The Spay Sisters - July 2009

January 2008 - Please blog & share this film to help the work of Kim Cooling & friends of SOS Sri Lanka, they desperately need funds to set up a refuge and clinic and as you will see from the film footage, it's vital because stray animals are dying for want of a little medical help, food and a place to keep warm. The images are upsetting so please view with caution.

Link to donate - http://www.linpaul.com/asossl/donate.html

April 2009: The Animal Welfare Bill has, at last, been brought to Parliament, nearly three years after the Draft Bill, and was presented by the Law Commission to President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The much outdated single piece of legislation that exists today for the protection and welfare of animals is the 'Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance' of 1907. This antiquated law has penalties and fines coming from British times, making a mockery of the law today. In this Ordinance, the fine for the worst acts of cruelty to an animal, remains at rupees two hundred and fifty!

If the Animal Welfare Bill is passed in Parliament, it will not only draw from our past traditions, but will place us among modern progressive societies, which, while upholding human rights, also have
effective laws to protect animals, bringing the treatment of animals within the Rule of Law.

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full story: http://www.nation.lk/2009/04/12/news13.html