People who knows me knows that i’m obsessed with dogs. I would cry non-stop for 3 days if i saw something bad happened to a stray on the road. Heck, i would feel bad if i saw homeless dogs. So, you could imagine how upset i was upon finding out about the stray dogs in Pulau Ketam being captured and abandoned on a deserted island.
I mean look at the conditions of the dogs on the island. There’s no food on the island hence resorted to eating carcasses of other dogs – which died of starvation or contracted diseases.
Look at how bony they have become…
Worst is it was actually approved by the Klang Municipal Council :-
Outrage Over Klang Council Sanction In Marooning Strays
PULAU KETAM, Selangor, May 6 — The capture and dumping of stray dogs from Pulau Ketam to other islands were sanctioned and funded by Klang Municipal Council and councillors.
A total of 312 dogs were captured and transported to several islands between February 27 and March 12 and the council allegedly paid for each capture while a councillor used his allocations to transport the dogs to the islands.
Selangor executive councillor Elizabeth Wong today told The Malaysian Insider she was outraged at the action of the council.
“I have received information that money came from the municipal council for each dog captured.”
Wong said she had brought the matter up with her executive council colleague Ronnie Liu who is in charge of local councils on Monday and had urged him to investigate the case.
She added that the islands off Pulau Ketam are reserves and the culprits had committed an offence in dumping the dogs there
You know, i could fully understand that the number of dogs at Pulau Ketam desperately needs to be controlled. But not this way. It’s too cruel. They could easily captured the dogs and put them to sleep humanely rather than throw throw them on an island to die. What were they thinking?!
However, i am very happy that many had voiced up their concern and made an effort to help. I’m proud that many of those who offered help (volunteers or donations) are Muslims too. It shows that there is hope in this world and that there are people who cares.
I hope more will come forward to support the rescue mission or to support the Furry Friend Farm with monetary donations.
* To contribute or help, e-mail TV Smith at tvsmith@mycen.com.my or Sabrina Yeap at yeapwen@yahoo.com or
*Send contributions to Furry Friends Farm CIMB 1457-000-1182-05-6 (Current Account)
*For online interbank transfer, if it prompts for Recipient ID/Business Reg: Just type in 5766
Contributors from abroad (and Malaysia) can also send by PayPal to tvsmith@gmail.com
Please retain transaction record / slip for verification and audit purposes.(The Rescue Mission Secretariat at +6012 378 3730 (Janet) or +6012 320 8090 (Zalina)
The Sec’s E-mail is dogrescue.pk@gmail.com (see updates page for info – *CLICK HERE*))
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A simple step could make so much difference :).
