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Shining World Compassion Award: Community Spirit: Compassion at the Animal Welfare League of Queensland - P2/2
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Everywhere in the world,
we can observe
and be touched
by acts of kindness.
People from all walks of
life, faiths, and cultures
extend themselves
beyond the call of duty
to help others
unconditionally.
Through their noble deeds,
humanity as a whole
is elevated.
To commend
virtuous actions and
encourage more people
to be inspired
by their examples,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has lovingly created
a series of awards,
including the Shining
World Leadership
Award, Shining World
Compassion Award,
Shining World Hero and
Heroine Awards, Shining
World Honesty Award,
Shining World Protection
Award, Shining World
Intelligence Award,
and Shining World
Inventor Award,
to recognize some
of the most exemplary,
generous, caring,
and courageous people
who walk amongst us.
Welcome, joyful viewers,
to today’s edition
of the Shining World
Compassion Award series
celebrating the
remarkable work of the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland, located
in sunny Gold Coast,
Queensland, Australia.
Since 1959 the League
has been rescuing
abandoned and stray
cats and dogs
and providing them with
shelter and care until
they find suitable homes.
Another reason the League
is a tremendous asset
to the community
is that it offers spaying
and neutering services
that help to prevent
the birth of kittens
and puppies who
would end up homeless.
The organization has
many dedicated staff
members, volunteers and
community supporters.
One of the founders
of the organizations
back in 1959,
Neil Anderson, is actually
still on the committee,
still coming to
board meetings and shows
an absolute commitment
to the progress
of the organization.
And in addition to that,
his daughter
is the president now and
has been giving her time,
seven days a week, to
the organization full-time,
does not take a salary,
just is totally committed
to making this work.
And that’s how you end up
with an organization,
that gradually
pulls in people
that all love animals
and believe in the fact
that they deserve a life
and they deserve
to be cared for.
So we end up
with lots of volunteers
and lots of staff.
We have lots of
volunteers who have
done amazing things.
For example,
few years ago, Judy Clark,
one of our volunteers,
decided that
the long-term animals,
that means the dogs
that maybe are waiting
longer than two months
for a home, sometimes
it takes a while till they
find their perfect match,
she decided that they
should get to go out of
the shelter environment
and have some fun,
and so she initiated
a beach walking program
and that has continued for
the last seven or so years,
where a group of volunteers
come three days a week,
they put the animals
in the van, in a trailer.
They take them down
to the beach; they meet
a group of volunteers.
They all
walk on the beach,
they play in the water,
and they have fun.
Then they bring them back
and they do a second trip
and a third trip, and they
repeat that every week
for three days a week and
the dogs get used to it.
They get to know
that they’re going to
get a beach trip,
to the extent that
on a normal day when it’s
not a beach walking day,
the dogs tend to run past
the trailer and jump in
because they think
it’s time to go to the beach.
Sue is one of the people
who takes animals
to the beach on a Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
Oh, great!
I can imagine
they’d love it.
They love it.
They go swimming,
they go running and
playing with each other.
That’s wonderful!
And do you notice
a distinct lift
in their spirits?
Yes!
They’re very, very happy
to be down there.
As they wait to be adopted
by loving caregivers, the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland
tries its best to
prepare each of the lovely,
sweet-natured animals
for life in their future
forever home.
That’s the whole point.
So that they’re then ready
when they go into a home,
they’re used
to the outside world,
they’re not getting timid
and scared, and they’re
meeting lots of people,
which is so important
for all animals.
And the same with the cats,
we’re introducing
programs constantly, not
only just for petting cats
when they’re waiting
for their new homes,
but also
some enrichment and
rehabilitation programs,
so that cats are not left
feeling bored and
isolated in their cages.
We have
a large re-homing area
where animals
get to walk around.
We put about 15 cats
in the one area
or 30 kittens at a time
so they can jump up
on high perches on walls
or they can climb
along surfaces up high.
They can go
into an outdoor enclosure
where they can get access
to the sun in winter
and get some fresh air,
and basically choose
what they want to do
in their own space.
It might mean
some of them want to hide
for awhile, for example.
And then
we need people to go in
and help encourage them
to come out
and get used to people,
because some cats are
quite solitary creatures
and quite nervous
around people.
So, there’s
a lot of work to be done
to encourage them
to feel comfortable
with people and
enjoy their surroundings
while they’re waiting
to get their perfect home
as well.
When we come back,
we’ll learn about the
adoption process at the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back
to the Shining World
Compassion Award series
on Supreme Master
Television.
Since 1959 the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland has been
rescuing stray and
abandoned cats and dogs
and helping
to prevent the birth of
kittens and puppies that
would become homeless
through a spaying
and neutering program.
