Animal Island Show Update
Hi people!
Many have asked about the outcome of the Animal Island Show that was held on the grounds of Tesco Shah Alam, so I've decided to give you an update.
To recap, I had sent out a letter to James McCann, the CEO of Tesco (see my blog entitled RSC Demands Tesco Explanation), but until today, I've not received any response from him.
The good news is that when I spoke to a lady who identified herself as McCann's personal assistant, she assured me that the Animal Island Show will be told to vacate the premises.
To check up on them, I visited the Tesco Shah Alam grounds soon after and found that the Animal Island Show had indeed vacated their premises.
The bad news is that we don’t know where they have moved to, so if anyone out there can help, please let us know so that we can continue to monitor the organisers to ensure the wildlife do not suffer.
Meanwhile, I had also telephoned the Department of Wildlife and National Parks and spoke to the Deputy Director, Aziz Che Man to enquire what action his department would be taking against the organisers of the Animal Island Show, and to ensure that such abuse does not recur.
However, Aziz responded that he had visited the show, and as far as he is concerned, the organisers have a valid permit to own the wildlife that was displayed.
He further claimed that although the law did protect wildlife from abuse, what constituted “abuse” is very subjective and (despite the report in the Star on Jan 21, 2006) in his opinion, no abuse had taken place.
I then wrote a Letter to the Editor which was published in the Star on Feb 2, 2006. RSC supporters, Cynthia Hassan and Louisa Ponnampalam have said they and their friends intend to send letters of complaint to Tesco’s headquarters in the UK.
We will find out the e-mail address and post it here soon, so that each one of us can similarly write a letter of protest to them. We encourage all of you to write too in support of the RSC so that Tesco and similar hypermarkets will behave more responsibly in future.
One thing is for sure, without you, we will not be able to put a stop to animal abuse, be the victims dogs, cats, wildlife or any other of God’s creatures. So people, we need your continued help and support to set things right. Please help us to help the animals. Thank you.
Shoba Mano.
Many have asked about the outcome of the Animal Island Show that was held on the grounds of Tesco Shah Alam, so I've decided to give you an update.
To recap, I had sent out a letter to James McCann, the CEO of Tesco (see my blog entitled RSC Demands Tesco Explanation), but until today, I've not received any response from him.
The good news is that when I spoke to a lady who identified herself as McCann's personal assistant, she assured me that the Animal Island Show will be told to vacate the premises.
To check up on them, I visited the Tesco Shah Alam grounds soon after and found that the Animal Island Show had indeed vacated their premises.
The bad news is that we don’t know where they have moved to, so if anyone out there can help, please let us know so that we can continue to monitor the organisers to ensure the wildlife do not suffer.
Meanwhile, I had also telephoned the Department of Wildlife and National Parks and spoke to the Deputy Director, Aziz Che Man to enquire what action his department would be taking against the organisers of the Animal Island Show, and to ensure that such abuse does not recur.
However, Aziz responded that he had visited the show, and as far as he is concerned, the organisers have a valid permit to own the wildlife that was displayed.
He further claimed that although the law did protect wildlife from abuse, what constituted “abuse” is very subjective and (despite the report in the Star on Jan 21, 2006) in his opinion, no abuse had taken place.
I then wrote a Letter to the Editor which was published in the Star on Feb 2, 2006. RSC supporters, Cynthia Hassan and Louisa Ponnampalam have said they and their friends intend to send letters of complaint to Tesco’s headquarters in the UK.
We will find out the e-mail address and post it here soon, so that each one of us can similarly write a letter of protest to them. We encourage all of you to write too in support of the RSC so that Tesco and similar hypermarkets will behave more responsibly in future.
One thing is for sure, without you, we will not be able to put a stop to animal abuse, be the victims dogs, cats, wildlife or any other of God’s creatures. So people, we need your continued help and support to set things right. Please help us to help the animals. Thank you.
Shoba Mano.
posted by Shoba @ 10:46 PM
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