Our stray animal policy keeps paying to chase, not prevent

Our stray animal policy keeps paying to chase, not prevent

By Dr Mohd Zaidi Md Zabri The death of Rocky in Port Klang has, for a few weeks now, dominated Malaysian social media and reignited a debate that resurfaces every time an enforcement operation turns violent. Notwithstanding, beneath the outrage over one animal’s death lies a more durable policy failure: Malaysia’s approach to stray dog and cat management remains almost entirely reactive, and reactive systems are, by their nature, economically in…