It is indeed a very sad reflection on our society that voluntary organisations that take care of unwanted animals in Malta are being treated like pariahs by the Community Chest Fund (December 18). Given the widespread abuse of animals in our islands, the love and care these volunteers show to abandoned animals needs to be recognised by the powers that be.

The Community Chest Fund’s supervisory council should restore its annual donations to these organisations without any further delay. Our much-vaunted claim to be a civilised European country demands no less.

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