Co-operation Is The Key

Hello Fellow Animal Lovers,

Here it is; this week's brand new blog entry! Excited enough?

(I'm going to put a little more emphasis on encouraging, today's post is less of a story-telling thing, so here it is!)

First, the storytelling part:

I can proudly say that the Pet Rescue League had made its first appearance on an official meeting including officials from Újpest district, the public surveillance team, members of the local police station and the president of the League himself.

The meeting was organized by the local government, and the President of the League was invited. The basic aim for the event was to present the useful cooperation between members of the League, the Police Forces and the Public Surveillance team. There was a presentation on the statistics, stating there are 10,000 or more dogs in Újpest alone, and with the help of the League, the number of strays is going down as fast as ever.

The focus point was the changing of the law and how the League members can catch up with it. Ever since the 31st of December 2012, the Hungarian law states that all dogs must have an identification chip installed under their skin, so that no strays would be left any clue about their original owner.

The League, in its action that began in about October, has given out about 700 chips for free. There are many people who cherish their animals but have no money put aside to buy such things, nor to take their pets to the vet all of a sudden. So, the enthusiastic members -along with some hundred chips- decided to 'chip in' for those in need (excuse my humour).

The evaluation of the work done together did not only consist of the chip-action though. As the League are a non-profit, and not government-owned organization, people tend to speak to them, hoping it would reach to those in charge. Because of the time spent with communication by the League's activists, many ideas have reached the local government about installing more parks in Újpest for dog owners, where they can let loose their beloved pets and play freely. As the government usually has no time to answer to or deal with issues like this, these meetings and the work done together can have more far-reaching effects than helping some people to identificating chips for individual pets.

And now as for the encouraging part:

I encourage you, Dear Reader, to start working together with the local government, wherever you live. This might not only help you with creating a loveable and suitable environment to you and your pets, but as you could see in the example above, it might have a long-term, far-reaching effect in the means of developping districts within big cities that make life in the city much more bearable.