The number of stray and abandoned animals has seen a spike, with fewer people willing to offer them a home.
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Municipal Affairs Bureau tasks staff to clean up parks where citizens encourage stray animals by leaving food.
Society for the Protection of Animals (ANIMA) President Zoe Tang told the Macau Post Daily recently that the trap-neuter-release (TNR) approach was the only way to help reduce the number of strays in Macao.
Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) Vice-President Lo Chi Kin told reporters on Wednesday that the so-called trap-neuter-release (TNR) method for waifs and strays was not suitable for Macao.
The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement on Tuesday that after studying the Animal Protection Law, it believed that feeding strays does not equate to abandoning animals.
Eight local animal welfare and protection groups petitioned the government on Tuesday urging it to adopt the trap-neuter-release (TNR) programme to humanely solve the city’s stray problem.
Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon said on Friday that he had reservations about a claim by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) earlier last week that feeding strays equate with abandoning animals.
Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) President José Tavares has reaffirmed the government’s position that it is illegal to feed strays, warning that stray feeders face hefty fines.
