Sunday, July 1, 2007
jus some comments
hey guys I know everyone's passionate abt animals but do consider that fostering/sponsoring animals need long term commitment and financial responsibilites . We should ask ourselves whether it's sustainable as we are all still students and not working adults where we have monthly incomes.
Moreover, moving from place to place every few days or weeks puts great anxiety on the animal as well. The animal may not be able to adapt to the contant change of environment and may end up not eating, hence affecting its general well being.
As I have been volunterring at spca for two years now, I would like to correct some misconceptions you may have on spca. it tries to save every animal to the best of its effort but the sheer numbers of unwanted animals is not helping the situation. it keeps animals which are in good health and possess good temperment as long as possible till they are adopted. Most importantly, there are vets in spca who will assess the animals' health and does not put animals to sleep unnecessarily but only when being forced to, i.e. due to illness, old age or some contagious disease.
I would think the onus is on Mr Cohen to decide how best to deal with the unwanted animals at M&Ms as we cannot possibly be adopting each and every animal which comes across to us as being pitiful.
We should, as a class, consider educating the public that having a pet is a long term commitment - as only through responsible pet ownership can the increasing numbers of unwanted pets in Singapore be effectively reduced.
Posted by dizzzy at 5:57 PM
