FREE MONEY!!!!!

I received an sms from a close friend of mine a few days ago asking me to sign a SPCA petition. I was shocked and then appalled that the signatories on the petititon have not reached SPCA's target of 100,000 people. They need the petititon to be signed because owners that treat their animals terribly are not being punished adequately. RM 100 will not bring back that animal's life. The reason i started this blog roughly 6 months ago was BECAUSE of this plight. Now i'm just angry. Pissed off because when there's a fucking sale in MNG or IKEA..half the fucking country is there in two shakes of a tail but when it involves something less glamorous or seemingly inconsequential to our lives, we choose to forget, we choose to be lazy, we choose to close ourselves off to it.

So this is my new plan. THE FIRST 20 PEOPLE EACH MONTH TO SIGN THAT PETITION AND TELL 5 MORE PEOPLE ABOUT THE PETITION WILL GET RM 10 FROM ME. SIMPLE RIGHT?DO IT. GO TO www.spca.org.my AND SIGN NOW. PRINT OUT THE FORM AND EMAIL IT TO ME BY THE 30TH OF MARCH WITH YOUR NAME AND PHONE NUMBER AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE MONEY IF YOU'RE ONE OF THE FIRST 20 PEOPLE. THIS IS NOT A JOKE. SIGN, PRINT AND YOU GET FREE MONEY. MEANWHILE, READ STORY BELOW.
Born seven years ago, Sheena was a beautiful German Shepherd who died in August this year. The hope and happiness of a puppy were dashed when Sheena ended up in the hands of a cruel owner.

The photos below are of Sheena in the last days of her life. These photos splashed across the national newspapers with her ribs sticking out and stomache bloated sitting by her rusty bowl of contaminated water broke hearts all across the country. Her owner, an engineer from Subang Jaya had kept her tied up and starving.





Based on the post-mortem report, Sheena was infected with ticks. She also suffered brittle bones due to malnutrition from young and the malfunction of all her major organs causing water retention which resulted in a bloated abdomen, empty bladder and stomach.

According to newspaper reports, a neighbour had trice telephoned the Selangor Veterinary Department, but nobody went to save the dog. Finally, she called the SPCA and they rushed to the scene to find her still tied and sleeping in her own faeces.

The rescue came too late. Sheena had to be put down on August 18, 2005. The post-mortem revealed that she had suffered neglect for years.

Ironically, it is likely that Sheena, the very same dog starved by her owner, would still lick his hand today if she were alive.

Reports that came in just days after Sheena’s story broke

Soon after Sheena’s ordeal was highlighted in the Press, the Star carried on its front page, the story of a Malayan Tiger that was butchered into four pieces. The perpetrator was apprehended and brought before the court, but set free after he paid a RM7,000 fine. The parts could easily fetch much more on the market than the fine he had paid.

And only days later, another story appeared in the Star of a breeder who kept his cats in such deplorable conditions that even the published photographs of one cat did not look like a cat at all.


Why we should remember her?

Sheena stands for all the abused and neglected pets in Malaysia. The 21st century has seen an increase in reported abuse of domestic animals. Many of these pets are returned to their owners after the case is investigated, and prosecution takes place. The Animal Ordinance 1953 has a maximum of RM200 fine and/or 6 months imprisonment as penalty for abusing an animal. In Sheena’s case, her owner admitted guilt, and was fined RM100, not even a quarter of the price of a German Shepherd puppy, and definitely not even close to the price of her precious life. Sheena must be remembered, so that other animals won’t suffer.

For every animal SPCA rescues, there are many more out there who are still waiting to see the light of day. The only way forward now is to educate people on how to treat animals.

Please do not think that this cruelty will end with the animals. When we allow an environment which is conducive for abusive pet owners to breed, we can rest assured there will be other social problems that will arise along with animal cruelty.

So please help us give a voice to the voiceless.