jbrais
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Mar 19, 2004, 4:54 PM
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DBKK: LICENSE TO KILL
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It is with great sadness that I bring to your attention a serious problem with DBKK (City Hall Kota Kinabalu). On March 06 2004, my licensed puppy, Max, was shot and killed by DBKK. The DBKK report said that the shooting was at long range and that Max was shot for being aggressive to the officer. It is unclear how a dog shot at long range can aggressively threaten an officer. Max, only eight months old, was wearing his collar and license tag at the time. No effort was made to contact me regarding the incident and my beloved Max was hauled to the city garbage dump and buried in trash. Max escaped the property through a gate mistakenly left unlocked. He apparently went to the local community center following a group of dogs and was killed within hours as I looked for him. Max was gentle and friendly and was most likely running for home at the time of the shooting. There is no reason to dangerously fire rifles in such a densely populated community as Luyang. This is a barbaric and uncivilized practice and should be an embarrassment to the people of Malaysia. Are these government officials so ineffective that they cannot even catch a puppy? If so, what of important matters of state? It would be more humane and safer for DBKK to use tranquilizer darts if an animal must be subdued. There should also be a suitable compound for holding lost or stray dogs which conforms to accepted international standards. Pet owners pay a license fee. That fee should go toward something other than shooting pets. This too common practice of shooting rather than catching animals also appears to be a departure from what Dr Chua Kim Hing said in the newspaper (Daily Express, 31 December 2003) regarding the city's official dog catching policy of holding an animal for 48 hours before destruction. Official policies look good on paper, but the truth is that harmless animals are being slaughtered daily for the sport or convenience of DBKK. Upon inquiring at the city dump, I learned that many people go there to find their lost dogs. Surely, there must be some way to stop this pattern of cruelty. Any thoughts or efforts you can share in this matter will be deeply appreciated. “Life is life -- whether in a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference there between a cat or man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage...” ~ Sri Aurobindo Ghosh ~
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