A 28-year-old animal shelter – which was given 14 days to pack up and leave its well-known location in Subang along with 260 dogs and 280 cats- now has the Selangor Menteri Besar stepping in to resolve the issue.
Azmin Ali has suspended the eviction notice served on Nov 10 to the Paws Animal Welfare Association (PAWS) by the Petaling Jaya Land Office, The Star’s Wani Muthiah reports.
“I will speak with the district officer and see how best this matter can be solved,” he was quoted as saying.
The shelter’s plight spread on social media after it posted the notice and a statement on its Facebook page on Saturday. In the statement, PAWS president Nicholas Au said: “The land for the Animal Shelter was originally provided by Sime Plantations Berhad. The eviction notice and certainly the 14 day notice came as a complete shock to us.”
Their plea went viral with over 1,200 shares to date.
PAWS’ manager Edward Lim had gone to meet with Azmin yesterday to make his case known and according to The Star he left feeling hopeful.
“We were in a quandary but his reassuring words and suspension of the eviction notice has given us some hope to hold on to,” Lim was quoted as saying.
The organisation came to be in 1987, formed by a group of local and expatriate volunteers. The movement then went on to form the PAWS shelter on a piece of land owned by Sime Plantations on the Subang Airport Road where it now stands.
More about the organisation here.
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