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Dear Anita,

 

initiated by Kim Cooling and strongly supported by Champa Fernando we had quite

a good letter-campaign in August, but when I phoned Dr.Jayasinghe in September

he told me what he was planning to answer all the people, who wrote to him and

from that I understood, that we are wasting our time by talking or writing to

him, I did not call him after that either. Inquiring from some, who had written

to him, it seems he did not reply at all, neither did the Health Minister.

 

Just to give you an idea how things work here: Marisa de Silva, a journalist,

had inquired from the Health Ministry what are the plans about changing to

humane methods, she was told, that a circular had been sent to all the local

authorities, that they should stop killing dogs until the new law is passed by

the parliament. When Marisa inquired from the local authorities in Colombo and

Kandy, they said that they have not received such a circular and they would have

to go anyway by the old law. The article she wrote about the new policies she

gave the title: only bark, no bite... very true. How true we just saw today once

again: even our legal systems only bark, but do not bite and so Dr. Jayasinghe

now seems to feel confident, that nothing serious will happen to him even if he

continues to kill. He does it at night right now, anyhow someone saw it and so I

phoned our lawyer to inform him, that this time we have a witness, but he said

we can only report it to the court at our next date, which is mid February. If

that is true, what's the point of having all these judges and lawyers? Anyone

can do what he likes anyway and the cases are dragging on for months and years.

Then we phoned the Governor of the Province to ask him to intervene, hopefully

we will have a meeting with him day after tomorrow, that's the earliest date we

can get.

 

It's amazing, that you and so many others from far away are keen to help, while

here hardly anyone cares and even those, who care, they ask us to do something,

but do not want to get involved.

 

Anyway coming back to your question: what can you do from where you are?

 

More than another letter-campaign or a petition, I think it would be usefull if

you could help to spread the word about what is happening here to all the other

mailing-lists and if you would write to the local media as well as to

international magazines about animal-welfare and animal-rights. I will attach

the necessary background-informations to this mail and update them whenever

necessary.

 

These are the e-mail-addresses of the local newspapers:

 

prabath

editor

editor

editor

 

Thanks by the way for the list of websites... one I will visit immediately: dogs

need love... how true.

 

Regards

 

Padma

 

 

 

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" felicia anita " <facobasten1984

" Padma " <padmaeva

Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:51 AM

Re: SRI LANKA - HOPES AND FEARS

 

 

btw, for any cases posted here is there anything a

reader from abroad can do? signing a petition maybe?

its kinda have a certain preassure at least for me to

read such a horrible things happens, n i hope i can do

sumthing....from far far away.....thanks,

anita

 

 

visit :

www.wspa.org.uk

http://www.dogs-need-love.com/

http://www.yamp.com/balidogs/index.htm

http://www.petitionthem.com

http://www.goveg.com/

www.rspca.org.uk