First Pigs, Now Dogs! We're Going Down The Halal Path Alright
First Pigs, Now Dogs! We're Going Down The Halal Path Alright
A Malaysian town won't let sleeping dogs lie on its streets anymore.
Officials launched a competition earlier this week offering cash and other prizes to people who catch stray dogs in the town of Selayang in central Selangor state, but animal welfare activists say the town council is barking up the wrong tree.
"We find it so distasteful. It makes (dog-catching) into a very fun thing, like fox-hunting," Christine Chin, head of the Selangor chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said Thursday. The plan could backfire because people might hurt the dogs or be bitten while trying to catch them, Chin said.
Razif Zainol Abidin, an official of the Selayang Municipal Council, defended the program, in which the council pays 20 ringgit for each dog that is delivered alive by people to their local community associations. "We have received a lot of complaints regarding stray dogs," he said. "The amount of stray dogs is increasing."
The council will also spend a total of 39,000 ringgit to build playgrounds or other projects for the three community associations that catch the most dogs, with a minimum of 150 dogs each within six months, Razif said.
So far, no dogs have been caught through the competition, Razif added.
Chin said there were more effective ways to curb strays, including sterilizing dogs and punishing owners who abandon animals.
Animal rights activists have long accused city councils of endorsing cruelty to dogs, especially by catching strays using violent tactics that injure or kill the dogs.
Malaysia, a mostly Muslim country, has strict laws on dog ownership. Dogs are considered unclean in Islam, and most owners are from the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities. (International Herald Tribune)
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Labels: Cruelty., Intolerance, Majlis Mania.
First Pigs, Now Dogs! We're Going Down The Halal Path Alright
A Malaysian town won't let sleeping dogs lie on its streets anymore.
Officials launched a competition earlier this week offering cash and other prizes to people who catch stray dogs in the town of Selayang in central Selangor state, but animal welfare activists say the town council is barking up the wrong tree.
"We find it so distasteful. It makes (dog-catching) into a very fun thing, like fox-hunting," Christine Chin, head of the Selangor chapter of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, said Thursday. The plan could backfire because people might hurt the dogs or be bitten while trying to catch them, Chin said.
Razif Zainol Abidin, an official of the Selayang Municipal Council, defended the program, in which the council pays 20 ringgit for each dog that is delivered alive by people to their local community associations. "We have received a lot of complaints regarding stray dogs," he said. "The amount of stray dogs is increasing."
The council will also spend a total of 39,000 ringgit to build playgrounds or other projects for the three community associations that catch the most dogs, with a minimum of 150 dogs each within six months, Razif said.
So far, no dogs have been caught through the competition, Razif added.
Chin said there were more effective ways to curb strays, including sterilizing dogs and punishing owners who abandon animals.
Animal rights activists have long accused city councils of endorsing cruelty to dogs, especially by catching strays using violent tactics that injure or kill the dogs.
Malaysia, a mostly Muslim country, has strict laws on dog ownership. Dogs are considered unclean in Islam, and most owners are from the minority ethnic Chinese and Indian communities. (International Herald Tribune)
Image - Source
Labels: Cruelty., Intolerance, Majlis Mania.
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