(LK) ABC KANDY

[Guest guest]

Seven days after the notice was given we were prepared for the worst, but

fortunately nothing happened, they didn't come to evict us... probably the

police informed them about our entry and they decided to wait until an inquiry

is being held. So for the moment we are a bit relaxed, but have to be careful

with the number of dogs we take in because the danger may not yet be over. The

story behind this: when the Municipality handed over the dog-pound to be

transformed into a ABC center, we were allowed to use the adjoining building

also, which was an empty hall, originally build to be used as a slaughter-house,

but due to resistance from a closeby temple the slaughter-house was never

shifted to its new building. Since the dog-pound has space only for 20 dogs (max

30), this empty hall came handy because we are bound to take in abandoned

puppies and grown up dogs, which cannot be returned to the place of capture for

various reasons... 60-80 dogs are usually being held in that hall, their kennels

are mostly portable cages, but they have no proper roofing to be used outside

and some dogs stay behind partionings, which we fixed inside the hall. In our

legal battle to save the Kandy dogs from being killed (see www.sofakandy.org),

we won a court-order, which protects us from being evicted from the dog-pound,

but suddenly Dr.Jayasinghe must have thought, that the proposed slaughter-house

is not really part of the dog-pound and therefore he could ask us to vacate it.

 

It's odd, that we are voluntarly doing their duty without receiving the

slightest support... on the contrary being always obstructed. What an

upside-down world we live in!