As the Covid-19 takes hold and more people begin to work from home, when this becomes the norm, many choose to have a pet to keep them company at home, and then as the MCO end, pets are treated differently.
While abandoned animals are a long-standing problem, pet rights groups in Malaysia say that the number of abandoned pets in the country has increased dramatically since the current recession began due to the epidemic, and that roughly 70 to 80 percent of abandoned, stray animals, especially unwanted pets, do not survive. For society, the act of abandoning pets invariably adds unnecessary burdens to society, such as the tendency of stray dogs to fight, bite, and perhaps even spread rabies outbreak.
People abandoning pets at the door of the pet facility.
Kelvin from Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Selangor said over the years, we have had people who just abandon the animal at the shelter, this is how people treat shelters, they probably think it would be better to just put them in the shelter than just put them on the street.
Jonathan from Paws Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) said they often take in pets that have been abandoned at the door of PAWS, and for these pets, they are teaching them how to trust people again.
Different views on abandonment.
Li, a 26-year-old working person, said that it is normal for humans to abandon their pets because people always encounter various difficulties along the way. Some people are not as attached to their pets and will eventually go this far.
Wang is a 24-years-old working person, she said that abandoning a pet is an extremely irresponsible behaviour, but also to a certain extent reflects how the person's literacy. Some people think they are relaxed after abandoning their pets, but in fact, they are putting their own responsibility on society, and pets may not only die of disease and starvation, but may also attack humans, causing no small social damage.
There are too many reasons for people to choose abandon!
Jonathan and Kelvin both mentioned that there are a variety of reasons, the first reason is moving, the second is going abroad, the third is owner is pregnancy, the fourth is the pet being sick, and finally, financial issues. There are so many overly realistic reasons why people have to give them up.
Liu is a college student, she thinks it's more of a three-minute fever. Some people already have a cat, but don't consider the money, time, and effort it takes to keep a pet. After the enthusiasm wears off, when the pet destroys furniture and makes a mess, it is easy to simply abandon the pet for these people. However, there are some extreme cases where the pet owner is studying abroad, and the person helping to take care of the pet is not willing to continue to keep it and may hide it from the pet owner to throw away.
What kind of people tend to abandon their pets?
People who are not financially independent and irresponsible, such as college students, will keep pets in their dorm rooms, but simply because pets are cute and don't understand how much it costs a month and when pets get sick how much it costs, and are not prepared for it, Li said this. Now the threshold for pet ownership is getting lower and lower, college students may see stray animals and choose to carry them back to their dorm rooms, however, near the time of graduation, because of the long distance so choose to abandon their pets.
What should we do to prevent pet abandonment?
In fact, most people have the same viewpoint, which is pet-related education.
Li believes that the idea of abandoning pets does not appear suddenly, it is mostly related to family education, if the parents are also responsible people, that will also implicitly influence the children. But this is only part of the reason, there are other can do is to popularize education about responsibility for pets in elementary school middle school, telling people not to abandon at will.
Jonathan says that research is done to learn about pets before they get them, and PAWS has an adoption program where they will interview the adopter before we do the adoption to make sure he knows exactly what he's getting.
Kelvin said that getting a pet should not be a QUICK decision, it should be a long thought-out decision, and that one needs to be prepared in many ways by browsing extensively before getting a pet. Because pets have many contingencies, people need to know and be prepared to endure them in advance.
In recent years, abandoned pets have gradually attracted a lot of attention.
With the development of social economy and urbanization, the number of abandoned pets has begun to surge. Although there are many kind-hearted people who have formed animal rescue bases, there are also many people who will choose to rescue abandoned animals when they meet them back home, but there are still many animals in the world that should not have been but have become abandoned, and all of this, could have been avoided.
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