Animal Welfare Department to sue 'aggressive' dog owner

MARK MIFSUD BONNICI

Oct 15th 2010, 00:44

Anna Falzon
"I was thinking of also tying up the 'aggressor' to a chain during the rain and sunshine and leaving him a barrel for shelter"

Do you expect to educate people how to care for animals by treating humans as you are suggesting?

anna falzon

Oct 14th 2010, 19:28

great job to the animal welfare! I disagree with suing the man, unless of course it means Animal Welfare getting money to finance their continued good work. I was thinking of also tying up the 'aggressor' to a chain during the rain and sunshine and leaving him a barrel for shelter........ON a tangent issue, can animal welfare help in solving the problem of cats and dogs being killed by cars and left on the street. I have at times put them to the side of the road and at others i have even picked them and buried them. Can't there be a person hired by the sanitation dept to go around and pick them and give them a decent burial or cremate them? sometimes these animals are left for days in blazing sun

Ray Buhagiar

Oct 14th 2010, 17:21

There are 99% animal loving people on the island and 99% who keep their dogs on rooftops, come rain and shine. Whitewashed sepulchers no doubt about it.

John Micallef

Oct 14th 2010, 17:08

Does the animal Welfare dipartment has a www?

jack attard

Oct 14th 2010, 16:57

The country and it's people are judged by the way they treat their animals and the way they drive........Enough said.

Joseph Galea

Oct 14th 2010, 16:43

This man has no business keeping any animal let alone 15 dogs! Perhaps, he should be made to live in an old metal tank himself for some time.

Adrian Wirth

Oct 14th 2010, 16:35

Isn't there a legal requirement for the registration and quality standards compliance of breeders, commercial or otherwise, of domestic pets and exotic animals irrespective of specie?
Goats, cows, pigs and other similar beasts for human consumption have to be registered and their quarters are subject to regular vetinerary inspection.
If there isn't such a scheme why can't a parallel scheme operate for breeders of domestic animals. I learn't only this morning that a mixed breed husky type dog would cost €uro300 plus and others have said a dachshund pedigree dog breeder in Malta is asking €uro3,000. This is not insignificant money and a genuine breeder would afford the cost of registration.

Lorna D'Anastasi

Oct 14th 2010, 16:33

Well done goes again to Animal Welfare and especially to Godric. Im so relieved that finally we have an animal welfare department. I know that nothing will be done from behalf of court but at least people are being warned & hopefully some sense will be knocked in their minds. I try not to think of how many animals are suffering on such a small tiny island. I wonder how we can call ourselves catholics!! For the person who said that there are 99% animal lovers, I sooooo totally disagree. If it was the case, the animal welfare department wouldnt be on the go all the time and with so many saved animals on daily basis.

Well done again and I truly appreciate all your work. I hope these puppies and kittens which were saved by the animal welfare will find a better life in better hands

Claire Busuttil

Oct 14th 2010, 16:01

Thanks animal welfare!

Claire Busuttil

Oct 14th 2010, 16:00

Dal bniedem haqqu habs ghal ghomru.........!!!!

david debattista

Oct 14th 2010, 15:56

I said it once and I say it again ............ 5000Euro fine and 6 months in prison.

MARK MIFSUD BONNICI

Oct 14th 2010, 15:36

We need proper education to stop similar abuse to animals.

Certainly not the type recently advertised where a female personality shed all clothing, smeared herself with blood and was photographed in a cage. Apparently this was done to raise awareness about canine abuse. Thank God it was in no way related to pussy cats as the photos might have been a bit more suggestive!!!

John Zammit

Oct 14th 2010, 14:15

WHAT!......This is unacceptable!.......I hope our judicial system has what it takes to sanction a person like that who has admitted to animal cruelty challenging the animal welfare out rightly, otherwise it would be sending the wrong signal that these actions are tolerable. It’s about time that these cowboys get eradicated from our community; there should not be complacency in a civilised society for these people. We’ve had them for too long.

Charles Micallef

Oct 14th 2010, 14:03

Good on you Animal Welfare Officers,
you have the full support of all the animal loving
people in Malta that is 99% of the population!

J Farrugia

Oct 14th 2010, 14:03

Why should he have more than one dog under his roof? This should be illegal especially when he doesn't give a hoot to laws and order. He is a menace to his neighbours and a hoodlum to other respectable people. He should be taken to court for even contemplating destroying puppies, let alone doing it..

david debattista

Oct 14th 2010, 14:00

I am for people like this to be NEUTERED for killing puppies.

Antoine Grima

Oct 14th 2010, 13:50

We have got so much to learn.Our behaviour towards animals is still stone age.Hope the owner does not take it out on the animals

J Oatmon

Oct 14th 2010, 13:44

I don't think the Malta courts will do anything, even for violent individuals it is usually a tiny fine and a suspended sentence - this allows these troublemakers to carry on as before.
I despair of deterrent sentencing (even for well know violent criminals, with several offences) here in Malta - it's a pathetic travesty the way 'justice' and the courts let down the public time after time. It seems that the courts want to show their compassion for the criminals instead of compassion for the victims - a mickey mouse system indeed.

J Abela

Oct 14th 2010, 13:31

Animal Welfare Department to sue 'aggressive' dog owner .... and there I was thinking to my self that the dog was the aggressive one.

N Abela

Oct 14th 2010, 13:19

maaaaaaa what a stupid mentality...'kill the puppies'....u really have no heart if you can get yourself to do such an act. the human way to go about it is to neuter pets around the island so unwanted offspring are not left in the streets striving for survival because of human stupidity!!