June 28, 2007
Please re-enact laws to protect and stop abuse of animals
Dear Editor:
It is time for national public awareness to stop the sins of cruelty against selfless voiceless animals primarily dogs, supposedly man’s best friend, and time for authorities to establish strict laws to prosecute people who viciously abuse animals.
Just recently a distressing article in your dailies brought attention to readers about a dog imprisoned and placed in solitary confinement in a chicken pen for three years. (This might not be an isolated case throughout our nation).
With coconut shells tossed in his cage for food after his persecutor drank the water, was a bare necessity for survival that shrunk him to skin and bones. He was deprived of basic food and water. Needless to mention, his confine was contaminated. How cruel can the human heart sink to a heartless heart.
Our humane capacity to feel hunger and thirst, to undergo enormous pain and misery bear no difference for animals who share the exact same capability.
In the name of humanity with a living conscience, this helpless creature was condemn to captivity and solitary confinement for years. What was his crime? Barking and in need of water, a little food, kindness and consideration. This creature was denied the supreme human law of kindness that systematically reduced him to mental and physical illness. Eventually his demise; he is now in doggie heaven.
How many times this broken spirited creature looked in the eyes of his cruel captor and asked in silence, why, what is my crime to deserve your wicked oppression; I have been loyal and obedient but you have dishonored my innocence with persecution.
Far beyond the worse nightmare of animals who realize their fate as one of severe punishment and brutality by their cruel oppressors is the fact that they are defenseless, voiceless and feeble against the might of man. It is the power of the mighty man over the vulnerable and weak for dominance but yet it remains a terrible unforgiving crime for anyone who abuse animals.
I appeal to all to expose people who harm animals with neglect of starvation, solitary confinement and other forms of punishment by immediately calling the animal clinic (GSPCA) at 226-4237. Any form of physical cruelty on animals is a human crime. Every criminal act is a conscious person who is conscious of the act.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Tuesday, July 20, 2010
We seldom mention the plight of animals in Guyana, South America
April 1, 2007
We seldom mention the plight of animals
Dear Editor
Amid all the good and not-too-good news in your dailies very seldom is a subject or caption mentioned about the unending circumstances of animals especially dogs entirely displaced in droves country wide.
The loss of a sense of a bare existence for a free habitat to justly ensure a peaceful way of life is constantly hindered by people who assault and provoke them until they flee terrified. These terrified animals seek refuge by running and jumping in and across trenches sustaining injury to hide in bushes and remote areas to escape a dishonor from persons threatening attack.
Street dogs barely are never fed nor have decent drinking water exposing themselves to serious chronic illness with no hope of a cure hence they lug a burden of living with a physically unhealthy lifestyle. Yet countless insensitive and unfeeling persons persist on hurting and harming these creatures that don’t seem to have the will to live. This is adding salt to wounds.
I invite your thoughts and encourage the Diaspora that frequents our homeland to bear witness to a dilemma of stray animals across the country, to voice your concerns publicly and through the media and denounce acts of crime on animals as recently occurred, in much the same way everyone condemns other criminal activities.
It is apparent from all the letters pouring in everyday in our three national newspapers (mostly from overseas Guyanese) that we all aspire and want to pitch in for change, long overdue. Well animals are integrated in our sociological landscape and change is needed to protect them too. That should ‘grand total’ overall change.
Our country is not unique to animal crisis but given the fact that we are comparatively small in size and population is reason for people to exercise a heart and a vision of hope for the voiceless who fear them.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
We seldom mention the plight of animals
Dear Editor
Amid all the good and not-too-good news in your dailies very seldom is a subject or caption mentioned about the unending circumstances of animals especially dogs entirely displaced in droves country wide.
The loss of a sense of a bare existence for a free habitat to justly ensure a peaceful way of life is constantly hindered by people who assault and provoke them until they flee terrified. These terrified animals seek refuge by running and jumping in and across trenches sustaining injury to hide in bushes and remote areas to escape a dishonor from persons threatening attack.
Street dogs barely are never fed nor have decent drinking water exposing themselves to serious chronic illness with no hope of a cure hence they lug a burden of living with a physically unhealthy lifestyle. Yet countless insensitive and unfeeling persons persist on hurting and harming these creatures that don’t seem to have the will to live. This is adding salt to wounds.
I invite your thoughts and encourage the Diaspora that frequents our homeland to bear witness to a dilemma of stray animals across the country, to voice your concerns publicly and through the media and denounce acts of crime on animals as recently occurred, in much the same way everyone condemns other criminal activities.
It is apparent from all the letters pouring in everyday in our three national newspapers (mostly from overseas Guyanese) that we all aspire and want to pitch in for change, long overdue. Well animals are integrated in our sociological landscape and change is needed to protect them too. That should ‘grand total’ overall change.
Our country is not unique to animal crisis but given the fact that we are comparatively small in size and population is reason for people to exercise a heart and a vision of hope for the voiceless who fear them.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Please do not abandon your pets/animals - Guyana, South America
February 01, 2007
Please do not abandon your animals
Dear Editor:
Once upon a time in Guyana people intermingled with animals mostly domestic dogs and cats that became part of the family tree. In those days they were called pets and each had a name relevant to gender. These pets were well groomed and cared for by owners who took pride with their adopted companions.
What a terrible and grieved contrast today? With no fault of the animals, dogs are regularly discarded by owners for various reasons taken and dumped miles away so that their true to life friend should never return to unfaithful masters. A dog will eternally be faithful until death separates him and master.
These faithful servants called animals are banished and left just about everywhere only to be scorned and subjected to cruelty by people whose mind set compares animals with dirty trenches. Society looks down on innocent stray animals as an epidemic that is contagious and so they rebel with forceful objects to hurt them. Bear in mind, what we don’t like for ourselves we should not like for others, therefore, swing around the situation and these very objects could be used on you.
When you see innocent dogs and other innocent animals roaming the streets daily and nightly evidently with no direction in life but lost, abandon or neglected, just remember that their lives are insecure and survival is an instinct with both humanity and animals. And please do not discriminate against animals just remember they were not blessed like us to speak and have that inborn vocal ability to defend and protect oneself.
It is essential for people to make alternative living arrangements for their pets in times of sickness or foreseeable passing. Please remember these pets are part of the family tree and if none is available to care for them, they eventually turn loose on the streets and pro-create. This adds to over populating the streets as we see it today and the innocent newborn babies will fall pray to a cycle of reproducing.
Let us show great humility and empathy for the voiceless animals that have a biological right to dwell and live amongst us without desolation and torment. If we are truly a nation of different religions then let us rise up and use the power of religion to overcome unkindness to animals and “each other”. We all have compassion and the common sense to use it.
Animals are God’s creation and they have a God given right to breathe, live and share planet earth free from abuse and suffering inflicted by the hands of cruel humans.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Please do not abandon your animals
Dear Editor:
Once upon a time in Guyana people intermingled with animals mostly domestic dogs and cats that became part of the family tree. In those days they were called pets and each had a name relevant to gender. These pets were well groomed and cared for by owners who took pride with their adopted companions.
What a terrible and grieved contrast today? With no fault of the animals, dogs are regularly discarded by owners for various reasons taken and dumped miles away so that their true to life friend should never return to unfaithful masters. A dog will eternally be faithful until death separates him and master.
These faithful servants called animals are banished and left just about everywhere only to be scorned and subjected to cruelty by people whose mind set compares animals with dirty trenches. Society looks down on innocent stray animals as an epidemic that is contagious and so they rebel with forceful objects to hurt them. Bear in mind, what we don’t like for ourselves we should not like for others, therefore, swing around the situation and these very objects could be used on you.
When you see innocent dogs and other innocent animals roaming the streets daily and nightly evidently with no direction in life but lost, abandon or neglected, just remember that their lives are insecure and survival is an instinct with both humanity and animals. And please do not discriminate against animals just remember they were not blessed like us to speak and have that inborn vocal ability to defend and protect oneself.
It is essential for people to make alternative living arrangements for their pets in times of sickness or foreseeable passing. Please remember these pets are part of the family tree and if none is available to care for them, they eventually turn loose on the streets and pro-create. This adds to over populating the streets as we see it today and the innocent newborn babies will fall pray to a cycle of reproducing.
Let us show great humility and empathy for the voiceless animals that have a biological right to dwell and live amongst us without desolation and torment. If we are truly a nation of different religions then let us rise up and use the power of religion to overcome unkindness to animals and “each other”. We all have compassion and the common sense to use it.
Animals are God’s creation and they have a God given right to breathe, live and share planet earth free from abuse and suffering inflicted by the hands of cruel humans.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
This inhuman wrong to a dog - Guyana, South America
March 24, 2007
This inhuman wrong to a dog
Dear Editor:
I am compelled to respond to another disturbing issue written by Ms Syeada Manbodh who once again brings to light a violent crime perpetuated on the life of a dog.
This unspeakable crime tells of a dog severely chopped across the abdomen and badly mangled with intestines protruding. I am desperately fighting to express my rage and to comprehend which evil spirit could possibly possess a human being to the point of slaughtering a helpless dog left to perish all alone.
