Extend and enforce the Animal Act Law 1953 to end Animal Cruelty in Sabah
- by: Advocates against Animal Cruelty in Sabah, Malaysia.
- recipient: The Chief Minister - Sabah State Government
ATTENTION :
YAB DATUK MUSA HAJI AMAN - CHIEF MINISTER,
SABAH STATE GOVERNMENT
5, February 2012
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated” – Mahatma Gandhi.
"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard the animals" – Anonymous
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Each year thousands of animals in Sabah have become victims of animal cruelty, whether it’s by:
1. Neglect (Ignorance or by purpose)
2. Forced Fighting (Illegal gambling)
3. Illegal Trade / selling in weekend / open market / pet shops (without permit)
4. Abused by public
These animals often cried in silence and died in horrible manner imaginable.
These animals can be in a form of:
1. House pets (cats, dogs, rabbits, etc)
2. Hobbyist pets (horses)
3. Agricultural stocks (cows, goat, chickens, etc)
4. Wildlife (tapir, elephants, tiger, rhinoceros, orang utan, monkey etc)
We now unanimously appeal, to the Sabah State Government to extend and enforce the Animal Act Law 1953 within the state. Todate, there is NO law to protect these animals in Sabah.
We feel that it is important for the government to encourage and inculcate compassion towards animals within the society especially the younger generation and to do that, continuous education and awareness on the Animal Welfare and the existence of Animal Act Law 1953 is strongly proposed to reduce and eventually prevent / stop animal cruelty of any form in the state.
So how does the Sabah State Government can help?
1. To set an exemplary as one of the State in Malaysia that does not support any kind of animal cruelty in the state. To extend the existing Animal Act Law 1953 to cover Sabah state as well.
2. To appeal to the Central Government of Malaysia to expedite the revision of the Animal Act Law 1953 as it has been pending for the longest time now. We are living in the millennium era and the law is already 59 years old! It’s not only old, some of the penalties were no longer effective to the public as it is too lenient. For example the penalty fee of a paltry sum of RM200, is affordable to many these days as opposed to penalize the offender no less than RM100,000. In other developed countries, this paltry sum is considered as pathetic!
3. To introduce and enforced harsher penalties to offenders. We propose a fine of no less than RM100,000, or no less than 7 years of jail with community work & constant education towards the animal’s welfare throughout the jail sentence, or both upon conviction. We believe that with harsher penalties, public will think twice when committing a crime. Unless they are mentally disturbed, then they should be dealt accordingly and be segregated away from public for the appropriate punishment and rehab.
4. To encourage and support the animal protection agencies, group as well as public to report and highlight any form of cruelties to the relevant authorities in Sabah, namely the Jabatan Haiwan and PDRM in Sabah to investigate and follow up on any reported cases of animal cruelty in order to act on the offender and to protect those who reported the case.
5. To prosecute the offender (with strong evidences, via visuals or testimonials) according to the existing and future revised Animal Act Law 1953.
6. To continuously enforce the Animal protection law by getting the relevant authorities to conduct random and regular visits to popular weekend / open markets & pet shops within the state to ensure no form of cruelty exist. To check on false documentation in regards to animals trade in the state.
7. To encourage local media in Sabah to continuously promote and run campaigns / efforts in collaboration with animal protection agencies / group & Jabatan Haiwan on Animal welfare awareness to the public.
8. To encourage and promote the education of Animal welfare awareness in both public and private schools (primary & secondary), as well as higher institutional of learning in Sabah.
9. To allocate an appropriate location (non-flooded area, accessible and sufficiently equipped with basic necessities, i.e: electricity and water sources) to build a proper shelter for strays (under the observation of Jabatan Haiwan, appointed Animal protection agency/group and the City Council).
10. To encourage and educate the City Council employees on the appropriate and humane ways of catching, confining, euthanizing strays (that are gravely ill and beyond help to prevent further pain / suffering). Employees caught committing cruelty or engaging third parties that engages cruelty to strays will be dealt severely according to the Animal Act Law 1953 (as per existing & revised).
With this appeal, we attach herewith the signatures in support of the above move via a petition for the Sabah State Government’s further action.
