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Apr 20, 2010 Letters

Dear Editor,
As if we don’t have enough sadness in today’s distressful world, must we use suffering street animals for writing a letter of ill feeling against Ms Syeada Manbodh for reasons completely unrelated to animals?
For over 10 years, Syeada has been a crusader, written and outspoken, for the relief of abuse and extreme cruelty to dogs and other animals by the hands of some people.
She continues to rescue sick and suffering dogs in pastures, gutters and trenches, alleyways, on the seawall and everywhere she sees a sick animal.
Who would leave their homes at night when called upon for a sighted sick dog and that kind person who called cannot do what Syeada does.
If it is Syeada’s revelation to follow her heart and caringly help God’s voiceless creatures, the rest of us human beings should give thanks for this incredible lady who has the courage to brave difficult conditions to search and rescue a sick animal.
In her experiences she knows that some people would inflict cruelty to a spotted animal that is sick and isn’t that adding salt to the wound.
A heart with no empathy is no heart. If we cannot feel compassion for suffering street animals then allow the light to continue shining on Syeada.
Years ago, I was on many of her trips to capture sick animals during days and nights and it is no easy task. The weakly and frightened creatures are even more frightened for fear of cruel human hands that left them scarred and lifeless. Ultimately, they don’t know the good hands from the bad hands so they keep running.
In other experiences with us going for a drive around the city we would see many sick and abused animals and she would quickly act with the sling and kennel to capture the animal and drive to the GSPCA or a veterinary clinic for treatment and/or actions to be taken.
These are given situations everyday where so many ill-treated dogs are roaming the streets that I oftentimes wonder if Syeada decides to live abroad (again) the guardian angel and saviour for our street animals would be no more and definitely, using their sixth sense, they would feel her absence.
Syeada’s human spirit is beyond any measure of doubt if you were to view her many albums depicting pictures of dogs severely abused with broken bones, burnt and bleeding bodies. Can humanity honestly say that dogs are God’s gift to them but a dog may say it if he truly could.
Animals were created to serve and help mankind as you would see from Biblical times that donkeys and other mules were means of transportation. Today it exists.
Zenobia Williams

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