A number of animal welfare NGOs have reacted sharply to comments by Agriculture and Animal Welfare Anton Refalo, listing a long line of unkept promises and accusing him of complete detachment from reality. The comments were made to Times of Malta on Wednesday. "Hearing Dr Refalo one would be under the impression that the Labour Administration has just come to power and inherited an Animal Welfare Department under distress. Labour has been in office for 10 years and this should have had enough time to plan and implement any changes required. The current inadequacies are clearly the responsibility of this administration that allowed the Animal Welfare Department to become the Cinderella department," the NGOs said, They accused the minister of complete detachment from the reality they encounter every day. "The only responsible comment from the minister should have been that the situation is dire, and it is time for serious action. If the minister had to wear a pair of boots for a few couple of days and feel the daily realities faced by shelters and activists, he would realise that the glass is not half full as he said but completely empty." Animal Welfare Department The NGOs said...
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