Where is the perpetrator? Why is the perpetrator walking freely and drinking water when in fact he should be denied that basic essential and brought to justice to face a harsh punishment for a savage crime. Why are person(s) not coming forward to give the police a tip off, it is the humane thing to do. Why is this person not being hunted to face the law and why is there no reward or incentive offered for capture.
Fact of the matter, our laws governing the protection and welfare of animals are long dormant and the authorities too seem to be dormant, as such, cruelty to animals will never cease unless people, who care for animals, stand up and use their democratic right to protest the atrocities mete out to animals.
Citizens I implore you to use your heart and compassion to not overlook the everyday cruelty to animals and reach out to help. They were created with sensitivity like humans to equally feel significant physical pain.
It was courageous of Ms Manbodh to lift up this fatally wounded dog and to dignify his final moments to let him know that there is someone with trust and loyalty.
Please authorities, world wide animal cruelty is punishable by law, re-enact and enforce your ruling to defend the safety of animals. They will forever be around.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
This inhuman wrong to a dog
Dear Editor:
I am compelled to respond to another disturbing issue written by Ms Syeada Manbodh who once again brings to light a violent crime perpetuated on the life of a dog.
This unspeakable crime tells of a dog severely chopped across the abdomen and badly mangled with intestines protruding. I am desperately fighting to express my rage and to comprehend which evil spirit could possibly possess a human being to the point of slaughtering a helpless dog left to perish all alone.
Where is the perpetrator? Why is the perpetrator walking freely and drinking water when in fact he should be denied that basic essential and brought to justice to face a harsh punishment for a savage crime. Why are person(s) not coming forward to give the police a tip off, it is the humane thing to do. Why is this person not being hunted to face the law and why is there no reward or incentive offered for capture.
Fact of the matter, our laws governing the protection and welfare of animals are long dormant and the authorities too seem to be dormant, as such, cruelty to animals will never cease unless people, who care for animals, stand up and use their democratic right to protest the atrocities mete out to animals.
Citizens I implore you to use your heart and compassion to not overlook the everyday cruelty to animals and reach out to help. They were created with sensitivity like humans to equally feel significant physical pain.
It was courageous of Ms Manbodh to lift up this fatally wounded dog and to dignify his final moments to let him know that there is someone with trust and loyalty.
Please authorities, world wide animal cruelty is punishable by law, re-enact and enforce your ruling to defend the safety of animals. They will forever be around.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
I am a dog help me don't hurt me - Guyana, South America
December 27, 2007
I am a dog help me don’t hurt me
Dear Editor
Looking around our city and other outskirts, it breaks my heart yet again to see the continuing population of street dogs long ago evicted by unfaithful owners and eagerly hoping to reconnect with faithful people. But that will never happen.
My name is forsaken dog, not a pretty name, and I have been roaming the streets for years mixing and meddling with my other abandoned street buddies. I wished to escape a life of not producing puppies but trouble was everywhere and I could not run so you know the end result. I am heartbroken looking for my lost or stolen babies. I dread to think they are slain or hit by vehicles and left to suffer in silence. Or my babies are all grown and they too have given birth only to worry about a horrible street existence, a lifetime sentence.
I raise my unhappy head and suffering eyes up to the sky to pray for rain to wash away my itchy scruffy body. It did rain and pour. Oh wow, what a beautiful feeling I could become man’s best friend again but I am not holding my breath for I am only a dog, voiceless, helpless and always at the mercy of cruel human hands.
How I long to beg my owner, my best friend, to take me back but I have no voice and my sad weary crying eyes is shunned. My scornful life is a daily struggle for basic food and water. But let me tell you that my food and water is not nice and tasty like yours. My daily intake to satisfy hunger and thirst is contaminated with infectious diseases having to eat from street garbage washed down with dirty water. But I cannot protest my contempt since I have no voice or a choice.
Permit me human race to jolt your absent-mindedness to notice my troubles that yes I am a dog with vital organs as I too am a living entity just like you. I can contract chronic contagious diseases, only difference is if you are diagnosed with such ailments you will get treated. But I am a dog and could never dream of such a privilege so I mercifully request your table scraps that could lessen my malnourishment before the gates of doggie haven open to accept me. Happy days are here again.
I am a dog innocent and humble with a fundamental right to life, just like you, so please do not judge me by my misfortune, it was my master that committed me to a lifetime sentencing on the streets. All I ask of my forever human friends is to not hurt me physically or mentally for in my daily struggle to survive I face a lifetime of adversaries.
Please give me a chance to life and oh please do not stray my other four legged buddies like you always do on the sea wall. Just think, if you were a dog, that could be you.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
I am a dog help me don’t hurt me
Dear Editor
Looking around our city and other outskirts, it breaks my heart yet again to see the continuing population of street dogs long ago evicted by unfaithful owners and eagerly hoping to reconnect with faithful people. But that will never happen.
My name is forsaken dog, not a pretty name, and I have been roaming the streets for years mixing and meddling with my other abandoned street buddies. I wished to escape a life of not producing puppies but trouble was everywhere and I could not run so you know the end result. I am heartbroken looking for my lost or stolen babies. I dread to think they are slain or hit by vehicles and left to suffer in silence. Or my babies are all grown and they too have given birth only to worry about a horrible street existence, a lifetime sentence.
I raise my unhappy head and suffering eyes up to the sky to pray for rain to wash away my itchy scruffy body. It did rain and pour. Oh wow, what a beautiful feeling I could become man’s best friend again but I am not holding my breath for I am only a dog, voiceless, helpless and always at the mercy of cruel human hands.
How I long to beg my owner, my best friend, to take me back but I have no voice and my sad weary crying eyes is shunned. My scornful life is a daily struggle for basic food and water. But let me tell you that my food and water is not nice and tasty like yours. My daily intake to satisfy hunger and thirst is contaminated with infectious diseases having to eat from street garbage washed down with dirty water. But I cannot protest my contempt since I have no voice or a choice.
Permit me human race to jolt your absent-mindedness to notice my troubles that yes I am a dog with vital organs as I too am a living entity just like you. I can contract chronic contagious diseases, only difference is if you are diagnosed with such ailments you will get treated. But I am a dog and could never dream of such a privilege so I mercifully request your table scraps that could lessen my malnourishment before the gates of doggie haven open to accept me. Happy days are here again.
I am a dog innocent and humble with a fundamental right to life, just like you, so please do not judge me by my misfortune, it was my master that committed me to a lifetime sentencing on the streets. All I ask of my forever human friends is to not hurt me physically or mentally for in my daily struggle to survive I face a lifetime of adversaries.
Please give me a chance to life and oh please do not stray my other four legged buddies like you always do on the sea wall. Just think, if you were a dog, that could be you.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Humanity's cruelty to pit bulls in Guyana, South America
August 29, 2007
Dear Editor:
Humanity’s Cruelty to Pit Bulls
In the aftermath of every publicized animal cruelty, an argument inevitably arises that I will just never understand. It’s the “they’re only animals, so why should we give a damn?” argument. It’s not surprising, if disturbing, that some people don’t think animal abuse merits any level of attention.
An NFL star has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges and admitted to taking part in methods of hanging, drowning, electrocution, beating and shooting of pit bulls that did not perform well in a dog fighting ring.
The business is a brutal blood sport in which dogs, usually pit bulls are bred and conditioned to viciously fight each other to the brink of death, so that people can wager on the outcome. More shocking, is the apparent popularity of this type of savagery and the large sums of money involved not only in purchasing and training the dogs but in gambling on their performance.
An investigation further revealed that these dogs are fed with gun powder and steroids and were mercilessly abused until their natural survival instincts transformed them into ferocious fighting dogs.
It is estimated that “tens of thousands” of people in both remote rural areas and inner cities are actively involved in this illicit and sadistic pastime and this includes Guyana. Dog fighting is illegal in North America. There are severe consequences for animal abusers who break the law including heavy fines and imprisonment such as this NFL star that faces 5 years in prison.
There exists a culture in Guyana that engages in underground dog fighting using pit bulls to mutilate each other by methods of painful aggression to train the dogs to become killers. While cheering crowds to sinfully earn a fast dollar, show no mercy for this blood sport so horrible so sinful so cruel using the lives of innocent voiceless dogs that constantly bear open wounds and immense pain.
I plead to the Guyana Government to pass an Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act to include all criminal acts against animal abusers. Since we are a developing country, should this not be on your mandate. Tourists will not tolerate a country that does not take care of their animals if you don’t prosecute animal abusers.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Dear Editor:
Humanity’s Cruelty to Pit Bulls
In the aftermath of every publicized animal cruelty, an argument inevitably arises that I will just never understand. It’s the “they’re only animals, so why should we give a damn?” argument. It’s not surprising, if disturbing, that some people don’t think animal abuse merits any level of attention.
An NFL star has pleaded guilty to animal cruelty charges and admitted to taking part in methods of hanging, drowning, electrocution, beating and shooting of pit bulls that did not perform well in a dog fighting ring.
The business is a brutal blood sport in which dogs, usually pit bulls are bred and conditioned to viciously fight each other to the brink of death, so that people can wager on the outcome. More shocking, is the apparent popularity of this type of savagery and the large sums of money involved not only in purchasing and training the dogs but in gambling on their performance.
