Dear Editor,
It was with a sense of impending loss that I read an article on August 4 laying out the story of the problems the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) has been having for a long time in trying to find a place to relocate, and now having been given notice to vacate the premises on Winchester Road.
The JSPCA is a long-standing, well-known, greatly appreciated and vitally necessary service. It is the only organisation of its kind in Jamaica. I cannot possibly begin to accept that this organisation is about to be booted out to nowhere land, but this appears to be what is looming for them.
It seems completely hard, unfair and short-sighted for the Government to want to evict the JSPCA off this property knowing the organisation cannot afford to purchase it.
I hope that this letter will bring this very urgent matter into focus, and I make this appeal immediately to the relevant authorities and on behalf of all those (humans and animals) who will suffer a great loss of convenience, respite, and recovery possibilities because the JSPCA is shut down for a lack of a suitable place at which to carry on its invaluable and compassionate work. I make an appeal for all people who have known and been served by the JSPCA over many, many years, to protest in writing, and get a petition going against the possible eviction problem which it now faces.
I hope that a special "Save the JSPCA" fund can now be started, with contributions pouring in by as many large organisations as possible, as well as individuals. My small contribution is assured, as this organisation stands peerless, and is deservedly proud of its blood, sweat and tears in the service of every one of those two or four-legged creatures who continuously, and often shakily or frantically, enter its welcoming doors.
L Duperrouzel
Kingston 10
Save the JSPCA!
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It was with a sense of impending loss that I read an article on August 4 laying out the story of the problems the Jamaica Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA) has been having for a long time in trying to find a place to relocate, and now having been given notice to vacate the premises on Winchester Road.
The JSPCA is a long-standing, well-known, greatly appreciated and vitally necessary service. It is the only organisation of its kind in Jamaica. I cannot possibly begin to accept that this organisation is about to be booted out to nowhere land, but this appears to be what is looming for them.
It seems completely hard, unfair and short-sighted for the Government to want to evict the JSPCA off this property knowing the organisation cannot afford to purchase it.
I hope that this letter will bring this very urgent matter into focus, and I make this appeal immediately to the relevant authorities and on behalf of all those (humans and animals) who will suffer a great loss of convenience, respite, and recovery possibilities because the JSPCA is shut down for a lack of a suitable place at which to carry on its invaluable and compassionate work. I make an appeal for all people who have known and been served by the JSPCA over many, many years, to protest in writing, and get a petition going against the possible eviction problem which it now faces.
I hope that a special "Save the JSPCA" fund can now be started, with contributions pouring in by as many large organisations as possible, as well as individuals. My small contribution is assured, as this organisation stands peerless, and is deservedly proud of its blood, sweat and tears in the service of every one of those two or four-legged creatures who continuously, and often shakily or frantically, enter its welcoming doors.
L Duperrouzel
Kingston 10
Save the JSPCA!
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