民主行动党中委及非政府组织局主任刘天球于2007年9月11日，在士拉央发表声明：
马上停止捉狗比赛
我们对于士拉央县议会举办的捉狗比赛表达深切关注。
在士拉央县议会的网站上刊登了关于上述比赛的一项广告，这项广告所传达的讯息极为残忍及不可理喻。
- 第一名得奖者将可获得1万5000令吉的奖金，而第二名及第三名的得奖者可分别获 1万3000令吉及1万1000令吉。
- 上述前三奖得主每名需至少捕获150只狗。
- 每个月，县议会将交发出每只狗20令吉给那些捉狗者作为津贴。
我们认同，为了要生活在一个健康及安全的环境，我们有必要控制流浪狗的数量以避免它们数量过多，然而，一项捉狗比赛不会是一个解决方案，它只会制造更多问题。我们基于下列理由，反对通过捉狗比赛来控制流浪狗的数量：
(1) 未受过训练的居民可能会伤害到自己。这些流浪狗不惯于接触人类，一旦被逼入困境，它们可能会攻击捕捉者。
(2) 丰厚的奖金将吸引一些人士，不择手段地进行捕捉行动以获奖，他们可能使用一些不人道的方法捉狗，导致狗儿受伤。.
(3) 这将间接鼓励人们捉狗甚至偷取家犬、宠物。
除此之外，难道我们的县议会就是这样花费向我们征收的门牌税及租税吗？那些可是我们的血汗钱。这笔多达5万令吉的奖金，应该被用在公众教育，以及一些更主动积极的措施如绝育、区分已阉割及未阉割狗只的执照、负责任的宠物主运动，同时，立法惩罚那些抛弃宠物的人士。
我们的县议会已经被骄纵恣肆太久了，以致他们无需为他们所浪费的一分一毫做出具公信力及透明的交待，而他们在浪费公款方面，也显得越来越有创意。
我们促请士拉内县议会马上停止捉狗比赛。
Media statement by DAP CEC Member and NGO Bureau Chief Ronnie Liu Tian
Khiew on Tuesday, September 11, 2007 in Selayang.
DAP: Stop the Dog Catching Competition immediately!
We are deeply concerned about the Dog Catching Competition which is
organized by the Selayang Municipal Council (MPS).
The messages come out from the advertisement on the Selayang Municipal
Council's website were utterly cruel and ridiculous.
l The first-prize winner will get RM15, 000; the second-prize winnerl
will get RM13, 000 and the third -prize winner will win RM11, 000.
l The minimum number of dogs capture for the top three winners must bel
at least 150 dogs each.
l Each month, the council pays RM20 for each stray dog caught as anl
incentive to the dog-catchers.
While we agree that action to control stray dogs are necessary for reasons of safety and healthy environment and to avoid overpopulation, a dog-catching competition is hardly a solution but will only create a bigger problem. We object to the idea of controlling population of stray dogs through the dog-catching competition with lucrative prizes due to the following reasons:
(1)Residents are not trained and could hurt themselves. These stray dogs are not used to human contact and if cornered, they might attack those who try to catch them.
(2)The prizes were generous and would certainly draw desperate people who would resort to any means to catch dogs. They may harm or injure the dogs and may use inhumane methods.
(3)This will indirectly encourage people to catch dogs and perhaps even steal house pets.
On top of that, is this how our municipal councils are going to spend our hard-earned money from the increase in assessment and quit rent rates? The amount of money, which is more than RM50, 000, should be spent on public education, and more pro-active measures should be put into practice such as active sterilization programs, different licensing for neutered and unneutered dogs, responsible pet ownership programs and making abandonment an offence under municipal by-laws.
For too long our municipal councilors have not been held accountable and transparent for their spendthrift expenditure and they are getting more and more innovative in their extravagant spending.
We urge the MPS to stop the Dog Catching Competition immediately.
Ronnie Liu
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