An investigation further revealed that these dogs are fed with gun powder and steroids and were mercilessly abused until their natural survival instincts transformed them into ferocious fighting dogs.
It is estimated that “tens of thousands” of people in both remote rural areas and inner cities are actively involved in this illicit and sadistic pastime and this includes Guyana. Dog fighting is illegal in North America. There are severe consequences for animal abusers who break the law including heavy fines and imprisonment such as this NFL star that faces 5 years in prison.
There exists a culture in Guyana that engages in underground dog fighting using pit bulls to mutilate each other by methods of painful aggression to train the dogs to become killers. While cheering crowds to sinfully earn a fast dollar, show no mercy for this blood sport so horrible so sinful so cruel using the lives of innocent voiceless dogs that constantly bear open wounds and immense pain.
I plead to the Guyana Government to pass an Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act to include all criminal acts against animal abusers. Since we are a developing country, should this not be on your mandate. Tourists will not tolerate a country that does not take care of their animals if you don’t prosecute animal abusers.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Help the human-animal bond with faith in Guyana, South America
May 3, 2010
Help the Human-Animal Bond with Faith
Dear Editor:
I refer to a letter of May 1 caption “Is this how cruel people have become”, where the writer was traumatized over a horse on the road with a slit stomach and that no one seem interested in assisting the wounded horse. If this horse was hit by a vehicle it would have suffered internal injuries minor or serious, but never a slit stomach.
What nature of human beings does not have the inborn sense of emotion to find the faith in his heart of knowing that fatally wounding an innocent living animal that populate around people is the lowest of human quality. With deep sadness I state that these animals are better than the people who violently are cruel to them. The evil that men do lives within them. A higher force will deal with the punishment.
When animals are bodily abused as seem to be the norm, a beautiful image for Guyana and tourism, and where their injuries are vivid to everyone on the streets, many locals think these animals are garbage and worthless so they turn a blind eye to a living creature suffering in silence. How low can the human heart sink.
Having faith in God who created all living things is having the strength of will to control and holdback one’s corrupt actions. Faith in our Creator is what strengthens our hearts, our spirits and our minds that will empower us to live in peace with each other. Mankind and animals that both share the earth for habitat.
I assume the poor, downtrodden and under-achievers do not read the newspapers and clearly have no clue about all the letters highlighting extreme animal cruelty. But I am sure the majority may have a small TV because it is easier to watch TV than read the newspapers, therefore, authorities need to reach out with announcements on the proper treatment of animals.
Especially with children who grow up to become productive citizens but without a human character taught by elders to respect animals, the cycle of abuse of animals will continue. Children abroad are fond of animals in the zoo, in the barn, on the farm lands and in animal sanctuaries. Thus, they grow up having respect and kindness for animals.
The reported cases of animal cruelty is seen mostly in the city so all others are at the mercy of the Lord. I do not dismiss other serious and pressing matters facing Guyana, however, without voices for the voiceless how do we learn to treat animals kindly and touch the hearts of some humans who seem heartless for animals.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Help the Human-Animal Bond with Faith
Dear Editor:
I refer to a letter of May 1 caption “Is this how cruel people have become”, where the writer was traumatized over a horse on the road with a slit stomach and that no one seem interested in assisting the wounded horse. If this horse was hit by a vehicle it would have suffered internal injuries minor or serious, but never a slit stomach.
What nature of human beings does not have the inborn sense of emotion to find the faith in his heart of knowing that fatally wounding an innocent living animal that populate around people is the lowest of human quality. With deep sadness I state that these animals are better than the people who violently are cruel to them. The evil that men do lives within them. A higher force will deal with the punishment.
When animals are bodily abused as seem to be the norm, a beautiful image for Guyana and tourism, and where their injuries are vivid to everyone on the streets, many locals think these animals are garbage and worthless so they turn a blind eye to a living creature suffering in silence. How low can the human heart sink.
Having faith in God who created all living things is having the strength of will to control and holdback one’s corrupt actions. Faith in our Creator is what strengthens our hearts, our spirits and our minds that will empower us to live in peace with each other. Mankind and animals that both share the earth for habitat.
I assume the poor, downtrodden and under-achievers do not read the newspapers and clearly have no clue about all the letters highlighting extreme animal cruelty. But I am sure the majority may have a small TV because it is easier to watch TV than read the newspapers, therefore, authorities need to reach out with announcements on the proper treatment of animals.
Especially with children who grow up to become productive citizens but without a human character taught by elders to respect animals, the cycle of abuse of animals will continue. Children abroad are fond of animals in the zoo, in the barn, on the farm lands and in animal sanctuaries. Thus, they grow up having respect and kindness for animals.
The reported cases of animal cruelty is seen mostly in the city so all others are at the mercy of the Lord. I do not dismiss other serious and pressing matters facing Guyana, however, without voices for the voiceless how do we learn to treat animals kindly and touch the hearts of some humans who seem heartless for animals.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Ear and tail clipping of dogs is cruel in Guyana, South America
March 20, 2007
Ear and tail clipping of dogs is cruel
Dear Editor:
I respond to a troubling matter written by Ms. Manbodh, a dedicated protector of animals, who expressed yet another act of cruelty impose on dogs that have no voice and no choice.
The act of individuals clipping the ears and tails of certain dogs is clearly inhuman and cruel. This practice is a public outrage and outcry to firmly warn offenders to stop the wanton bodily abuse of animals. They are committing a moral wrong and a violent act toward these dogs, leaving them disfigured with infectious wounds that are medically unattended and endangering their lives. This is an unforgiving crime that must be investigated by the law to prevent further and fatal injury to other dogs.
If these callous people who commit such a crime try to feel or imagine the trauma and immense suffering animals endure and surrender to, surely, is reason for remorse and to pay the penalty for this terrible act on dogs.
I say to insensitive people try to become submissive, like the animals, to grasp a deeper and higher understanding of their struggle to be free or be consistently enslaved by humanity resulting in continuous punishment and a betrayal of faith time after time.
When Dogs wag their tail, it is their way of smiling at you and when their ears flap, it is their way of thanking you. Do not compromise these vital senses and deprive them the right to live a normal functioning life. People need to be taught to leave all dogs alone the way they are, let them be who they are, do not expose their innocent lives and health with force and brutality.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Ear and tail clipping of dogs is cruel
Dear Editor:
I respond to a troubling matter written by Ms. Manbodh, a dedicated protector of animals, who expressed yet another act of cruelty impose on dogs that have no voice and no choice.
The act of individuals clipping the ears and tails of certain dogs is clearly inhuman and cruel. This practice is a public outrage and outcry to firmly warn offenders to stop the wanton bodily abuse of animals. They are committing a moral wrong and a violent act toward these dogs, leaving them disfigured with infectious wounds that are medically unattended and endangering their lives. This is an unforgiving crime that must be investigated by the law to prevent further and fatal injury to other dogs.
If these callous people who commit such a crime try to feel or imagine the trauma and immense suffering animals endure and surrender to, surely, is reason for remorse and to pay the penalty for this terrible act on dogs.
I say to insensitive people try to become submissive, like the animals, to grasp a deeper and higher understanding of their struggle to be free or be consistently enslaved by humanity resulting in continuous punishment and a betrayal of faith time after time.
When Dogs wag their tail, it is their way of smiling at you and when their ears flap, it is their way of thanking you. Do not compromise these vital senses and deprive them the right to live a normal functioning life. People need to be taught to leave all dogs alone the way they are, let them be who they are, do not expose their innocent lives and health with force and brutality.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Answering the call to help animals in Guyana, South America
March 5, 2007
Answering the call to help animals
Dear Editor
It is exemplary to note and give thanks to people who write letters on animal issues with respect to the ill-treatment and neglect of animals in our subculture, and heartening when readers respond in kind.
The key to changing the attitude of people’s mistreatment to animals is to NOT turn your face the other way, but to make a conscious effort to understand the actions of such individuals. When abuse occurrences are noticeable we must reach out with empathy and dignity to gently counsel in an attempt to pinpoint that this wrong does not make it right.
The anti-social behavior of people toward animals is a state of mind, what we think is what we are that connect illiteracy with poverty and desolation. Let us not criticize or pass judgment on these non-achievers but show goodwill by using role models in our society, i.e. scholars, athletes, artists, various professions and the educated.
By humanely expressing good teachings of ethics to neighbors, associates and others that involuntarily cultivate habits to mistreat animals. Perhaps these very people could someday come to terms with their actions and realize that it was never the fault of the animal but their own.
It is harmful to the well-being of animals to endure constant mental and physical ill-treatment that will produce anger, fear and mistrust toward people. Also the dreadful conditions domestic animals live through couple with an enormous lack of care is typical of some people to warrant it a burden thus ignoring their responsibility.
Please be sympathetic to ‘stop and notice’ the tragic wrongs on the freedom of animals and answer the mercy call from your heart. You will have proven your full human potential.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Answering the call to help animals
Dear Editor
It is exemplary to note and give thanks to people who write letters on animal issues with respect to the ill-treatment and neglect of animals in our subculture, and heartening when readers respond in kind.
