GEORGE TOWN, Sept 19 – Founded of Canine Welfare initiative Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better Wani Muthiah yesterday evening send through an Whstapps message to urged Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to relook at the cull order issued by the administration.
“I hope that Penang State Government can give the stay dog a vaccinate instead of killing it due to many countries with the bigger rabies outbreak also have managed to counter the problem with vaccination instead of culling. In the meantime, an international organisation also offered to do the vaccination in October,” she said in the Whatapps message.
“The risk was too high for us to wait till October. We hope that public can understand the severity of this rabies outbreak. In 3 weeks it will be a full blown epidemic. Meanehile, we respect the love and effort for trying to protect the strays. We also hope that public to respect our public duty is to protect humans and pet dogs,” said Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng during replied the Whatapps message to the founded of Canine Welfare initiative Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better Wani Muthiah.
Penang State Government on Thursday morning has been ordered to arrest all of the dogs that been abandoned in Penang that will be disposed after two cases of rabies was caused by mad dog bites that had been confirmed positive recently at Seberang Perai Utara and Kuala Sungai Pinang, Balik Pulau. Cases of rabies was first detected in the state of Perlis on 17 August after approved by the Veterinary Research Institute (VRI) and it has now spread to Penang on 14 September.
