For the criticisms about the tension between animal welfare groups in Singapore... the elderly caregiver who weeps and wails over her stray dogs... the one who hoards too many cats in her apartment... the American lobbyist who splashed blood-like grape juice on celebrities donning fur coats outside fashion conferences... or, the advocate who persistently philosophizes in his own world... We need to be 'steady' and banded in our continual work in animal welfare.
I am sure many of us 'started out' from somewhere; we began involved in the cause from a previous state of not knowing, of being uninformed or from plain ignorance. And true enough, we have been tagged as a bunch of emotional, irrational animal fanatics or animal lovers who have too much time on their hands to be caring for animals, when there are many humans who need help.
At this point in the night, I am reminded of what a pal told me that as educated, informed activists, we need to be banded together and demonstrate to society at large that we aren't a bunch of animal fanatics but individuals moved to do something that has its value.
From rehoming, interacting with prospective adopters to speaking to the public on animal welfare messages to lobbying the government to change laws to coordinating with volunteers to helping out senior stray feeders to learning from the vet... we need to be level headed in dealing with myriad crowds, calm spirited in handling the operations of our work. To a large extent, we have to manage expectations and handle EQs across various levels and personalities.
With tact.
A quivering heart of compassion needs to be complemented by a firm mind.
Let us thus fulfill our joy by "being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind."
For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.
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Current Hope List
1. A good family who is patient and willing to socialise Cho Cho and welcome her into a loving permanent home. Saved from the death-row of culling, she is awaiting her second chance in life: http://projectjk.blogspot.com/2009/02/this-post-is-dedicated.html
Thank you for being their Guardians
Jonah - one of 8 rescued from constant abuse, accidents and threats of culling on the streets. A sweet boy with a gentle, loving soul. With your very kind support, Jonah and his brothers have each found a Guardian who sponsors their boarding at the shelter till a good family comes for them. Keep Jonah and his brothers in mind when you're ready for a faithful family friend. Meet our 8 here : http://projectjk.blogspot.com/2008/11/you-can-be-their-guardian.html
Donate Towards A Needy Animal
Guardians for Junior & Ginne
Junior and Ginne were heartlessly abandoned by their owners, who unfortunately could not be charged with pet abandonment due to lack of needed evidence. It is nothing short of a miracle that they were found 7 days later around the vicinity where they were discarded.
Be their Guardian as they now safely live at a dog shelter while awaiting their permanent home. To sponsor Junior or Ginne's monthly boarding fee, please email us. Thank you.
Be their Guardian as they now safely live at a dog shelter while awaiting their permanent home. To sponsor Junior or Ginne's monthly boarding fee, please email us. Thank you.
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3 comments:
Hi there,
I hear you well, but I have yet seen any concrete move by the major animal welfare group to work as more cohesive unit. As an outsider, I often get the impression that various groups have their own agenda (not for the animals) and are driven by their ego instead of the greater good as a whole.
Its a sad situation, because only be consolidating as a single cohesive unit can the animal welfare good achieve greater heights as a strong lobbying force and perhaps finally get HDB to reconsider their policies on pets finally.
But who will make the first move? Who will risk even the idea of going up against the govt or being political? Who will risk their groups being shutdown and disfavoured by the govt? Its a catch-22 situation.
Civil groups are afraid to upset the govt and risk their own sanity but yet its the ability to engage and even criticise the govt that will path the way for animal welfare groups in the future.
The ball is always on your court, when will one take up this challenge, from words to action?
Loveshapes...
to the project jk team - wat u people are doing is highly commendable. a lot of us profess to love animals and talk alot but how many of us actually go out there and help these poor animals??so people out there, pls encourage them and donate towards this cause if you can. if you can't, just keep quiet. it's the least u can do.
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