00:00I would like to know about the actions related to animals, the cruelty to animals.
00:11Recently, on 12 November, I received a memorandum from the Global Human Rights Organization
00:21together with the Malaysian Wildlife Association, the Malaysian Animal Welfare Organization,
00:27Suara Haiwan, and the Malaysian Animal Welfare Organization in front of the parliament.
00:36The memorandum calls for justice and animal welfare services throughout the country,
00:44including asking the government to review the Animal Welfare Act 2015.
00:53What is happening now is that there are many local authorities
01:00who are using their small laws to kill or shoot wild animals.
01:07I would like to say that because the Animal Welfare Act was passed in the parliament,
01:14this act binds the local councils and so on in terms of action.
01:19Even though they have small laws, the fact that the Animal Welfare Act was passed in the parliament
01:25means that it is higher than the small laws in the local councils.
01:30I would like to ask for a few suggestions.
01:35The first suggestion is that the Animal Welfare Act should be re-examined,
01:40and if it needs to be amended, the government should be able to amend it.
01:47Secondly, all local councils and local authorities should not shoot based on small laws.
01:57And I have explained earlier that the Animal Welfare Act binds them.
02:02Thirdly, many NGOs provide housing or shelters to abandoned animals.
02:13So, I hope that the local councils will work with NGOs to take care of animals
02:21and provide shelters for these animals.
02:26One more thing that I would like to ask is,
02:30how many JPS or DVS are appointed to enforce the Animal Welfare Act
02:41in terms of monitoring, supervising and so on.
02:47And if there is no approval from the JPS or DVS,
02:54I hope that the researchers can consider whether to establish a special authority
03:03to monitor the animals or hand it over to other authorities.
03:15So, I hope that cases of cruelty to animals,
03:21like what happened in Sabah,
03:23where a man shot and beat an animal to death.
03:31And also in Selayang,
03:35a cat was put in a garbage can and killed.
03:41I think it is our responsibility to take care of the animals.
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