Notice of the 13th Annual General Meeting

To: All Committee Members Ref: PVS2/Vol.1/W( )

Date: 26^th August 2013

Dear Sir/Madam,

Ref: Notice of the 13th Annual General Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the Thirteen Annual General Meeting of the Sarawak Veterinary Association will be held as per following details:

Date:    30th August 2013 (Friday)

Venue: Conference room, 3rd Floor Veterinary Headquarters,

Batu 12, Jalan Semenggok, Kuching

Time:     2.30 pm – 5.00 pm

The proposed agenda is as follows:

1. Address by the President

2. Confirmation of the Minutes of the 12th AGM held on the 21^st May 2011 at Conference Room, Vet. Headquarters ,Semenggok

3. Matters arising there from

4. Adoption of Annual Report 2011-2013

5. Adoption of Treasurer’s report and audited account of the association 2011-2013

6. Election of the Executive Committee

7. Election of Honorary Auditors

8. Any Other Matters

9. Adjournment of Meeting

Please kindly fax your attendance form to Dr. Nicholas ak Jenek at 082-629628 immediately upon receiving this letter.

We hope to see all of you during this AGM. Have a wonderful, blessed and peaceful new year.

Any SVA member who wish to terminate their membership, please write to the secretary formally.

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Originally Signed

(Dr. Nicholas ak Jenek)

Honorary Secretary

Sarawak Veterinary Association

GONG XI FA CHAI

SVA WOULD LIKE TO WISH ALL MEMBERS A VERY HAPPY  CHINESE NEW YEAR 2013.

MAY EVERY STEP IN THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE BRING YOU CLOSER TO HEALTH, HAPPINESS AND PROSPERITY.

Alarming number of pets dumped at SSPCA

Posted on February 2, 2013, Saturday

LIMITED SPACE: Dogs and pups share a cage at SSPCA.

KUCHING: The Sarawak Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA) called on pet owners to stop dumping their pets. “Every year, in the weeks leading up to each major festival, a few hundred pets in Kuching are dumped at the SSPCA animal shelter,” the society said in a press release yesterday. It said animals were also dumped on the streets or the councils called in to collect them for disposal.

Disposal has often been misunderstood by many to mean the pets will be cared for until they die of old age, but, in fact, they are being put to sleep. In short, killed. It said many owners do this simply because they don’t want to pay boarding fees when they leave home for the holidays. They do not tell their children that their beloved pets will most likely be disposed of (killed) because there are no way the thousands of animals surrendered or dumped each year could be re-homed.

“There is no logical explanation other than personal convenience for the senseless dumping of pets before the Chinese New Year, Hari Raya and Christmas holidays. “When challenged to explain why they dump their pets, these heartless owners usually say because the festive season is coming,” said the animal shelter.

It said one of the greatest challenges faced by the SSPCA is that it is not respected as an animal rights group but rather treated as a dumping ground for unwanted pets.

“This is not what the shelter was set up for. The shelter was meant to be a temporary home for rescued animals to recover from their injuries or trauma,” it said. It added that overpopulated animal shelters are just like overcrowded refugee camps. The more animals of the same species there are, the higher the chances of infection from various viruses and bacteria.

“Considering that the animals are brought in for termination, no background histories are provided during their handovers and it is impractical to spend over RM100 to run a few basic tests on each animal when between 150 – 200 are brought in every month.”

With limited space, manpower and finances, the SSPCA cannot take in and care for all the abandoned animals in the Kuching, it said.

For more information about SSPCA work and how the public can help to prevent animal cruelty, visit its Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SarawakSPCA

Read more: http://www.theborneopost.com/2013/02/02/alarming-number-of-pets-dumped-at-sspca/#ixzz2JnhOpTzP