It is our sincere hope that the relevant parties will look into these appeals and act accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
ANIMAL FRIENDS UNITED (SABAH)
myanimalsfriends@gmail.com
http://www.animalsfriendsunited.blogspot.com
“The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated†– Mahatma Gandhi.
"The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard the animals" – Anonymous
================================================================================
Each year thousands of animals in Sabah have become victims of animal cruelty, whether it’s by:
1. Neglect (Ignorance or by purpose)
2. Forced Fighting (Illegal gambling)
3. Illegal Trade / selling in weekend / open market / pet shops (without permit)
4. Abused by public
These animals often cried in silence and died in horrible manner imaginable.
These animals can be in a form of:
1. House pets (cats, dogs, rabbits, etc)
2. Hobbyist pets (horses)
3. Agricultural stocks (cows, goat, chickens, etc)
4. Wildlife (tapir, elephants, tiger, rhinoceros, orang utan, monkey etc)
We now unanimously appeal, to the Sabah State Government to enforce the Animal Act Law 1953 within the state.
We feel that it is important for the government to encourage and inculcate compassion towards animals within the society especially the younger generation and to do that, continuous education and awareness on the Animal Welfare and the existence of Animal Act Law 1953 is strongly proposed to reduce and eventually prevent / stop animal cruelty of any form in the state.
So how does the Sabah State Government can help?
1. To set an exemplary as one of the State in Malaysia that does not support any kind of animal cruelty in the state.
2. To appeal to the Central Government to expedite the revision of the Animal Act Law 1953 as it has been pending for the longest time now. We are living in the millennium era and the law is already 59 years old! It’s not only old, some of the penalties were no longer effective to the public as it is too lenient. For example the penalty fee of a paltry sum of RM200, is affordable to many these days as opposed to penalize the offender no less than RM100,000. In other developed countries, this paltry sum is considered as pathetic!
3. To introduce and enforced harsher penalties to offenders. We propose a fine of no less than RM100,000, or no less than 7 years of jail with community work & constant education towards the animal’s welfare throughout the jail sentence, or both upon conviction. We believe that with harsher penalties, public will think twice when committing a crime. Unless they are mentally disturbed, then they should be dealt accordingly and be locked away for public safety for the appropriate rehab.
4. To encourage and support the animal protection agencies, group as well as public to report and highlight any form of cruelties to the relevant authorities in Sabah, namely the Jabatan Haiwan and PDRM in Sabah to investigate and follow up on any reported cases of animal cruelty in order to act on the offender and to protect those who reported the case.
5. To prosecute the offender (with strong evidences, via visuals or testimonials) according to the existing and future revised Animal Act Law 1953.
6. To continuously enforce the Animal protection law by getting the relevant authorities to conduct random and regular visits to popular weekend / open markets & pet shops within the state to ensure no form of cruelty exist. To check on false documentation in regards to animals trade in the state.
7. To encourage local media in Sabah to continuously promote and run campaigns / efforts in collaboration with animal protection agencies / group & Jabatan Haiwan on Animal welfare awareness to the public.
8. To encourage and promote the education of Animal welfare awareness in both public and private schools (primary & secondary), as well as higher institutional of learning in Sabah.
9. To allocate an appropriate location (non-flooded area, accessible and sufficiently equipped with basic necessities, i.e: electricity and water sources) to build a proper shelter for strays (under the observation of Jabatan Haiwan, appointed Animal protection agency/group and the City Council).
10. To encourage and educate the City Council employees on the appropriate and humane ways of catching, confining, euthanizing strays (that are gravely ill and beyond help to prevent further pain / suffering). Employees caught committing cruelty or engaging third parties that engages cruelty to strays will be dealt severely according to the Animal Act Law 1953 (as per existing & revised).
With this appeal, we attach herewith the signatures in support of the above move via a petition for the Sabah State Government’s further action.
It is our sincere hope that the relevant parties will look into these appeals and act accordingly.
Yours sincerely,
ANIMAL FRIENDS UNITED (SABAH)
myanimalsfriends@gmail.com
http://www.animalsfriendsunited.blogspot.com
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