In Macao Municipal Kennel, there are not many cages for the dogs. Whenever people step into the space, it’s ordinary to see there are several dogs sharing a tiny cage together, showing the lack of room. Lawmaker José Pereira Coutinho had once raised concerns on the issue of abandoned dogs. He urged the government to increase the capability of adopting abandoned animals and not to end the animals’ lives hastily because of the lack of room. “I don’t want to agree with animal euthanasia but I have to,” said Lam Weng Si, a former dog owner. She said that it is impossible for Macao Municipal Kennel to adopt all abandoned dogs in that small space and thus animal euthanasia is inevitable. Lam argued that more spaces for abandoned dogs may contrarily encourage more people to abandon their dogs. She suggested that the government should start from education to raise people’s attention towards the problem of abandoned dogs. “The extension of Macao Municipal Kennel can be a good move for the sake of dogs,” said Mak Ng Ben, a vet who had once worked in Macao Municipal Kennel for four years. He pointed out that staying in a small space for a long time would have bad impacts on the dogs’ psychological and physical aspects, so the extension of the space will improve this situation. “But the extension of the space won’t solve the problem of abandoned dogs radically. What the government should do is to start from education to raise the awareness of Macao citizens towards this issue so that the dogs can really get help,” Mak said.
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