogue to see positive changes in the current management situation.
The authorities have written to us to state that AVA does not have a Catch-Neuter-Release practice.
** Please email us at projectjkteam@yahoo.com.sg the cases that you have personally encountered which reflect the need to change the current practice in stray population control, farm breeding, sterilisation etc...so that we can document them and present our report to encompass as many real cases as possible.
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No catch-and-neuter practice does not mean they cannot start the programme. In a progressive society like ours, AVA is still 'stuck-in-the-mud', refusing to change their policies for better animal welfare. Just wondering what does the Animal Control and Welfare dept do for the welfare of aniamls - maybe to humanely cull them!!!!
I have recently written to HDB to lift the ban on keeping cats in flats. Another "backward" bunch of people who gives standard template replies and refuses to update themselves. Where got progress?
I feel very sad for Ah Boy too. There are thousands and thousands policies, but all of them are not base on LOVE (to love human being as well as animals), then it's just an empty rule and regulation only.
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