The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Selangor (abbreviated: SPCA Selangor) is a

non-profit A nonprofit organization (NPO), also known as a nonbusiness entity, nonprofit institution, not-for-profit organization, or simply a nonprofit, is a non-governmental (private) legal entity organized and operated for a collective, public, or so ...

animal shelter An animal shelter or pound is a place where stray, lost, abandoned or surrendered animals – mostly dogs and cats – are housed. The word "pound" has its origins in the animal pounds of the agricultural communities, where stray livestock w ...

Selangor Selangor ( ; ), also known by the Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the e ...

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

. The SPCA Selangor was founded by Ruth Spiers in 1958.https://www.spca.org.my/who-we-are/our-history/ SPCA Selangor History SPCA Selangor receives almost 1,100 animals ranging from

dog The dog (''Canis familiaris'' or ''Canis lupus familiaris'') is a domesticated descendant of the gray wolf. Also called the domestic dog, it was selectively bred from a population of wolves during the Late Pleistocene by hunter-gatherers. ...

s to

rabbit Rabbits are small mammals in the family Leporidae (which also includes the hares), which is in the order Lagomorpha (which also includes pikas). They are familiar throughout the world as a small herbivore, a prey animal, a domesticated ...

s every month. Due to shortage of space and funding, and a 10 percent adoption rate, SPCA Selangor must

euthanize Euthanasia (from : + ) is the practice of intentionally ending life to eliminate pain and suffering. Different countries have different euthanasia laws. The British House of Lords select committee on medical ethics defines euthanasia as "a ...

many animals each year. The SPCA Selangor aims to become a no-kill facility by 2010. In addition to operating animal shelters, SPCA Selangor educates the public about responsible

pet A pet, or companion animal, is an animal kept primarily for a person's company or entertainment rather than as a working animal, livestock, or a laboratory animal. Popular pets are often considered to have attractive/ cute appearances, inte ...

ownership, lobbies for animal protection and

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laws, spays and neuters animals, and investigates animal cruelty complaints. In response, these and other punishments which SPCA Selangor felt were insufficient, SPCA came up with a

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and is appealing to the courts and the law makers to increase the maximum fine of RM200 and/or six months of imprisonment under The Animal Ordinance 1953 to a fine of RM100,000.

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* {{Official website, http://www.spca.org.my Organizations established in 1958 1958 establishments in Malaya Organisations based in Selangor Animal welfare organisations based in Malaysia

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