Voluntary work at Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA)， Selangor (8th November 2012)

Life is life -whether is a cat, or dog or man. There is no difference between a cat or a man. The idea of difference is a human conception for man's own advantage. -Sri Aurobindo

Besides Zoo Negara, my group members also planned to be volunteers in SPCA for our community service in order to help those abandoned and abused animals. After some discussion, my group members decided to go SPCA with other groups on 8^th November 2012. SPCA Selangor is an animal welfare organisation based in Ampang Jaya, Selangor. It is a well-respected and trusted Non-Profit Organisation that was established in 1958 to protect animals in Selangor and the Federal Territory. Today they have a wide range of activities all with one common aim which is to protect defenseless animals and alleviate their suffering. They receive more than 700 unwanted, homeless or abused animals every month. The reasons we chose SPCA was due to we are enthusiastic animal lovers. We hope to spend some time with animals. Some of them were abandoned by their owners and they really need our care.    

            We reached the place at 10 o’clock in the morning. I observed that there are two sections there. This is because they need to separate the dogs and the cats. Most of the dogs are kept in cages whereas some are left outside. There are many cages to be cleaned, dogs to be taken care and lots of work to do so they really need many volunteers. The staff explained to us on what should we do. First, we helped to clean cages where puppies are being kept and changed the old newspaper that contains some animal waste and food waste. Their drinking water is replaced with clean water. Then, the staff brought us to the cats’ section. We washed the surrounding area, changed the old newspaper with new one, poured the leftover food in the food container into rubbish bags and replaced some tinned cat foods in the container. After cleaning the cats’ cages, we helped them to bring all the plastic containers that contain rice that they had prepared to feed the puppies and the dogs. We went home after finished feeding the animals.

Photos taken in the SPCA office before we went home.

Photos taken after we finished cleaning the cats and dogs' shelter.

             We were playing with the puppies after changing the old newspaper for them.

            I learned to be kind to animals through this volunteering experience at SPCA, It is very happy to see that they have a clean shelter. Life is life and there is no difference between a cat, a dog or man. Societies must be responsible to take care of their own pets and respect them as life. Concern for animals is a matter of taking the side of the weak against the strong, something the best people have always done.