The key to changing the attitude of people’s mistreatment to animals is to NOT turn your face the other way, but to make a conscious effort to understand the actions of such individuals. When abuse occurrences are noticeable we must reach out with empathy and dignity to gently counsel in an attempt to pinpoint that this wrong does not make it right.
The anti-social behavior of people toward animals is a state of mind, what we think is what we are that connect illiteracy with poverty and desolation. Let us not criticize or pass judgment on these non-achievers but show goodwill by using role models in our society, i.e. scholars, athletes, artists, various professions and the educated.
By humanely expressing good teachings of ethics to neighbors, associates and others that involuntarily cultivate habits to mistreat animals. Perhaps these very people could someday come to terms with their actions and realize that it was never the fault of the animal but their own.
It is harmful to the well-being of animals to endure constant mental and physical ill-treatment that will produce anger, fear and mistrust toward people. Also the dreadful conditions domestic animals live through couple with an enormous lack of care is typical of some people to warrant it a burden thus ignoring their responsibility.
Please be sympathetic to ‘stop and notice’ the tragic wrongs on the freedom of animals and answer the mercy call from your heart. You will have proven your full human potential.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
The gloomy tale of street dogs in Guyana, South America
January 18, 2009
Dear Editor:
The gloomy tale of street dogs
I refer to an article 01-07-09 GC titled “The stray dog nuisance needs to be focused upon” is not a matter of choice but a matter of circumstances for the multitude of dogs that roam the streets in search of something because they have nothing.
A narrative of street dogs forsaken and abandoned by long ago owners that have migrated. We have been roaming the streets for years mixing and meddling with our other homeless street buddies. We wished to escape a life of not producing puppies but trouble was everywhere and we could not run, so you know the end result. We gave birth to scores of babies over and over thus populating the streets. We are heart-broken looking for our lost or stolen babies. I dread to think they are slain or hit by vehicles left alone to suffer in silence. Or our babies are all grown and they too have given birth over and over only to worry about a horrible street existence while oftentimes run over by vehicles.
We raise our unhappy heads and suffering eyes up to the sky praying for rain to wash our itchy scruffy bodies because society scorns us. It did rain and pour. Oh wow what a beautiful feeling we could become man’s best friend again but we are not holding our breath for we are outcast dogs, voiceless, helpless and always at the mercy of cruel human hands.
How we long to beg for owners, our best friends, but we have no voice and our sad weary crying eyes are shunned. Our scornful life is a daily struggle for basic food and water. But let me tell you that our food and water are not nice and tasty like yours. Our daily intake to satisfy hunger and thirst is contaminated with infectious diseases having to eat from street garbage washed down with dirty water. But we cannot protest our contempt, since we have no voice or a choice.
Permit me human race to jolt your absent-mindedness to notice our troubles. We are dogs with vital organs as we too are living entities like you. We can contract chronic contagious diseases, only difference is, if you are diagnosed with such ailments you will get treated. But we are street dogs and could never dream of such a privilege so we mercifully request your table scraps that could lessen our malnourishment before the gates of doggie heaven open to accept us. Happy days are here again.
We are dogs with a fundamental right to life, just like you, so please do not judge us by our misfortune. It was our masters who committed us to a lifetime sentence on the streets but here are some initiatives to expand and built on. Encourage people to fence their yards to contain and enclose their dogs. Spay and neuter your dogs to minimize population. Vacant plots of lands with barriers and sheds can be utilized as sanctuaries for your dogs. Provide shelter to control and over-see your dogs. To reduce their suffering, do not add to street population.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Dear Editor:
The gloomy tale of street dogs
I refer to an article 01-07-09 GC titled “The stray dog nuisance needs to be focused upon” is not a matter of choice but a matter of circumstances for the multitude of dogs that roam the streets in search of something because they have nothing.
A narrative of street dogs forsaken and abandoned by long ago owners that have migrated. We have been roaming the streets for years mixing and meddling with our other homeless street buddies. We wished to escape a life of not producing puppies but trouble was everywhere and we could not run, so you know the end result. We gave birth to scores of babies over and over thus populating the streets. We are heart-broken looking for our lost or stolen babies. I dread to think they are slain or hit by vehicles left alone to suffer in silence. Or our babies are all grown and they too have given birth over and over only to worry about a horrible street existence while oftentimes run over by vehicles.
We raise our unhappy heads and suffering eyes up to the sky praying for rain to wash our itchy scruffy bodies because society scorns us. It did rain and pour. Oh wow what a beautiful feeling we could become man’s best friend again but we are not holding our breath for we are outcast dogs, voiceless, helpless and always at the mercy of cruel human hands.
How we long to beg for owners, our best friends, but we have no voice and our sad weary crying eyes are shunned. Our scornful life is a daily struggle for basic food and water. But let me tell you that our food and water are not nice and tasty like yours. Our daily intake to satisfy hunger and thirst is contaminated with infectious diseases having to eat from street garbage washed down with dirty water. But we cannot protest our contempt, since we have no voice or a choice.
Permit me human race to jolt your absent-mindedness to notice our troubles. We are dogs with vital organs as we too are living entities like you. We can contract chronic contagious diseases, only difference is, if you are diagnosed with such ailments you will get treated. But we are street dogs and could never dream of such a privilege so we mercifully request your table scraps that could lessen our malnourishment before the gates of doggie heaven open to accept us. Happy days are here again.
We are dogs with a fundamental right to life, just like you, so please do not judge us by our misfortune. It was our masters who committed us to a lifetime sentence on the streets but here are some initiatives to expand and built on. Encourage people to fence their yards to contain and enclose their dogs. Spay and neuter your dogs to minimize population. Vacant plots of lands with barriers and sheds can be utilized as sanctuaries for your dogs. Provide shelter to control and over-see your dogs. To reduce their suffering, do not add to street population.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
The danger of squibs and fire crackers to people and animals in Guyana, South America
November 1, 2008
Dear Editor:
The danger of squibs and fire crackers to people and animals
Both people and animals are fearful of high pitched noises but animals in particular have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing for high pitched sounds better than humans. Such noise pollution from squibs and fire crackers not only hurt the ears of animals but it also frightens and excites them to run wildly endangering the safety of them and people who may be in their path.
Other forms of loud noise that terrify animals is the rumbling of thunder and lightening, a natural force of nature, the regular and constant honking horns from vehicles, an impulse carved in drivers. But since we have no cure for the two outlined and to stop the addition of squibs and fire crackers to becoming yet another menace to an already social disorder, it should be prohibited.
Some side effects on people from fire crackers is the inhalation of sulphur, hearing loss, sleeping disturbances and sudden exposure to loud noise can cause temporary or permanent deafness. The effects on animals is even more severe because of their sensitive ear drums, they break loose from their environs and run aimlessly and far away from the piercing noise. Many pet owners loose their dogs this way never to see them again. All dogs will bark hysterically upon hearing squibs and fire crackers.
It is important for each one of us to act as responsible citizens and discourage the use of fire crackers and squibs. Parents and children should be educated and need to understand that bursting fire crackers is risky, harmful and dangerous. Fire crackers have injured people in the past and it is important to understand that prevention is better than cure.
The recent use of fire crackers and squibs should never have taken place in areas where people and animals co-habitate for the safety of either one. The Government must get involved to ban this dangerous practice and impose severe charges against all individuals who promote this threat. This is an unconscionable act of selfishness and self interest for those looking for fun without a thought for respecting decent people and the welfare of animals.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Dear Editor:
The danger of squibs and fire crackers to people and animals
Both people and animals are fearful of high pitched noises but animals in particular have an extremely sensitive sense of hearing for high pitched sounds better than humans. Such noise pollution from squibs and fire crackers not only hurt the ears of animals but it also frightens and excites them to run wildly endangering the safety of them and people who may be in their path.
Other forms of loud noise that terrify animals is the rumbling of thunder and lightening, a natural force of nature, the regular and constant honking horns from vehicles, an impulse carved in drivers. But since we have no cure for the two outlined and to stop the addition of squibs and fire crackers to becoming yet another menace to an already social disorder, it should be prohibited.
Some side effects on people from fire crackers is the inhalation of sulphur, hearing loss, sleeping disturbances and sudden exposure to loud noise can cause temporary or permanent deafness. The effects on animals is even more severe because of their sensitive ear drums, they break loose from their environs and run aimlessly and far away from the piercing noise. Many pet owners loose their dogs this way never to see them again. All dogs will bark hysterically upon hearing squibs and fire crackers.
It is important for each one of us to act as responsible citizens and discourage the use of fire crackers and squibs. Parents and children should be educated and need to understand that bursting fire crackers is risky, harmful and dangerous. Fire crackers have injured people in the past and it is important to understand that prevention is better than cure.
The recent use of fire crackers and squibs should never have taken place in areas where people and animals co-habitate for the safety of either one. The Government must get involved to ban this dangerous practice and impose severe charges against all individuals who promote this threat. This is an unconscionable act of selfishness and self interest for those looking for fun without a thought for respecting decent people and the welfare of animals.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Stop the breeding of puppies for sale in Guyana, South America
February 15, 2008
Dear Editor:
Stop the breeding of puppies for sale
Last week while walking along Regent Street, I observed in a side entrance leading to the back two dogs engaged in an act of reproducing and sitting not far away was a man I assumed in full awareness of this action.