For those members of
the community needing
financial assistance to
provide medical care to
their animal companions,
the League runs
a community
veterinary clinic where
services are available
at reduced rates.
For stray animals needing
medical attention,
the League operates
a shelter veterinary clinic.
Now, let’s visit the
re-homing pens and learn
about the organization’s
adoption process.
This is one of
the kitten re-homing pens
and as you can see,
they settle in pretty fast
and they have lots of fun.
And they have lots of toys
and different things
to play with,
and when people
come to adopt a kitten
they do an interview and
then they come down here
and they can
come into the pens
and sit down on the floor
with the kittens and play
with them and work out
which little kitten they
want to fall in love with.
And that means people
get a good opportunity
to get to know the animal
before they adopt and
they enjoy coming here.
And we also have
some people here
having a look at the dogs;
this is where
they come to assess
whether they would like
to adopt one of them.
If they have
a dog of their own,
they’re required to
attend a meet and greet,
which means they have to
bring their own animal in,
so that they can meet
to see if they’re going
to be happy together.
For its many years
of compassionate
commitment to animals,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
recently honored the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland
with the Shining World
Compassion Award.
The following is an excerpt
from a warm letter
the organization
received from
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
It is with great pleasure
and gratitude
that we present to the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland
the “Shining World
Compassion Award.”
This Award is presented
in recognition
of the League’s
outstanding efforts
to extend warm-hearted
care and concern
towards our
animal friends in need.
Since 1959,
your organization
has opened its hearts to
countless helpless creatures,
dependant on us
for their well being,
and currently cares
for over 12,000 animals
each year
from the Gold Coast
and surrounding areas.
For decades
of abundant love and
heartfelt care and affection,
for your empathetic and
gracious commitment to
the care of precious lives,
and for endless, untiring
devotion, we hereby
applaud and celebrate
the nurturing deeds
of the Animal Welfare
League of Queensland,
Incorporated.
With grateful thanks
to the dedicated staff,
volunteers
and supporters,
With Great Honour,
Love and Blessings,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
The League was presented
with a selection of
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s books,
CDs and DVDs
as well as a beautiful
crystal Award plaque,
which reads as follows:
In Recognition
Of Decades
Of Unconditional Love
And Selfless Service,
Nurturing And Re-homing
Our Canine And
Feline Friends In Need,
With Kindness,
Dedication And Heavenly
Care And Protection,
With Compliments
And Gratitude
For Your Immense
Generosity Of Spirit
And Enlightened Service
To the Community.
To support the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland’s
noble mission,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
also made a contribution
of AUD$10,000.
Thank you, oh,
thank you so much!
This has just come
at a good time.
We had a huge fire,
it’s a couple of weeks ago,
so we lost for the animals,
all the bedding and food,
and everything we had
was stored down there.
So, it’ll really
help out a lot as well.
We’ll put this towards
our foster program that
we have at the moment.
It’s quite a large program
with about
just over 300 animals
out on foster care
at the moment, little ones
that are needing a home,
just until they get back
on their feet,
a little bit more TLC so
they can go through and
get their permanent home,
so this will definitely
be put to good use,
so it will be saving
a lot of lives, actually.
So, that’s wonderful, and
our heartfelt thanks to
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
for her generosity and
compassion to our work
and helping us save
all these wonderful lives.
Thank you.
Thank you so much,
Denise, thank you.
Considering the League’s
amazing achievements
over the past 50 plus years,
we asked the
organization’s co-founder
Mr. Neil Anderson
how he feels
about its progress.
It’s just wonderful,
it’s really wonderful and
I have to say my thanks
goes out to all those
people, staff, and
wonderful volunteers.
We congratulate the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland for its
well-deserved recognition.
May the League’s work
continue to spread
compassion for animals
in the Gold Coast region
and beyond.
For more details on the
Animal Welfare League
of Queensland,
please visit
Thank you for joining us
on this edition
of the Shining World
Compassion Award series.
Up next is
Enlightening Entertainment,
after Noteworthy News.
May the light of Heaven
guide you to inner peace.
The sobering documentary
“Earthlings,” directed
by vegan filmmaker
Shaun Monson and
narrated by esteemed US
actor Joaquin Phoenix
demonstrates how we
have severely mistreated
our animal friends
in the name of so-called
“scientific research.”
20 years ago,
the number of animals
dying of tortures through
the practice of vivisection
was astronomical,
estimated at 400,000
per day worldwide,
and growing at
an annual rate of 5%.
Today that number
is almost beyond
comprehension.
19,000 per minute.
10 billion per year.
Join us for the conclusion
of “Earthlings”
Tuesday, May 4
on Stop Animal Cruelty.
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