WILLEMSTAD - In a central committee meeting on Monday, parliament discussed a new law to protect animal welfare. The law is an initiative of Member of Parliament for MAN, Giselle Mc William. Her party said in advance that there is broad support for the law among the population. That turned out to be different during the debate.
In particular, the question of how much priority should be given to the subject of animal welfare came up during the debate. Juniël Carolina of opposition party MFK responded during the debate to the damage alleged by Mc William the number of stray dogs is doing to the image of the island. According to Carolina, an addict is sometimes even worse off than a stray dog, so how does an addict contribute to this image, Carolina wondered.
Independent MP Rennox Calmes also thinks that priorities should be carefully considered now that Curaçao is in a crisis and tens of thousands of people survive on food parcels.
According to Mc William, it is high time that the welfare of animals in society was also considered. Earlier, the Advisory Council questioned the financing of the bill. It was not clear during the treatment whether there is money for it.