I approached him and gently enquired whether he owned these two dogs and if he was intentionally breeding puppies and for what reasons as I was curious. He replied that he will be selling the puppies and if I was interested in buying one or two.
Well I got livid and to control my anger already in full gear I had to restrain myself to get his attention since I needed to continue this conversation in an appropriate manner to help him understand that what he is doing is profiting and taking advantage off the lives of innocent and voiceless dogs to benefit his pocket.
I proceeded to ask the name of his dogs to which he replied they have none, just there to serve his purpose, gone are the days of Lassie and Rover loved and justly respected by owners, is now a marketplace for business. Puppies born out of undue pregnancies instituted by a culture of people for the purpose of selling to earn a living or to subsidize their livelihood is morally and humanely wrong. Get a real job people like everyone else.
I asked him whether his female dog had produced pups before and he replied once that it was five puppies but they were stolen from his bottom house having left them in a carton box overnight or maybe they jumped out and left his unfenced yard. Well I got livid again and firmly stated that those puppies will grow up on the streets reproducing and reproducing a cycle of puppies and if he could find it in his heart to understand the sin he committed of endangering their pure lives with unwanted troubles. I pointed to homeless dogs on the street and cautioned him that he is contributing with the escape of his five pups to a serious problem all across the country of dogs having no choice but a terrible street life. Finally, I pleaded with him to stop breeding his dogs for earnings and to seek job opportunities relevant to his skills.
Let me make reference to Canada and the U.S.A. of the numerous puppy mill facilities illegally operated by unscrupulous humans is oftentimes exposed by way of informants or random searches by law enforcements. It reveals appalling conditions that puppies endure in the interim of sale which outraged animal rights activists consider as cruelty. Fortunately, the perpetrators are brought to justice, severe penalties imposed and all puppies seized are handed over to several animal shelters for adoption.
Help to prevent unwanted puppies oftentimes dumped everywhere. Make the right choice of spaying your female dogs to stop reproducing. Help to limit the over population on our streets. Stop breeding dogs for the purpose of profiting from the sale of puppies, the side effects are unwanted puppies are abandon on the streets. Have a conscience people, puppies are not stuff toys.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Dear Editor:
Stop the breeding of puppies for sale
Last week while walking along Regent Street, I observed in a side entrance leading to the back two dogs engaged in an act of reproducing and sitting not far away was a man I assumed in full awareness of this action.
I approached him and gently enquired whether he owned these two dogs and if he was intentionally breeding puppies and for what reasons as I was curious. He replied that he will be selling the puppies and if I was interested in buying one or two.
Well I got livid and to control my anger already in full gear I had to restrain myself to get his attention since I needed to continue this conversation in an appropriate manner to help him understand that what he is doing is profiting and taking advantage off the lives of innocent and voiceless dogs to benefit his pocket.
I proceeded to ask the name of his dogs to which he replied they have none, just there to serve his purpose, gone are the days of Lassie and Rover loved and justly respected by owners, is now a marketplace for business. Puppies born out of undue pregnancies instituted by a culture of people for the purpose of selling to earn a living or to subsidize their livelihood is morally and humanely wrong. Get a real job people like everyone else.
I asked him whether his female dog had produced pups before and he replied once that it was five puppies but they were stolen from his bottom house having left them in a carton box overnight or maybe they jumped out and left his unfenced yard. Well I got livid again and firmly stated that those puppies will grow up on the streets reproducing and reproducing a cycle of puppies and if he could find it in his heart to understand the sin he committed of endangering their pure lives with unwanted troubles. I pointed to homeless dogs on the street and cautioned him that he is contributing with the escape of his five pups to a serious problem all across the country of dogs having no choice but a terrible street life. Finally, I pleaded with him to stop breeding his dogs for earnings and to seek job opportunities relevant to his skills.
Let me make reference to Canada and the U.S.A. of the numerous puppy mill facilities illegally operated by unscrupulous humans is oftentimes exposed by way of informants or random searches by law enforcements. It reveals appalling conditions that puppies endure in the interim of sale which outraged animal rights activists consider as cruelty. Fortunately, the perpetrators are brought to justice, severe penalties imposed and all puppies seized are handed over to several animal shelters for adoption.
Help to prevent unwanted puppies oftentimes dumped everywhere. Make the right choice of spaying your female dogs to stop reproducing. Help to limit the over population on our streets. Stop breeding dogs for the purpose of profiting from the sale of puppies, the side effects are unwanted puppies are abandon on the streets. Have a conscience people, puppies are not stuff toys.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Sharing Animal Care Expo 2009
April 14, 2009
Sharing Animal Care Expo 2009
Dear Editor:
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) jointly with The Humane Society International (HSI) held their annual global educational and training conference from April 6 – 9 on animal care and protection in Las Vegas. We attended as animal advocates.
The four days of comprehensive and interactive workshops consisted of emergency service professionals, responders, veterinarians, shelter organizations, field and medical workforce for rural communities in poor countries and slid presentations narrated by experienced and qualified personnel of various animal associations.
The HSUS slogan: “Celebrating animals/confronting cruelty. We strive to foster respect and compassion for animals and to prevent their suffering; to create a more humane world by educating the public about animal issues, by pushing for the passage of laws to protect animals. We celebrate the human-animal bond and all of the richness that animals bring to our lives. They are unable to speak and feel pain the same way as you”
The enormous global issues on animal welfare and preservation provided a deeper understanding of the constant tasks and challenges that confront the HSUS and HSI. A brief overview is as follows for some topics relevant to Guyana’s animals and the manner of mistreatment from a sector of a culture.
The HSUS condemn the sadistic practices from people in some countries that profit off the underground dog fighting rings. Dogs, usually pit bulls, are bred and trained to fight each other to the death even after serious wounds they are allowed to continue all for the amusement of spectators in a bid to win the highest wage. A bloody and cruel sport will leave many abandoned or mercilessly killed by gunshot. This has been outlawed in the USA and Canada as inhuman and a crime against dogs.
Dog fighting not only hurts animals but also endangers a community’s safety, illegal drugs and firearms are commonly found at the scene of animal fighting events. Young children brought to events are desensitized to violence and taught that cruelty is “acceptable”.
The HSUS and HSI world campaign on the benefits to society and the beautification of developing countries to boost tourism is to spay and neuter your pets to reduce unwanted litters being dumped onto the streets. Tourists view the people and Government of a country negatively to see many street roaming animals neglected and abandoned. Spaying is an operation involving the complete removal of both ovaries and the uterus of the female animal. Neuter (castration) is an operation involving the surgical removal of both testicles of a male animal. If this is practiced, it will control over population.
The HSUS sustainable programs in rural communities of poor countries is to control the mistreatment of working animals, animal trafficking and poachers that mutilate animals for commerce. Free outreach field spay/neuter clinics are setup to handle the in-pouring of dogs for surgery. All the dogs are released back on the streets to live out their natural life with no chance of reproducing.
Establish a humane educational program in developing countries in the principles of justice, goodwill and humanity towards all life and the cultivation of the spirit of kindness to animals. The habit of using animals in attendance in workshops will forge a bond that will touch people to think differently and could see a sharp decline in animal oppression. Some topics should include public awareness with the use of radio and TV, flyers, billboards and posters illustrating animals and people with words of compassion. A program will help children develop empathy and understanding of fellow creatures and responsible animal guardianship.
Many sectors of cultures need to understand that animals are sentient beings and are not our enemies. They should be allowed to live out their natural life whether in their own habitat or free roaming without compromise of pain and suffering.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams (Toronto)
Joyce Gomes (Vancouver)
Sharing Animal Care Expo 2009
Dear Editor:
The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) jointly with The Humane Society International (HSI) held their annual global educational and training conference from April 6 – 9 on animal care and protection in Las Vegas. We attended as animal advocates.
The four days of comprehensive and interactive workshops consisted of emergency service professionals, responders, veterinarians, shelter organizations, field and medical workforce for rural communities in poor countries and slid presentations narrated by experienced and qualified personnel of various animal associations.
The HSUS slogan: “Celebrating animals/confronting cruelty. We strive to foster respect and compassion for animals and to prevent their suffering; to create a more humane world by educating the public about animal issues, by pushing for the passage of laws to protect animals. We celebrate the human-animal bond and all of the richness that animals bring to our lives. They are unable to speak and feel pain the same way as you”
The enormous global issues on animal welfare and preservation provided a deeper understanding of the constant tasks and challenges that confront the HSUS and HSI. A brief overview is as follows for some topics relevant to Guyana’s animals and the manner of mistreatment from a sector of a culture.
The HSUS condemn the sadistic practices from people in some countries that profit off the underground dog fighting rings. Dogs, usually pit bulls, are bred and trained to fight each other to the death even after serious wounds they are allowed to continue all for the amusement of spectators in a bid to win the highest wage. A bloody and cruel sport will leave many abandoned or mercilessly killed by gunshot. This has been outlawed in the USA and Canada as inhuman and a crime against dogs.
Dog fighting not only hurts animals but also endangers a community’s safety, illegal drugs and firearms are commonly found at the scene of animal fighting events. Young children brought to events are desensitized to violence and taught that cruelty is “acceptable”.
