Yesterday I visited my colleague's house to help her with some design work. Upon my arrival, her 4 lovely doggies greeted me with friendly bark. After I let them 'smell' me, all barks turned into wagging tails and friendly greetings. From their appearence, these creatures are well taken care. Judging from it, all pets are in their mature years. Maybe 7 or 8 years old. However, how surprise I was when I was informed that they are 13-14 years old. Rarely I meet a doggie that's more than 11 years old, and look younger than their age. That really please me. My pet passed away when she was 11 years old. I was devestated because I wasn't by her side when she took her last breath.
Many of us don't understand these GOD created creatures. People jump to conclusion whenever a dog barks. They label it as being a nuisance, dangerous, smelly, dirty and sometime feared. Dogs has feeling too. They need love and care, just like us. They are security to our property, guidance and eyes to the needy, search and rescue for the trap and lost, front-liners for bomb infested areas, healer to the sick and many more. They don't charge a penny. All they want is love and care from us. They have feelings too.
Yesterday scene was turn into sadness when I turned to page 2 in Stars newspaper this morning. A badly abused german shepherd 'Sheena' was being grossly neglected by Douglas, the owner. His reason? He is too busy with his personal matters and house moving. He dare to say, I quoted from the paper "The tick infestation was a small problem and there was enough food and water for the dog, which is already old and sickly anyway." The vet tried to save her but they had to out her to sleep to end its misery. To Douglas, if you were Sheena and she becomes you, how would you feel? What would you say if Sheena abuse you in such inhuman way?
Being in a country where animal rights and protection are almost nil, Douglas was only fine RM100. That's USD26.40 only!! It's like... ok, I'll pay you RM100 and I've the rights to torture my dog to death. Buying and pants or dress cost more than RM100. Eating in a restaurant or buyng a book cost more than that too. Is that how much a LIFE worth? A mare pathetic RM100?
The irony is we jail a person 3 years for shoplifting food because a sole breadwinner can't afford to buy milk powder and food for the children.
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