Photo – SAV

Celebrate Shelter Pets Day – 5 reasons to adopt pets from animal shelters.

Celebrate Shelter Pets Day: 5 reasons to adopt pets from animal shelters – Hindustan Times

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Instead of killing stray dogs, the authorities should build animal shelters

Read the article via this link:

Saving animals | Shehr | thenews.com.pk

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In relation to my stray animal campaigning work in the Balkans, I have always argued that current money spent killing strays should instead be put into NO KILL sterilisation and vaccination / health check issues for all strays By sterilisation, over a period of short time, you will see stray numbers REDUCING, not increasing.

Rounding up and killing strays is a very good but very ineffective way for authorities to present the image to0 the public of them ‘doing something’; when in fact they are killing and killing, but not seriously addressing the real issue as it should be addressed.

Strays are homeless animals, NOT wild animals !

 

Further update – above I talk about work for stray animals in the Balkans.

In 2005 I founded ‘Serbian Animals Voice’ (SAV) and with the support of some Serbian activists, we took on the Serbian government on the issue of stray animal management.

I am giving a link to the old SAV site which I have now closed down but which is still around for archive review purposes.  With  this past, I feel confident that I am in a position to add my voice to positives for stray animal protection and numbers reduction through No Kill sterilisation.

Also below I am showing a few photographs from the site which shows how strays are abused and mistreated by the Serbian authorities.  On the (archive) left of the site, you can gain access to all the work that we attempted in defending the rights of stray animals in https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2016/08/Serbia.

I hope you find it interesting;

Stray animals are homeless, and in need of help; they are not wild animals !

Regards Mark

Link:

About Serbian animals – About Serbian Animals. | Serbian Animals Voice (SAV)

Photographs from Serbia:

Above and below – strays are rounded up for killing by ‘Shinter’ (dogcatcher) teams

Above – Dogs captured and to be ‘taken away’ for slaughter, rather than ‘No kill sterilisation’ as we campaigned for.

Below – If you do not want to attract strays to ‘your patch’, then you do not leave your refuse dumps in this condition !

and that includes also dead pigs which are just dumped near the highway;

Images – SAV (Mark)

Article link (SAV):

https://serbiananimalsvoice.com/2011/12/11/serbia-dead-farm-animal-bodies-just-dumped-near-the-highway-a-perfect-food-source-for-stray-animals-a-perfect-method-of-spreading-disease-and-a-perfect-way-for-corrupt-politicians-to-keep-catchin/

I am a homeless stray, I live any way I can to survive; I need proper help but ………………………………………

The Head of the Prime Minister’s Strategic Reforms Unit, Salman Sufi, announced that the development of the Animal Rights curriculum, which will be taught in schools in the federal capital, is almost complete.

His tweet read: “As part of PM Shehbaz [Sharif’s] Animal welfare reforms, Chapters on Animal rights in curriculum are in final stages of composition”.

He added that he had also had detailed consultations with over 40 academics, the Ministry of Education, the curriculum board, and animal rights volunteers in this regard.

He had stated in September that the course will be introduced in the syllabi of Grades 5 and above at both private and government schools in the federal capital by the end of October.

Sufi also mentioned that the government is working with international organizations and local activists for this project that will educate students about pets, stray animals, and exotic pets.

Detailing the layout of the course, Sufi had said,

Animal rights activists will visit schools and teach children about keeping pets. They will tell kids that pets cannot just be kept for fun, and make them realize that animals are a responsibility.

He added,

They need to understand that you can’t throw stones at stray dogs. That it is better to neuter these animals. That even Islam teaches us to respect every living being and emphasizes how animals should be protected.

Furthermore, the course content will also include the dangers of keeping exotic animals at home.

“We will tell children that if they can afford these wild animals, it is absolutely unfair to keep them at home and that importing exotic animals is a big no,” Sufi said.

The premier’s aide had also previously explained that the course on Animal Welfare will have co-curricular sessions, and after it is launched in Islamabad, the authorities will push for the provincial governments to follow suit.

Regards Mark

A First Look at Animal Rights Course Content for Schools in Islamabad (propakistani.pk)