The HSUS and HSI world campaign on the benefits to society and the beautification of developing countries to boost tourism is to spay and neuter your pets to reduce unwanted litters being dumped onto the streets. Tourists view the people and Government of a country negatively to see many street roaming animals neglected and abandoned. Spaying is an operation involving the complete removal of both ovaries and the uterus of the female animal. Neuter (castration) is an operation involving the surgical removal of both testicles of a male animal. If this is practiced, it will control over population.
The HSUS sustainable programs in rural communities of poor countries is to control the mistreatment of working animals, animal trafficking and poachers that mutilate animals for commerce. Free outreach field spay/neuter clinics are setup to handle the in-pouring of dogs for surgery. All the dogs are released back on the streets to live out their natural life with no chance of reproducing.
Establish a humane educational program in developing countries in the principles of justice, goodwill and humanity towards all life and the cultivation of the spirit of kindness to animals. The habit of using animals in attendance in workshops will forge a bond that will touch people to think differently and could see a sharp decline in animal oppression. Some topics should include public awareness with the use of radio and TV, flyers, billboards and posters illustrating animals and people with words of compassion. A program will help children develop empathy and understanding of fellow creatures and responsible animal guardianship.
Many sectors of cultures need to understand that animals are sentient beings and are not our enemies. They should be allowed to live out their natural life whether in their own habitat or free roaming without compromise of pain and suffering.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams (Toronto)
Joyce Gomes (Vancouver)
Proper breeding methods of dogs is not the answer in Guyana, South America
February 19, 2008
Dear Editor:
Proper breeding methods of dogs is not the answer
If Mr. M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett is in agreement with the breeding of dogs then he should take the time to look around the environs other than Georgetown and observe the countless strays or homeless dogs populating the roadways.
He should also observe with empathy their daily struggle dodging in and out of heavy traffic needless to say many are hit and left to die on roadways. I have seen dozens of dead dogs all across our roadways yet we need to encourage people to breed puppies for their livelihood with no humane thoughtfulness for the welfare and protection of such animals.
Here is the answer Mr. Hackett for your approval of proper breeding methods of dogs, standby, while many people are breeding special breed dogs such as pitbulls to wager them in the bloody underground dog fighting circle while human beings stand around cheering, laughing and applauding the dogs to viciously rip each other apart. Is that humanely acceptable?
What about the breeding of foreign small dogs to sell the puppies because now everyone in Guyana wants a special type puppy. Then the cycle of reproducing these small breed fancies to profit off their innocent lives for personal gains becomes a business. Puppies are not commodities to sell like stuff toys in a store. They are “a life and voiceless” and can face a fate of suffering by neglectful people.
Now we have the common breed dogs to deal with that are discarded on the roads by many people to now accommodate the newly bred dogs, the likes of Doberman, pit bulls and cute small dogs to mention a few. Our common breed dogs are now at the mercy of abandonment yet pavement dog breeders should be schooled on proper methods to reproduce their dogs. I will not endorse dog breeding of any type whatsoever. There is an over-population of dogs on planet earth.
Perhaps Mr. Hackett should peruse the websites of the Toronto Humane Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International to get an idea of the thousands of dogs euthanized every year for lack of space at shelters and lack of adoption. These renowned establishments in North America preach spaying and neutering to stop world over population.
Even here at our own GSPCA, lack of space is a problem to accommodate the numerous common breed dogs taken in everyday. Go figure what is done with them. Sad but true.
Stop breeding puppies for sale they are not toys. Guyana has an over-population of street dogs
suffering, abused and helpless.
Yours faithfully,
Zenobia Williams
Dear Editor:
Proper breeding methods of dogs is not the answer
If Mr. M. Xiu Quan-Balgobind-Hackett is in agreement with the breeding of dogs then he should take the time to look around the environs other than Georgetown and observe the countless strays or homeless dogs populating the roadways.
He should also observe with empathy their daily struggle dodging in and out of heavy traffic needless to say many are hit and left to die on roadways. I have seen dozens of dead dogs all across our roadways yet we need to encourage people to breed puppies for their livelihood with no humane thoughtfulness for the welfare and protection of such animals.
Here is the answer Mr. Hackett for your approval of proper breeding methods of dogs, standby, while many people are breeding special breed dogs such as pitbulls to wager them in the bloody underground dog fighting circle while human beings stand around cheering, laughing and applauding the dogs to viciously rip each other apart. Is that humanely acceptable?
What about the breeding of foreign small dogs to sell the puppies because now everyone in Guyana wants a special type puppy. Then the cycle of reproducing these small breed fancies to profit off their innocent lives for personal gains becomes a business. Puppies are not commodities to sell like stuff toys in a store. They are “a life and voiceless” and can face a fate of suffering by neglectful people.
Now we have the common breed dogs to deal with that are discarded on the roads by many people to now accommodate the newly bred dogs, the likes of Doberman, pit bulls and cute small dogs to mention a few. Our common breed dogs are now at the mercy of abandonment yet pavement dog breeders should be schooled on proper methods to reproduce their dogs. I will not endorse dog breeding of any type whatsoever. There is an over-population of dogs on planet earth.
Perhaps Mr. Hackett should peruse the websites of the Toronto Humane Society and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals International to get an idea of the thousands of dogs euthanized every year for lack of space at shelters and lack of adoption. These renowned establishments in North America preach spaying and neutering to stop world over population.
Even here at our own GSPCA, lack of space is a problem to accommodate the numerous common breed dogs taken in everyday. Go figure what is done with them. Sad but true.
Stop breeding puppies for sale they are not toys. Guyana has an over-population of street dogs
suffering, abused and helpless.
Yours faithfully,
Zenobia Williams
Some people are the problem not the dogs in Guyana, South America
June 28, 2008
Some people are the problem not the dogs in Guyana, South America
Dear Editor:
With the recent controversy about pit bull attacks, why don’t some owners understand that failing to enclose their dogs in a fence in yard with a gate or keeping their dogs on a leash will prevent these terrible attacks on people.
Responsible ownership starts from the time your chosen breed of dog comes to live with you. Irresponsible owners are one of the major causes for all the problems any breed of dog faces today. By no means dogs dislike people but with the natural aggressive tendencies of some breeds such as the pit bulls or rottweiler would require owners to learn to properly restrain such dogs.
As always, it is the animals that are defenceless when confronted with a charge of aggressive attacks on people and owners do not admit their constant failure and empty don’t care attitude to prevent their guard dogs from running loose and wild.
Pit bulls and other aggressive breeds of dogs are quality companions but for quality owners only who are well informed about the temperament of the breed. A minimum of training with certain habits of how to socialize with the good people and how to scare off the bad people will produce an obedient dog and companion.
When our voiceless listen to commands, their ears straighten up and tails wag up and down to tell you my master that I am at your beck and call to listen and learn and because you take good care of me. In return, the owners will be able to manage and control their defenders by directing them with strict orders. All dogs are eager to learn and willing to please and be obedient to their owners if properly trained.
Dogs are not the problem and people must recognize this fact. People are the problem and until individuals stop ignoring their pets leaving them to roam and run like wild attacking people, then it becomes a serious issue for the Law of the land. On the other hand, people become fearful of all dogs because careless owners bring out the worse in pit bulls and every breed of dog.
Regretful though, is the sad fact world wide that pit bulls pay the penalty of being destroyed because of selfish uncaring people who undertake ownership without a clue of knowledge and to believing that only pit bulls can give them a safe haven of protection. Contrary to that theory, any breed of dog will provide security protection.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Some people are the problem not the dogs in Guyana, South America
Dear Editor:
With the recent controversy about pit bull attacks, why don’t some owners understand that failing to enclose their dogs in a fence in yard with a gate or keeping their dogs on a leash will prevent these terrible attacks on people.
Responsible ownership starts from the time your chosen breed of dog comes to live with you. Irresponsible owners are one of the major causes for all the problems any breed of dog faces today. By no means dogs dislike people but with the natural aggressive tendencies of some breeds such as the pit bulls or rottweiler would require owners to learn to properly restrain such dogs.
As always, it is the animals that are defenceless when confronted with a charge of aggressive attacks on people and owners do not admit their constant failure and empty don’t care attitude to prevent their guard dogs from running loose and wild.
Pit bulls and other aggressive breeds of dogs are quality companions but for quality owners only who are well informed about the temperament of the breed. A minimum of training with certain habits of how to socialize with the good people and how to scare off the bad people will produce an obedient dog and companion.
When our voiceless listen to commands, their ears straighten up and tails wag up and down to tell you my master that I am at your beck and call to listen and learn and because you take good care of me. In return, the owners will be able to manage and control their defenders by directing them with strict orders. All dogs are eager to learn and willing to please and be obedient to their owners if properly trained.
Dogs are not the problem and people must recognize this fact. People are the problem and until individuals stop ignoring their pets leaving them to roam and run like wild attacking people, then it becomes a serious issue for the Law of the land. On the other hand, people become fearful of all dogs because careless owners bring out the worse in pit bulls and every breed of dog.
