Guest guest Posted November 5, 2006 Report Share Posted November 5, 2006 From the Beijing Human and Animal Environmental Education Center site: Event of Pushing Forward Animal Welfare Legislation On October 28, 2006, Beijing Human and Animal Environmental Education Center organized an event with the topic of " Adding to the prestige of the 2008 Olympic Games by pushing forward the animal protection legislation " . The event aims at promoting the process of animal welfare legislation and calling on the elevation of people's concept of feeding companion animals in a more civilized way. Participants include the environmental and animal protection societies from over 20 universities in Beijing, " Roots and Shoots " clubs of WAB (Western Academy of Beijing) and ISB (International School of Beijing), the volunteers, and the elites of varied sectors who are concerned with animal protection. Mdm Zhang Luping, the founder of the BHAEEC, delivered a speech expressing her concerns of the current status of animals' living conditions in China and her comments on the outbreak of the rabies. She suggest the government to promulgate an animal welfare law to manage the animals and the pet owners in a scientific way. The representatives of the participants also delivered speeches on the issue and expressed their wish for the legislation. http://www.animalschina.org/web/News/20061030904.htm ..................... BHAEEC Needs Your Support! As you may already know, BHAEEC has faced great difficulties since early this year, after Mars Inc. stopped its sponsor of animal food to the center. This problem has not been solved yet, and we have to purchase the food for over 600 animals, with the limited support from our volunteers and the people who love animals. In July, the center has been confronted with another big problem. Many staff of the center have left recently due to the heavy workload in summer. The center is located in the remote suburb, and the daily work is very boring and tiring, which results in a very limited resource of staff recruitment. Every year, Mdm Zhang Luping has to travel to the countryside of many provinces looking for the people who are willing to work at the center. Staff turnover rate has been very high since the very beginning of the establishment of BHAEEC. The current situation is that there are only 5 staff in total taking care of over 600 animals. Zhang Luping herself has to stop every other thing and stay at the center working together with all the staff. However, nobody knows who will be the next one to leave, and when he/she will go. It's now the most difficult time for the center. We would highly appreciate it if you could offer a hand and provide support in any way. We set out below what we need from you, just for your kind reference. 1.dog food and cat food; 2.more volunteers who are willing to take any kind of the work for the center, e.g. wash the animals, weeding, feeding the animals, cleaning the dog/cat compounds, etc.; 3.adopting an animal from the center; 4.sponsoring an animal from the center; 5.introducing the BHAEEC to your friends and, if possible, the enterprises who might be interested in sponsoring; 6.Any other things that can help BHAEEC. We take this opportunity to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has supported us, and we will try our best to continue our cause, to rescue the discarded and abused companion animals, and to push forward the realization of animal protection legislation in China. http://www.animalschina.org/web/News/20060803804.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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