Remember those tiny colourful chicks at our local Sunday Pasar Tani where we used to beg our parents to get us? Now that we think of it, those colourful chicks were mistreated in so many ways.
You’d think that in 2022 people would realise that a spray painted colourful chick is a form of animal abuse. After all, we don’t see those colourful chicks around anymore, don’t we? However, we’re still seeing spray-painted doves around.
Recently, a Kelantanese man named Ismail Che Daud went viral on social media for selling both his unusual birds and chickens online. What he did to help his business prosper was straight up animal abuse as he had spray-painted all of his white doves. However, many expressed their disappointment at media portals that covered the story as though spray-painting living animals are completely normal.
A veterinary (@drimavet) named Dr Ima reposted his business on Twitter criticising his actions, while creating awareness at the same time. Despite Ismail insisting that the paint isn’t harmful to the birds, Dr. Ima’s sources mentioned how the paint used is the same one used to spray metals and plastics. She also stated at the end of her thread on how we should not judge the man, as he might have a lack of awareness in this field.
Allahuuuu😭😭😭😭
I am sorry..
This is NOT funny at all.
Merpati pelangi? Membuka ‘pintu rezeki’?What?! pic.twitter.com/yBYdQOhLOG— dr.ima_vet (@drimavet) January 30, 2022
This tweet has gained attention from netizens, including food influencer Ceddy! There were more than 6 thousands retweets and quote tweets, and more than 5 thousands likes. Ceddy stated that he did not know that the man actually spray-painted the birds, “I swear I thought such birds exist until the spray can came out. I was like ‘HOLD ON’. How come people just reported the stories casually?! That’s bad.”
“The audacity for that page, and @bernamadotcom to post about this as if there’s nothing wrong? Do you still not get the concept of animal cruelty?” said one netizen, while another tagged Bernama’s Chairman, Ras Adiba, querying the issue along with the reporter who covered the story.
We as a society can do better to stop such animal cruelty.
Source: Twitter.
