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Year: 2012

Year: 2012

Ban puppy mills!

admin August 23, 2012 0 Comments
The recent dog attack case brings into focus the problem with  pet  shops and backyard breeders who breed   animals indiscriminately without any appreciation or concern for breed standards, genetics, the animal’s health or socialisation. Most people do not realize that the majority of dogs for sale in pet stores are the product of backyard breeders. But when such breeding is carried out on...
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Deployment of armed guards crucial to combat wildlife poaching

admin August 23, 2012 0 Comments
Frequent reports of seizures of pangolins, snakes and tortoises bound for export out of the country is alarming. The wildlife trade has become even more rampant with the illegal sale of wildlife through the internet. Unregulated, anonymous and virtually unlimited in reach, it offers endless opportunities to a flourishing trade in protected wildlife. Malaysian wildlife species are seriously at...
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Pandas are not bartering tools

admin August 23, 2012 0 Comments
Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) reiterates its stand  against the panda diplomacy loan to Malaysia. Loaning and transferring these sensitive animals and putting them on display in zoos causes pandas undue stress and does nothing to protect their rapidly diminishing natural habitat. The RM30 million enclosure that is to be built offers nothing to pandas  except deprivation and relegating these...
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Bicycle Campaign 15 Sept 2012

admin August 22, 2012 0 Comments
Cycling is one of the greatest mode of transportation to help ease the pollution problem and protect environment. Thus in conjunction with the World Environment Day, CAP is organising our 13th Bicycle Campaign with the cooperation of the Penang Department of Environment and Penang Department of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives & Consumerism. Since 2006, CAP with the cooperation of various...
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Govt must say “NO” to request for moderate tax hike

admin August 15, 2012 0 Comments
With reference to the news report Tobacco players ask for moderation in tax hike (7 August 2012), the CAP strongly urge the government to reject the request of the tobacco industry to impose ‘moderate’ tobacco tax in the pending Budget 2013. The government should prioritise to protect the health and well-being of its citizens. According to the Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance...
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Study the effects of direct seeding

admin August 14, 2012 0 Comments
CAP urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry and relevant agencies to review the effects of the direct seeding system practised by paddy farmers in this country so as to ensure higher yield in the future. In a survey conducted by CAP, we found that the direct seeding method in paddy cultivation has caused many problems to farmers although admittedly it is not labour intensive and...
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CAP lauds Health Minister for statement on Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement

admin August 13, 2012 0 Comments
We laud the Government of Malaysia and the Health Minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, for their concern over the potential impact of the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on public health in Malaysia. According to The Sun Daily (6 August 2012), Liow categorically asserted Malaysia’s disagreement with intellectual property (IP) proposals to the TPPA negotiations between Malaysia and...
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Need to review role of Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

admin August 9, 2012 0 Comments
CAP today calls on the Ministry of Information Communications and Culture to take action against the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) for failure in playing their role as a regulatory body for multimedia matters. This call is made in view of the uprising number of complaints made by consumers against Content Providers in ripping off consumers through their various modus...
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Why waste resources by incinerating them?

admin August 9, 2012 0 Comments
CAP objects the government’s intention of constructing incinerators to dispose waste.  It is reported that the government will open an international tender for the construction of an ‘eco-friendly’ incinerator from December 2012 to April 2013. First of all the notion that there are ‘eco-friendly’ incinerators is wrong.  It is a deception invented by incinerator companies as...
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Trawlers cause extinction of fish and suffering of coastal fishers

admin August 3, 2012 0 Comments
CAP urges the Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries and the Department of Fisheries to pay serious attention to the problems caused by trawling. This problem must be resolved immediately because the issue of depleting fishery resources and their impact on the lives of fisher families are worsening. The recent encroachment of trawlers in the coastal fishing zone near Kuala Muda and...
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