It was back in April when I came upon this event, "Charity Run" organized by SPCA Penang to raise fund for spaying and neutering in George Town, Penang's Facebook Page. You may view the link here.
I remember back then when I first saw the ad, I was feeling skeptical. Note that the objectives stated in the posting was:-
a. To raise money for the SPCA in particular to spay and neuter strays to reduce the population
of unwanted / stray animals.
b. To create awareness of "Animal Day" with the aim of getting the programme endorsed as anannual state project.
c. To reduce the number of stray dogs that will benefit tourism and public safety
Feeling doubtful myself, I have posted a comment on the posting stating:-
I hope SPCA Penang will utilize the funds to spay strays on the streets instead of purely spaying those dogs in the shelter. If the shelter could not accomodate that many dogs, as they always state, spay those on the streets and it will help control the population of strays. Rescuers are struggling here to fork out money to pay for the spaying of dogs on the streets and later on to be shot down by the council. And what's the point of spaying those in the shelter and later on euthanizing them.
As seen from the posting, someone by the name of Yvonne Russell has responded to my comment positively, assuring me that the funds collected will be utilized to help the strays:-
Yvonne Russell @ellen the main aim of this run is to generate funds to spay/neuter strays. our shelter is always full. this project will help to reduce the population of strays
From her reply, referring SPCA Penang as "our shelter", I would assumed that she is a volunteer or even a committee member of the organization? And so, I decided to keep an open mind and look forward to how SPCA Penang is going to implement the upcoming Spay & Neuter Project.
Anyway, 2 months down the road, we are slapped with the news, "Spaying vouchers for pets". Since when a good cause for the strays become the benefits for home pets? I, personally have nothing against good benefits given to pet owners but priority SHOULD be given to street animals IF as what they claimed, the main purpose IS to control the over population of strays and create a stray free Penang.
I, as the citizen of Penang felt deeply betrayed and cheated. With such a huge sum collected (RM70,000), it can be used to help a large amount of strays. Instead of making a move to sterilize strays on the streets, these people decided to lay back and wait for people to walk in with all kinds of documents to apply for one single sterilization voucher. And by end of the day, it is to spay a home pet while the number of strays continue to multiply on the streets at every minute. This is totally ABSURB! DO NOT waste the public's fund by just sponsoring sterilization fund for home pets. This is not fair and will not help in reducing the population of strays. Think again, it is those strays outside on the streets that need spaying the most.
Last but not least, I wish to call for all people to boycott Gills Vet. It is totally irresposible of Dr. Gurdev to stop people from feeding the strays, quoting that “This will reduce the chances of strays mating”. So, has the initial plan to sterilize strays been changed to starving the strays to death in attempt to reduce the over population of strays? If this is what he meant, he is not even fit to be a vet!
People, if you are like me, having the thought that what SPCA Penang doing is not right, write to them stating your thoughts and opinions. Tell them what you think of their actions. Make your voice heard. These people have proven that they are not capable of caring for the animals.
Email can be sent to:-
spca4060@streamyx.com
Gillsvet@gmail.com
cc: layeanatkinson@hotmail.com
Last but not least, I wish to call for all people to boycott Gills Vet. It is totally irresposible of Dr. Gurdev to stop people from feeding the strays, quoting that “This will reduce the chances of strays mating”. So, has the initial plan to sterilize strays been changed to starving the strays to death in attempt to reduce the over population of strays? If this is what he meant, he is not even fit to be a vet!
People, if you are like me, having the thought that what SPCA Penang doing is not right, write to them stating your thoughts and opinions. Tell them what you think of their actions. Make your voice heard. These people have proven that they are not capable of caring for the animals.
Email can be sent to:-
spca4060@streamyx.com
Gillsvet@gmail.com
cc: layeanatkinson@hotmail.com
Alternatively, you may visit SPCA Penang's Facebook Page here and comment on their page what you think about the article, Spaying vouchers for pets!
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