Animal Guardians Malta is urgently demanding that the present animal welfare legislation is updated and changed to reflect the five freedoms as established in the United Kingdom in 1965.

The NGO also called for criteria to be changed when it comes to the choice of animal welfare officers, to be in the animals’ best intersts.

“We believe that it is of extreme importance that animal CSI is introduced; using forensics to make and win animal cruelty cases.

It is ridiculous, to say the least, that after the Animal Welfare Officers, often assisted by the Animal Law Enforcement Police, have taken an animal abuser to court, the case is thrown out of the window cause of absurd laws and not enough medical evidence,” the NGO said in a statement.

 It called on all those who respect animals to support the petition foundhttps://www.change.org/p/animal-welfare-counsil-malta-animal-law-enforcement-urgently-change-and-update-our-country-s-animal-welfare-laws-to-truly-reflect-the-five-freedoms-of-animal-welfare-introduce-new-criteria-to-employ-animal-welfare-officers-introduce-animal-csi-using-?recruiter=148392645&utm_source=share_petition&utm_medium=facebook&utm_campaign=share_facebook_responsive&utm_term=des-lg-no_src-custom_msg&sharecordion_display=control&fb_ref=Default