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: Amierul Shabir Bin Hariri : 62283211055 :921101-08-5741

Since 4th October is the World Animal Day, so this journal is going to be all about animal, specifically animal cruelty. Countless newborn or weeks-old puppies and kittens dumped in drains and parks,

that had died in the cold of the night, stray dogs with rusty thin wires embedded in infected wound hooped around their necks by dog catchers.
I have stopped thinking that a particular case is the worst as I know another is just around the corner. I have stopped being shocked at the cruelty human beings can inflict upon a helpless animal, she says. A dog, no matter how badly it has been treated, would still wag its tail and look at us with trusting eyes. When I have to euthanise an animal that is suffering, it will quietly follow me into the operating room, wagging its tail. An assistant holds up its front legs and Id quickly insert a needle into a muscle. Its an overdose of anaesthesia, so its like flipping a switch and the dog just goes to sleep and never wakes up. Some cases of animal cruelty in Malaysia made headlines as far as America and Europe because they were so appalling. Some of the cases which brought the country into the spotlight for all the wrong reason is the horror pet hotel case. Over 300 cats boarded at Petknode in Damansara Damai, Selangor, during the recent Hari Raya holidays were neglected, leading to the death of 13 cats. The pet owners returned to find that their cats were left to starve in their cages, and covered in their own waste. The case has yet to be prosecuted as the pet hotel owners have run away Next is the cat killer case where A 21-year-old woman was caught on video prodding three stray kittens with an umbrella and stomping them to death in a backlane. The video went viral and the woman was identified as Chow Xiao Wei, dubbed the Kitten Killer of Serdang, Selangor. Chow cited mental distress from family problems and apologised publicly after she was fined RM400. There is also an incident where In May, some 50 stray dogs in Bahau, Negri Sembilan, were shot on the streets by enforcement officers in an operation initiated by the Jempol district office, despite a clear directive from Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) director-general Datuk Dr Abdul Aziz Jamaluddin to use only nets, tranquilisers, loops and strainers to catch strays. Local councils have conducted countless culling exercises in other states. Many of the dogs died slow, painful deaths, as the workers are untrained. Also in May, Batu Pahat Municipal Council workers were caught on video dragging a stray dog across the street and administering an injection on it. The dog was yelping in pain for more than five minutes before the second injection was given. Later in the same month, Central Johor Baru Municipal Council

workers shot landscape supervisor Tan Sek Khangs unlicensed dog on the street as it followed him and his son to school. The dog ran back to Tans house but the workers chased after it and dragged it from the garden onto the street where they shot it a second time. All the cases stated is just a few that is reported by witnesses. Thousands if not hundreds case of animal abuse has still not been reported. Animal despite unable to think as good as human , animals have feelings. Last year, 663 cases of abuse were reported from all over the country, including cases of zoo animals that were referred to the Wildlife Department. Petaling Jaya tops the list at 75 cases. Local councils have also come under fire for their inhumane ways of catching and killing strays when vets should have been called upon to euthanise the animals. Many strays died agonising deaths in the hands of these dog catchers, who are untrained and unqualified to carry out euthanasia. Not a single case has ever made it to court.