This is the same standard of care that one would provide for their own household pets at home, rather than continuing to mistreat orphaned street cats and dogs as second class citizens.
This includes the Non Profit One Health Framework ( OHF ) : Emergency Veterinary Care And Immediate Assistance For Orphaned Street Animals for the sick, suffering, injured, abused and abandoned orphaned street animals in Penang, and the Non Profit One Health Framework ( OHF ) : Humane Education School And Community Programs which were first implemented on the 16th September 2011 at the Penang Butterfly Farm.
We are committed to keeping the streets and the environment clean – with precautionary measures designed to safeguard, and protect those most vulnerable in our society today, and in the future.
This means protecting orphaned street dogs ( and cats ) from becoming innocent, faultless potential mediums for national, and severe regional viral threats in Malaysia : – such as influenza – other infectious diseases – zoonotic diseases ( for example, the rabies virus ) – which can spread through the environment, among the voiceless orphaned street animals, and to us humans, most especially to our children, whose immune systems are more vulnerable.
The most crucial element, is that it also protects orphaned street dogs from future mass culling or from being put to sleep ( PTS ) or from being caught and impounded by local city councils or due to a lack of proper veterinary care.
Malaysian One Health seeks to have all voiceless orphaned street animals in Malaysia, to be officially recognised as " a humane community of healthy animals " living within our society under the ' One Health Framework – OHF's 10 Step Humane Veterinary Sponsorship Program ' and to ensure they remain available for free adoption or rehoming until more land for sanctuaries becomes available in Penang.
Penang One Health – Malaysian One Health is aligned with the fundamental principles of the internationally recognised " Five Principles Of Animal Freedom " ( first formalised in 1979 by the United Kingdom Farm Animal Welfare Council FAWC and later incorporated as the guiding principles in the World Organisation For Animal Health WOAH terrestrial animal health code from 2004 onwards ) – and it is also aligned with the leadership of the Global One Health Approach Initiatives developed through the United Nations from 2007 onwards – and with the work of the Animal Management In Rural And Remote Indigenous Communities ( AMRRIC ) from 2010 onwards.
" The Five Principles Of Animal Freedom " are also formally embedded in and upheld under the code of the Department of Veterinary Services Malaysia.
The One Health Approach Initiatives is championed by the renowned United Nations World Health Organization ( WHO ) – United Nations Food And Agriculture Organization ( FAO ) – World Organisation For Animal Health ( WOAH ) is primarily focused on a preventive and protective ' One Health Framework ' designed to achieve optimal health outcomes for people, and animals, and the environment.
For a nation free of unloved, abandoned, abused, homeless, neglected and unwanted suffering of orphaned street animals – this positive change will greatly help, assist, and benefit the entire country of Malaysia – without taking anything away from its traditional culture, and heritage – it will only enhance them with the infinite gifts of humanity for all lives.