SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT AGAINST KILLING OF DOGS

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

10 days ago we informed you about our last date in courts and we were very

confident, that the proposed settlement will come true very soon and once and

for all the dogs will be safe. At first we wanted to make an appointment with

the new Mayor immediately, but our lawyer said, that we should wait for them to

approach us because they had asked for the settlement. In the meantime we have a

doubt, whether they are seriosly intrested in a settlement or whether they just

want to win time. What they hope to achieve by a further delay I'm not sure.

Two days ago our new President has made a statement, asking the local

authorities not to kill dogs. Sometimes such statement are not very reliable,

but if they will be followed up by actual steps, change of laws and allocation

of funds for humane alternatives, this is a real step forward, this time not

only for Kandy, but for the whole island. However we are getting our draft for a

MOU ready and hope that we can find the funds to continue our programme and

stabilise the dog-population in Kandy. We are grateful for every contribution.

 

SAVE OUR FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

Let us hope that this satement by the new President is followed up by

legislative change.

 

We were all expecting this a year ago when the Health Minister announced at

a press

conference at Colombo that new laws would be brought in but nothing has

happened so far.

 

All concerned about the dogs must get together and make a unified demand to

see that

Sri Lanka finally stops the killing of dogs in a useless effort to control

street dog numbers and rabies.

Only an aggressive spay-vaccinate-and-return programme can do this.

Best of luck with your campaign.

 

S. Chinny Krishna

Padma [padmaeva]

Tuesday, May 09, 2006 11:24 PM

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SRI LANKAN PRESIDENT AGAINST KILLING OF DOGS

 

 

Dear Friends,

 

10 days ago we informed you about our last date in courts and we were very

confident, that the proposed settlement will come true very soon and once

and for all the dogs will be safe. At first we wanted to make an appointment

with the new Mayor immediately, but our lawyer said, that we should wait for

them to approach us because they had asked for the settlement. In the

meantime we have a doubt, whether they are seriosly intrested in a

settlement or whether they just want to win time. What they hope to achieve

by a further delay I'm not sure. Two days ago our new President has made a

statement, asking the local authorities not to kill dogs. Sometimes such

statement are not very reliable, but if they will be followed up by actual

steps, change of laws and allocation of funds for humane alternatives, this

is a real step forward, this time not only for Kandy, but for the whole

island. However we are getting our draft for a MOU ready and hope that we

can find the funds to continue our programme and stabilise the

dog-population in Kandy. We are grateful for every contribution.

 

SAVE OUR FRIENDS ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

What wonderful news. Keep up the pressure and your good work.

 

Liz

OAARS

 

Padma <padmaeva wrote:

Dear Friends,

 

10 days ago we informed you about our last date in courts and we were very

confident, that the proposed settlement will come true very soon and once and

for all the dogs will be safe. At first we wanted to make an appointment with

the new Mayor immediately, but our lawyer said, that we should wait for them to

approach us because they had asked for the settlement. In the meantime we have a

doubt, whether they are seriosly intrested in a settlement or whether they just

want to win time. What they hope to achieve by a further delay I'm not sure.

Two days ago our new President has made a statement, asking the local

authorities not to kill dogs. Sometimes such statement are not very reliable,

but if they will be followed up by actual steps, change of laws and allocation

of funds for humane alternatives, this is a real step forward, this time not

only for Kandy, but for the whole island. However we are getting our draft for a

MOU ready and hope that we can find the funds to

continue our programme and stabilise the dog-population in Kandy. We are

grateful for every contribution.

 

SAVE OUR FRIENDS ASSOCIATION