Who is Nancy?!
Where did you get the information ‘the problem of stray cats and dogs’ is ‘humanely’ carried out in Australia? That is utter rubbish.
They put down hundreds of thousands of healthy cats and dogs in Australia. RSPCA and local pounds carry out that ‘duty’.
It’s the dedicated individuals like Deborah and animal rights organizations in Australia that does the real humane work on animals.

I doubt it. Cat’s are hardly an environmental hazard there. They keep the rat, mice population under control. They don’t get lucky with catching native birds, usually. Government should introduce a neutering+vaccination program to control the street cat numbers(and street dog numbers).
It’s lame effort to keep the particular road spotless since the president use it regularly. There are at least two native wild cat species in Sri Lankan forest. They are not an environmental hazard like they are here in Australia, where I live. I know it’s for fact since I was born and raised in Sri Lanka.They simply need a neutering program to keep them under control in the city and suburban areas. UN can easily organize a countrywide program with the help of the NGOs in Sri Lanka.
The kind hearted Aussie lady is simply doing the job the authorities and international community should be doing, which is taking care of the animals we brought into our everyday lives and abandon when it’s not so convenient for us.

justitia,
That is true. Being Buddhist on the saying doesn’t mean such Buddhists practice the teachings of Buddha. Vegetarianism is in strict sense is a Hindu practice, rather than Buddhist. But, slaughtering animals for food is definitely not Buddha’s teaching. Thailand, like all other countries practice their own version of Buddhism alone with local habits of eating such animals, which sounds horrific to the others. For the Western world eating cats and dogs is a barbaric practice. And, traditionally, for Hindus and Buddhists, killing and eating cows is a barbaric practice as well. I think true vegetarianism is a good thing on humane basis, without need for any religion to justify it. I can say, it’s a fact that eating cats, dogs, cows, etc, etc is a barbaric practice, when it does nothing but making us sick and cause inexplicable suffering to those animals we push down our throats.

Hey Chris,
You might want to go back and do some google search on previous presidents of the country, if you really want to find out about the megalomaniacs.

You are able to walk on the streets of Colombo without being blown into pieces, all thanks to his work. Whether all of his methods were humane or not is another issue. But one thing is sure, he’s done a reasonable good job in that department, even when comparing to so called developed, civilized nations.

I highly doubt that this particular incident happened on the request of the president(He surely has bigger things in his mind).
You may be right about that the police officers were trying to put a stop to Deborah’s charity work, simply to kiss somebody’s ‘serious’ butt.

Let’s hope that won’t be the case. I have horrifying memories of that time. That president reaped what he sowed on a similar street in the end in a most violent manner.

I haven’t seen anything like that from the incumbent. I think he cares little about cats and dogs being fed on the side of the road. But, it would be good if he cares about the poor cats and dogs on the street, at least to a certain degree.

All it’s needed in Sri Lanka is a well maintained neutering program sponsored by the government and the stray cat and dog problem will be over within a generation of cat and dogs, which won’t be that long.

Seeing so many animals suffering on the streets while harboring diseases like rabies is not a good thing for a dominantly Buddhist country.

Rashan,
Cat’s and dogs are not a menace. The over population of humans in the country is the problem, and specially the people like with zero compassion. It’s anything but Buddhist. May be you should go back to Buddhist literature that you may or may have not come across during your primary and secondary school years. Find out what Buddha says about the ‘difference’ between animals and humans.

Yes i thought the same..how many cops are there just to stop this lady from feeding the cats? actually the most are there only to just watch…nothing else to do ! lol

True that!!!!

To be honest, the police have not been given any proper training. For Example.check traffic police. iM not saying this to hurt someone’;s feelings but u know , if u watch how a traffic police waves his hand at ppl during the green light… it is a completely different method called the local style. which an office shld not. if u want to get ppl’s attention u have to be smart…or trained to look smart..stand upright… until these basic things are changed u cld never see positive change in SL. have soo many things that need changing in SL..most are basic things. The president alone cant look into all these.. but those who need to are not bothered. Just check the pics above? do they really look like police?? and u call that the LAW? I tell u..everything depends on civilian. if u look rich, the cops like you…if u look poor the cops will not like you. its like the weather… it changes anytime. u cant change the country until you change the mindset of its people and specially those who are governing it.