Hi, my name is Imogen and I am a 9-year-old student with a passion for animals. With the assistance of my mother, I have developed this petition. I read a book about petitions at school for English and I decided that I wanted to write one to help save the animals at Glenfield Animal Shelter. If you are a Wagga Wagga resident, you may be aware that Glenfield Animal Shelter has recently been accused of serious allegations of animal cruelty. This incident made National news, so perhaps you have heard it through this avenue. The incident involved placing a live cat in their freezer. This horrendous act is unthinkable and should never have happened. This facility is a high-kill facility and is renowned for unthinkable numbers of animals being surrendered and consequently destroyed. This issue is an important matter, which needs a community effort in order to address and combat it effectively.
The purpose of this petition is to highlight the flaws within the facility, which allowed instances, such as the death of the innocent cat to happen. It also serves as a tool to ignite debates and more importantly facilitate change within this facility. What I would like to see happen, is for the facility to be regularly checked by an independent body, to ensure that animals at this facility are treated humanly and their rights are being upheld. I would also like to see this facility become a no-kill facility and have severe penalties imposed to those who do not desex their pets, or choose to surrender them. These penalties should cover the expenses associated with keeping these animals housed indefinitely and any additional rehabilitation, training or health related expenses necessary.
Your signature is important, as it will demonstrate what we as a community want done about the issue surrounding this high-kill facility, and how important it is to our community to get it right. Please, I urge you, for the sake of the innocent animals constantly being unnecessarily killed, help give these beautiful, voiceless animals a fighting chance at living the full happy life, which they deserve. Once I have obtained the signatures, I will be sending this to Wagga Wagga City council for review. I pray that this petition results in the facility helping animals surrendered, to be rehabilitated and rehomed.
