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On Friday I posted about chickens that were trapped in cages after the shop they were in got demolished on top of them. This morning I found out K’S PATH were heading to rescue the chickens and I’ve now been told they’ve been rescued. This is the email I got from Fatima Al-Sabah, the Vice Chairperson and Executive Director of K’S PATH:
We responded to the complaint last night and sent out our Animal Control Specialist to investigate and rescue the chickens. He was unable to do so yesterday as it was dark and one of the guards of the neighboring buildings was stopping him.
So we decided to provide water for the chickens to be able to survive the night and he went back today morning to rescue but this time a Kuwaiti man was forbidding him from rescuing, he insisted that our specialist clean out the whole thing or not do anything at all. That’s when I was called as the Executive Director to provide support. When I got there the Kuwaiti man had left and we could start rescuing. We asked a cleaner to help us rescue and we were able to remove about 30 live chickens from the premises. All were trapped in the cages unable to move and the living ones were walking among the dead ones. It was quite disturbing. The stench was unbearable.
People from the community came to look and thanked us for the work we did. And then we contacted the company that rents the shop lot and asked them to remove the dead carcasses as it is a health hazard considering that there is a school right opposite the location. I was later contacted by the company and they said that the owner of the land demolished their shop without notifying them and they have raised a complaint in the police station but they say they couldn’t do anything until the court case is seen by a judge and settled. I explained that they must think of public health before leaving animals to starve and decompose in public harming people around them and they said they would send over their personnel to clear the area from the carcasses.
All the living chicken are now safe in our K’S PATH Shelter in Wafra and we are waiting to hopefully find out that the shop has been cleaned.
8 replies on “The Chickens Have Been Rescued”
Mmmmm… KFC
it’s sad to see how sadistic some people are towards animals.
Excellent community work. A big hand to everyone involved in alleviating the problem.
I was truly saddened by leaving the poor chickens out like that. But what really shocked me was this “I explained that they must think of public health before leaving animals to starve and decompose in public harming people around them” I mean how can the owner just completely ignore basic hygiene and health?!? Just think about the filthiness! Disgusting!
or the owner of the land who demolished the building without notifying anyone..dont they need to take any kind of precautions?
this is all just so wrong at so many levels..!!!
another example of the blatant disregard for animal welfare. So many things wrong here; animal rights, business owners’ rights, public health concerns… How is this allowed to happen?
Congratulations @kspathq8 for another outstanding job. What happens to the chickens now? Please donate to this fine animal shelter. They need money to support this work. Health care for animals rescued is also given generously.
Bird Man …
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The argument that the company couldn’t do anything for the poor chickens until a judge sees the case in court is not a convincing one .
from general knowledge i think this a classic case of Provisional Matters , الأمور الوقتية.
Basically the company or anyone who is liable to loss from the passage of time on goods or shipments that are perishable in nature should petition the Judge of Provisional matters قاضي الأمور الوقتية to get an order to mitigate the expected losses as soon as possible, for preventing for example the dying of animals ,livestock or birds shipment , or the spoilage of frozen food or fresh food cargoes , or the rottening of eggs or things of that nature .
But to wait for the court to award a jugdement and or financial compensation of the shop loss including the value of expired chickens because it’s some else’s fault or doing is questionable when it comes to being humane in treatment of the poor birds.
Good intervention from Kpath