Regretful though, is the sad fact world wide that pit bulls pay the penalty of being destroyed because of selfish uncaring people who undertake ownership without a clue of knowledge and to believing that only pit bulls can give them a safe haven of protection. Contrary to that theory, any breed of dog will provide security protection.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Owners of Pit Bulls in Guyana, South America
March 2, 2008
Dear Editor
Owners of Pit Bulls
In your publication 01/03/2008 “woman held after loosing pit bulls on children” has not been the first incident and will not be the last if people are not well-informed about the temperament of this breed dog.
By no means are these dogs people-haters or people-eaters. Their natural aggressive tendencies are toward other dogs and animals, however, if they are properly socialized they will not even be aggressive with other animals or people.
Pit bulls are truly quality companions for quality owners only. For the most part, they are very friendly but not recommended for most people. A minimum of training will produce a tranquil, obedient dog. When properly trained and socialized, this is a very good dog and a great family companion.
Unfortunately, some choose to promote the fighting instinct in the breed, giving it a bad name. At one time the pit bull was a much loved, trustworthy companion. Responsible ownership starts from the time your pit bull comes to live with you. Irresponsible owners are one of the major causes for all the problems the breed faces today.
Dogs are not the problem and people must recognize this fact. People are the problem and until we find a way to educate people against their wilful actions to allow dogs to bite and terrorize the public we will never stop the problem. On the other hand, people become fearful of all dogs because people bring out the worst in pit bulls.
It is my opinion that the executive of the GSPCA the only animal organization throughout Guyana situated at Orange Walk and Bourda has an obligation to the general public to demonstrate awareness by way of using the media.
A simple one minute advertisement on the radio and TV could illustrate don’t loose your dogs to attack people or you could be prosecuted, keep them in fenced in yards, be kind to animals, leave food and water, report any sighted cruelty, etc. Everyone in Guyana has a TV. It is called communication. Until such time, there will no change unless people are made aware.
It is regrettable that citizens and inspectors of the GSPCA were needlessly bitten and traumatized.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Dear Editor
Owners of Pit Bulls
In your publication 01/03/2008 “woman held after loosing pit bulls on children” has not been the first incident and will not be the last if people are not well-informed about the temperament of this breed dog.
By no means are these dogs people-haters or people-eaters. Their natural aggressive tendencies are toward other dogs and animals, however, if they are properly socialized they will not even be aggressive with other animals or people.
Pit bulls are truly quality companions for quality owners only. For the most part, they are very friendly but not recommended for most people. A minimum of training will produce a tranquil, obedient dog. When properly trained and socialized, this is a very good dog and a great family companion.
Unfortunately, some choose to promote the fighting instinct in the breed, giving it a bad name. At one time the pit bull was a much loved, trustworthy companion. Responsible ownership starts from the time your pit bull comes to live with you. Irresponsible owners are one of the major causes for all the problems the breed faces today.
Dogs are not the problem and people must recognize this fact. People are the problem and until we find a way to educate people against their wilful actions to allow dogs to bite and terrorize the public we will never stop the problem. On the other hand, people become fearful of all dogs because people bring out the worst in pit bulls.
It is my opinion that the executive of the GSPCA the only animal organization throughout Guyana situated at Orange Walk and Bourda has an obligation to the general public to demonstrate awareness by way of using the media.
A simple one minute advertisement on the radio and TV could illustrate don’t loose your dogs to attack people or you could be prosecuted, keep them in fenced in yards, be kind to animals, leave food and water, report any sighted cruelty, etc. Everyone in Guyana has a TV. It is called communication. Until such time, there will no change unless people are made aware.
It is regrettable that citizens and inspectors of the GSPCA were needlessly bitten and traumatized.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Owners of Cart Horses in Guyana, South America
January 21, 2008
Dear Editor:
Owners of Cart Horses
Although the theoretical math from a regular writer explaining his reasons why cart horses can heave burdensome loads such as 30 sacks of cement (3,300 lbs) is in his opinion, an adequate load to haul depending on the mass and health of the animal is questionable.
Let us argue that a horse is as strong as a lion or even stronger, how can anyone be the good judge to decide the strength and capacity of the horse is equal to, less than, or is in greater proportion to the weight of the load and so it is acceptable to haul.
While recently travelling through various areas that are loading zones for lumber and cement for cart horses to pull, fully loaded and oftentimes over-loaded, I ask myself how this lone horse is ever going to manage to pull this huge load and how far a distance he has to go before being relieved of his burden or before he collapses.
Even when he builds up a momentum by trotting to heave his burdensome load, how can anyone take for granted including the owner that this horse is not under pressure but what the heck the job has to be done and delivery has to be just in time.
To add pain to fury, the owner I will call Spartacus, proceeds to whip the horse pulling a laden cart to trot or gallop faster in a manner so oblivious to the overstrain and burden down animal maybe at this point suffering from exhaustion.
A charge of cruelty to owners of horse carts is imminent when it is visible and eye witness by the general public everyday all across the roads nationwide that many owners do use harsh methods like whipping using the rope or hitting with a stick. This I have seen several times with over laden carts of scrap iron, cement and wood.
These working horses are doing hard labour all day to provide a living for their master and in return for their service I believe they deserve humane treatment and respect from their owners for toiling in the hot sun all their lives. Is it possible to put owners before the cart to feel the punishment they dish out.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Dear Editor:
Owners of Cart Horses
Although the theoretical math from a regular writer explaining his reasons why cart horses can heave burdensome loads such as 30 sacks of cement (3,300 lbs) is in his opinion, an adequate load to haul depending on the mass and health of the animal is questionable.
Let us argue that a horse is as strong as a lion or even stronger, how can anyone be the good judge to decide the strength and capacity of the horse is equal to, less than, or is in greater proportion to the weight of the load and so it is acceptable to haul.
While recently travelling through various areas that are loading zones for lumber and cement for cart horses to pull, fully loaded and oftentimes over-loaded, I ask myself how this lone horse is ever going to manage to pull this huge load and how far a distance he has to go before being relieved of his burden or before he collapses.
Even when he builds up a momentum by trotting to heave his burdensome load, how can anyone take for granted including the owner that this horse is not under pressure but what the heck the job has to be done and delivery has to be just in time.
To add pain to fury, the owner I will call Spartacus, proceeds to whip the horse pulling a laden cart to trot or gallop faster in a manner so oblivious to the overstrain and burden down animal maybe at this point suffering from exhaustion.
A charge of cruelty to owners of horse carts is imminent when it is visible and eye witness by the general public everyday all across the roads nationwide that many owners do use harsh methods like whipping using the rope or hitting with a stick. This I have seen several times with over laden carts of scrap iron, cement and wood.
These working horses are doing hard labour all day to provide a living for their master and in return for their service I believe they deserve humane treatment and respect from their owners for toiling in the hot sun all their lives. Is it possible to put owners before the cart to feel the punishment they dish out.
Yours faithfully
Zenobia Williams
Justice for dogs brutally killed by some heartless men
June 10, 2008
Dear Editor:
Justice for dogs brutally killed by some heartless men
I respond so heartsick to an article written by Shabna Ullah who describes a violent crime that occurred around midday on Sunday June 8 by a group of cold-hearted men that claimed dogs were attacking their sheep.
This horrifying crime against dogs and witnessed by residents tells a mob of about 12 men with cutlasses brutally butchering about 10 dogs by hacking off their heads while the owners looked on helplessly. The men beat the dogs with sticks and used ropes to lasso them if they tried to run away. In some of the killings, the heads of the dogs were chopped off completely.
The murderous rampage by these savage men continued with cutlass chops on a pregnant dog and severing the ear of another dog that ran for his life but the barbaric men ran after him and butchered it to death.
I am desperately fighting to express my rage for this sinister massacre can show the dept of the evil and sin committed by this group of callous men against God’s voiceless creatures. This is a horrifying and unforgiving crime and if these ruthless men are not caught by the law and brought to face a harsh punishment, then society would have failed our voiceless animals. I shudder to think these very men would continue slaughtering our dogs if they are not brought to justice.
These mob of men find it easier to kill dogs rather than have their sheep in a fenced in area. I encourage people to contain your animals in an enclosed surrounding. Vacant plots of land or pasture could have barriers build to be utilized as safe haven for animals and from straying or wandering into danger. Provide any type of shelter to control and over-see your animals. Owners of dogs should have a fenced in yard to keep them safe.
Please reach out to help the everyday cruelty to animals by speaking out against the slaughtering of these several dogs, many of whom had owners.
Guyana authorities please reform your laws for animal protection and enforce your rulings to punish animal abusers. Animals will forever be around us.
Yours faithfully,
Zenobia Williams
Dear Editor:
Justice for dogs brutally killed by some heartless men
I respond so heartsick to an article written by Shabna Ullah who describes a violent crime that occurred around midday on Sunday June 8 by a group of cold-hearted men that claimed dogs were attacking their sheep.
This horrifying crime against dogs and witnessed by residents tells a mob of about 12 men with cutlasses brutally butchering about 10 dogs by hacking off their heads while the owners looked on helplessly. The men beat the dogs with sticks and used ropes to lasso them if they tried to run away. In some of the killings, the heads of the dogs were chopped off completely.
