Guest guest Posted August 27, 2002 Report Share Posted August 27, 2002 New Straits Times » NewsBreak SPCA stops catching, putting to sleep animals Noor Adzman Baharuddin PENANG, Aug 20: The SPCA (Penang branch) will no longer help the two local authorities here to " catch and kill " stray dogs and cats, its chairman, Dr Choong Sim Phoey said today. He said the system of " catching and killing " abandoned pets has failed to check the number of stray animals in the State. " Despite helping the two local authorities, the number of stray animals has increased over the past two years, " he said. Each year, the society helps the Penang Island and Seberang Perai municipal councils to catch between 8,000 and 10,000 stray dogs and cats. About 98 per cent of the stray animals, mostly dogs, are put to sleep since very few people want to adopt them. Checks showed a majority of the stray animals were abandoned by their owners. Dr Choong said his members also felt strongly against putting the abandoned pets to sleep. " So, we have decided to stop helping the councils and suggested to them to act tougher on errant pet owners since they are also contributing to the problem, " he said. He said one way to check against the rising number of stray animals was to enforce spaying or neutering for all pets. By removing their pets' ability to reproduce, he said, the owners could also help check against the rising number of stray animals. He said the council could keep tabs on pet owners and their pets by tagging special microchips, about the size of a rice grain, on the pets' ears. He also suggested a differential licensing system be introduced to encourage pet owners to spay or neuter their pets. Under the system, those who spay or neuter their pets need only to pay RM10 for the annual pet license while those who do not, will have to pay RM50 for it. Dr Choong said the system, practised in Singapore and many parts of the West, have proven effective to check against stray animals. _______________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 27, 2002 Report Share Posted August 27, 2002 - " yitze ling " <yitzeling <aapn > Tuesday, August 27, 2002 3:11 PM (MY) latest proposed move by Penang SPCA. > > New Straits Times » NewsBreak > SPCA stops catching, putting to sleep animals > Noor Adzman Baharuddin > > PENANG, Aug 20: The SPCA (Penang branch) will no longer help the two local > authorities here to " catch and kill " stray dogs and cats, its chairman, Dr > Choong Sim Phoey said today. > > He said the system of " catching and killing " abandoned pets has failed to > check the number of stray animals in the State. > > " Despite helping the two local authorities, the number of stray animals has > increased over the past two years, " he said. > > Each year, the society helps the Penang Island and Seberang Perai municipal > councils to catch between 8,000 and 10,000 stray dogs and cats. > > About 98 per cent of the stray animals, mostly dogs, are put to sleep since > very few people want to adopt them. > > Checks showed a majority of the stray animals were abandoned by their > owners. > > Dr Choong said his members also felt strongly against putting the abandoned > pets to sleep. > > " So, we have decided to stop helping the councils and suggested to them to > act tougher on errant pet owners since they are also contributing to the > problem, " he said. > > He said one way to check against the rising number of stray animals was to > enforce spaying or neutering for all pets. > > By removing their pets' ability to reproduce, he said, the owners could also > help check against the rising number of stray animals. > > He said the council could keep tabs on pet owners and their pets by tagging > special microchips, about the size of a rice grain, on the pets' ears. > > He also suggested a differential licensing system be introduced to encourage > pet owners to spay or neuter their pets. > > Under the system, those who spay or neuter their pets need only to pay RM10 > for the annual pet license while those who do not, will have to pay RM50 for > it. > > Dr Choong said the system, practised in Singapore and many parts of the > West, have proven effective to check against stray animals. > > > > > _______________ > Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com > > > > For more information on Asian animal issues, please use the search feature on the AAPN website: http://www.aapn.org/ or search the list archives at: aapn > Please feel free to send any relevant news or comments to the list at aapn > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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