Target: Datuk Dr. Akma binti Ngah Hamid, Director-General of Veterinary Services Malaysia
Goal: Enforce maximum fines and jail terms against every individual or business found guilty of the thousands of recent animal-abuse violations.
Thousands of abuse and neglect complaints have poured into Malaysia’s Veterinary Services Department—over 12,400 cases since 2021 and more than 2,500 just in the first half of this year. Despite existing laws that allow fines up to RM75,000 and two-year prison sentences, many offenders still escape meaningful consequences. The sheer volume of reports indicates a systemic failure to deter cruelty, leaving countless animals to suffer in silence.
Officials state that welfare violations range from starvation and filthy confinement to denial of medical care for pets and farm animals alike. Each confirmed offense is a crime under Malaysia’s Animal Welfare Act, yet the rising complaint numbers suggest enforcement and prosecution have not kept pace. Without decisive action, abusers may continue to view penalties as unlikely or insignificant.
Stronger, swifter punishment is essential—not only to protect animals but also to uphold public safety. Research consistently links animal cruelty with wider violence. Sign below to demand authorities apply existing penalties and pursue every viable prosecution to send a clear message: maltreatment of any living creature will carry real, serious consequences.
PETITION LETTER:
To Datuk Dr. Akma binti Ngah Hamid,
Your department has received more than 12,000 complaints of animal abuse, neglect, and welfare violations since 2021. Each of these incidents represents a living being who endured hunger, illness, or agony contrary to Malaysia’s Animal Welfare Act. Yet the steady rise in complaint numbers suggests that many perpetrators do not fear meaningful punishment.
Every unresolved case risks normalizing cruelty and emboldening future offenders. The Act already empowers authorities to levy fines of RM15,000–RM75,000 and impose prison terms of up to two years. We respectfully urge your office to pursue those penalties to their fullest extent whenever evidence supports a charge, and to publish timely updates on prosecutions so the public sees that justice is being served.
Vigorous, transparent enforcement will save animals from needless suffering and reinforce the principle that compassion underpins a civilized society. Please act decisively to ensure that every confirmed abuser is held fully accountable under the law.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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