The murderous rampage by these savage men continued with cutlass chops on a pregnant dog and severing the ear of another dog that ran for his life but the barbaric men ran after him and butchered it to death.
I am desperately fighting to express my rage for this sinister massacre can show the dept of the evil and sin committed by this group of callous men against God’s voiceless creatures. This is a horrifying and unforgiving crime and if these ruthless men are not caught by the law and brought to face a harsh punishment, then society would have failed our voiceless animals. I shudder to think these very men would continue slaughtering our dogs if they are not brought to justice.
These mob of men find it easier to kill dogs rather than have their sheep in a fenced in area. I encourage people to contain your animals in an enclosed surrounding. Vacant plots of land or pasture could have barriers build to be utilized as safe haven for animals and from straying or wandering into danger. Provide any type of shelter to control and over-see your animals. Owners of dogs should have a fenced in yard to keep them safe.
Please reach out to help the everyday cruelty to animals by speaking out against the slaughtering of these several dogs, many of whom had owners.
Guyana authorities please reform your laws for animal protection and enforce your rulings to punish animal abusers. Animals will forever be around us.
Yours faithfully,
Zenobia Williams
Dead Horse On Road How Tragic
December 27, 2007
Dear Editor
Dead horse on road how tragic
On Christmas day I was travelling along the junction turnoff from DSL into the four way lane on the East Bank to visit a friend where I noticed a dead horse alongside the grass.
It was a touching and emotional sight as I have never in my entire life seen how a beautiful horse, obviously a well kept working horse, that has a owner can be dead and forgotten without the slightest respect or compassion for this creature. How can the owner or persons walking by not sound an alarm to have him pulled off the side of the road.
What sadden and distressed me even more was that three quarters of his body was on the grass but his head was directly on the road and vehicles were speeding by just merely swerving to avoid cementing his head to the road.
How disturbing, how troubling that people living in the vicinity can look out their windows and surroundings and see a once living creature just lying dead and his dead soul praying for his body to be removed from crushing.
I ask myself, was this not Christmas day, a day of compassion, the footprints of Jesus humility left for humanity to follow without shame or disgrace.
I cannot toot my own horn and not feel guilty for not stopping to render assistance and for a long time it will rest heavily on my heart that I fell short as an animal advocate to help my four legged friend.
With deep sorrows to this unfortunate horse however manner he died and left lying on the road corner is a grim reality that animals throughout our nation suffer and struggle to cope with the hazards of unsafe roads having no secure environment of their own.
To the thousands of overseas Guyanese visiting our homeland and witnessing a culture of street animals that have procreated over and over is the result of abandonment by long ago owners that have migrated.
My message to everyone with a higher moral discipline that have achieved living in developed countries is to input your initiatives on animal welfare and protection, and curbing street over population to the Guyana authorities.
Here are some initiatives to expand and build on. Encourage people to fence in their yards to contain and enclose their dogs. Spay and neuter your pets to prevent straying new born. Vacant plots of lands with barriers can be utilized as sanctuaries to keep cows, horses, pigs, etc off the streets. Provide any type of shelter to control and oversee your animals. Please help the voiceless.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
Dear Editor
Dead horse on road how tragic
On Christmas day I was travelling along the junction turnoff from DSL into the four way lane on the East Bank to visit a friend where I noticed a dead horse alongside the grass.
It was a touching and emotional sight as I have never in my entire life seen how a beautiful horse, obviously a well kept working horse, that has a owner can be dead and forgotten without the slightest respect or compassion for this creature. How can the owner or persons walking by not sound an alarm to have him pulled off the side of the road.
What sadden and distressed me even more was that three quarters of his body was on the grass but his head was directly on the road and vehicles were speeding by just merely swerving to avoid cementing his head to the road.
How disturbing, how troubling that people living in the vicinity can look out their windows and surroundings and see a once living creature just lying dead and his dead soul praying for his body to be removed from crushing.
I ask myself, was this not Christmas day, a day of compassion, the footprints of Jesus humility left for humanity to follow without shame or disgrace.
I cannot toot my own horn and not feel guilty for not stopping to render assistance and for a long time it will rest heavily on my heart that I fell short as an animal advocate to help my four legged friend.
With deep sorrows to this unfortunate horse however manner he died and left lying on the road corner is a grim reality that animals throughout our nation suffer and struggle to cope with the hazards of unsafe roads having no secure environment of their own.
To the thousands of overseas Guyanese visiting our homeland and witnessing a culture of street animals that have procreated over and over is the result of abandonment by long ago owners that have migrated.
My message to everyone with a higher moral discipline that have achieved living in developed countries is to input your initiatives on animal welfare and protection, and curbing street over population to the Guyana authorities.
Here are some initiatives to expand and build on. Encourage people to fence in their yards to contain and enclose their dogs. Spay and neuter your pets to prevent straying new born. Vacant plots of lands with barriers can be utilized as sanctuaries to keep cows, horses, pigs, etc off the streets. Provide any type of shelter to control and oversee your animals. Please help the voiceless.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
Animal Advocate
An Incredible Heart for Animals
April 19, 2010
An incredible heart for animals
Dear Editor:
As if we don’t have enough sadness in today’s distressful world, must we use suffering street animals for writing a letter of ill feeling against Ms Syeada Manbodh for reasons completely unrelated to animals.
For over ten years, Syeada has been a crusader, written and outspoken, for the relief of abuse and extreme cruelty to dogs and other animals by the hands of some people. She continues to rescue sick and suffering dogs in pastures, gutters and trenches, alleyways, on the seawall and everywhere she sees a sick animal. Who would leave their homes at night when called upon for a sighted sick dog and that kind person who called cannot do what Syeada does.
If it is Syeada’s revelation to follow her heart and caringly help God’s voiceless creatures, the rest of us human beings should give thanks for this incredible lady who has the courage to brave difficult conditions to search and rescue a sick animal.
In her experiences she knows that some people would inflict cruelty to a spotted animal that is sick and isn’t that adding salt to the wound. A heart with no empathy is no heart. If we cannot feel compassion for suffering street animals then allow the light to continue shining on Syeada.
Years ago, I was on many of her trips to capture sick animals during days and nights and it is no easy task. The weakly and frightened creatures are even more frightened for fear of cruel human hands that left them scarred and lifeless. Ultimately, they don’t know the good hands from the bad hands so they keep running.
In other experiences with us going for a drive around the city we would see many sick and abused animals and she would quickly act with the sling and kennel to capture the animal and drive to the GSPCA or a veterinary clinic for treatment and/or actions to be taken.
These are given situations everyday where so many ill-treated dogs are roaming the streets that I oftentimes wonder if Syeada decides to live abroad (again) the guardian angel and saviour for our street animals would be no more and definitely, using their sixth sense, they would feel her absence.
Syeada’s human spirit is beyond any measure of doubt if you were to view her many albums depicting pictures of dogs severely abused with broken bones, burnt and bleeding bodies. Can humanity honestly say that dogs are God’s gift to them but a dog may say it if he truly could. Animals were created to serve and help mankind as you would see from Biblical times that donkeys and other mules were means of transportation. Today it exists.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
An incredible heart for animals
Dear Editor:
As if we don’t have enough sadness in today’s distressful world, must we use suffering street animals for writing a letter of ill feeling against Ms Syeada Manbodh for reasons completely unrelated to animals.
For over ten years, Syeada has been a crusader, written and outspoken, for the relief of abuse and extreme cruelty to dogs and other animals by the hands of some people. She continues to rescue sick and suffering dogs in pastures, gutters and trenches, alleyways, on the seawall and everywhere she sees a sick animal. Who would leave their homes at night when called upon for a sighted sick dog and that kind person who called cannot do what Syeada does.
If it is Syeada’s revelation to follow her heart and caringly help God’s voiceless creatures, the rest of us human beings should give thanks for this incredible lady who has the courage to brave difficult conditions to search and rescue a sick animal.
In her experiences she knows that some people would inflict cruelty to a spotted animal that is sick and isn’t that adding salt to the wound. A heart with no empathy is no heart. If we cannot feel compassion for suffering street animals then allow the light to continue shining on Syeada.
Years ago, I was on many of her trips to capture sick animals during days and nights and it is no easy task. The weakly and frightened creatures are even more frightened for fear of cruel human hands that left them scarred and lifeless. Ultimately, they don’t know the good hands from the bad hands so they keep running.
In other experiences with us going for a drive around the city we would see many sick and abused animals and she would quickly act with the sling and kennel to capture the animal and drive to the GSPCA or a veterinary clinic for treatment and/or actions to be taken.
These are given situations everyday where so many ill-treated dogs are roaming the streets that I oftentimes wonder if Syeada decides to live abroad (again) the guardian angel and saviour for our street animals would be no more and definitely, using their sixth sense, they would feel her absence.
Syeada’s human spirit is beyond any measure of doubt if you were to view her many albums depicting pictures of dogs severely abused with broken bones, burnt and bleeding bodies. Can humanity honestly say that dogs are God’s gift to them but a dog may say it if he truly could. Animals were created to serve and help mankind as you would see from Biblical times that donkeys and other mules were means of transportation. Today it exists.
Sincerely
Zenobia Williams
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