you and the law relating to cruelty to animals & owning and keeping dogs

this post special for those who love to keep the animals as their pets or for those that love dogs...fact, the animal matters is exist in the eyes of laws where nobodys can deny their right.


Animals also one of the greatest creation made by Allah S.W.T where we need to care them as well as a one of the living things in this world. So that, some kind of cruelty attitude towards the animals shall be avoid because there will be a law that can protect them if you abusing them!!
I. Cruelty to animals.
The law that governing this matters is Animals Act 1953 (Act 647) where the cruelty animal can be describe in the context as any living creatures other than a human being and includes any beast, bird, fish, reptile or insect whether wild or tame. There has types to cruelty to animals are punishable under the Animals Act 1953 where
1. Any individual who kicks, beats, ill-treats, over-rides, over drives, overloads, tortures infuriates or terrifies any animal or being an owner permits any animal used to be.
2. Any individual being in charge of any animal in confinement or in course of transport from one place to another neglects to supply such animal with sufficient food or water
3. Any individual that cause any unnecessary pain or suffering to any animal or being the owner permits any unnecessary pain or suffering to any animal.
4. Any individual who cause an injury towards the animal such as the animal suffering from any diseases, infirmity wound, sore or as they are employed to keep and manage them.
5. Any individual that cause procures or assist at the fighting or baiting of any animal
6. Any individual who keeps, uses, manages or acts or assist in the management of any premises or place for the purpose of fighting or baiting any animal or any person who permits any premises to be so kept, manage and used.
7. Any individual that receives money for the purposes of fighting and baiting in any animals.

II. Owning and keeping dogs
In order to keep and own dog a license is necessary because the law provides that no one shall own, keep, harbor or maintain any dog that is over 3 months old. The consequences for keeping and owning the dog without license can be fine of RM 100.
As the nature of dog is wild and dangerous, it may harm the people around us and there an offences where the law provides that any person who without lawful excuse sets on ur urges any dog to attack or put in fear any person shall be liable to a fine RM 100.


so......treat the animals as the living things too..=)