Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor wants local authorities to improve management of pounds after viral video clip of neglected strays emerges
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin has urged local government authorities in Selangor to improve and upgrade the management of pounds under their jurisdiction.
This followed a video clip showing dogs being neglected at the Kuala Langat Municipal Council pound.
In a statement issued via the Selangor Royal Office social media pages, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin, who is also the Royal Patron of the Stray Free Selangor (SFS) campaign run by the Society For The Prevention of Cruelty Animals (SPCA), expressed her disappointment and sadness over how the dogs were treated.
Following the clip, the Selangor royalty now wants the local council to find a new, more holistic approach in managing pounds.
She also wants a check on the standard operating procedure of pounds because if indeed the SOP is effective, the clip would not have existed.
As such, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin suggested that efforts in preserving the welfare and reducing the number of strays is intensified through the Create Caring and Compassionate Communities (CCC) campaign.
It also includes having animal welfare officers and animal lovers in every district to encourage neutering or spaying and to get the advice and monitoring from SPCA and NGOs if there is a need to dispose of abandoned animals due to health issues.
Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin also hoped that efforts to look after the welfare of abandoned animals would be a continuous one.
