2024-03-12 11:08:36
[Animal News]The SPCA Jockey Club Centenary Center in Tsing Yi held an opening ceremony today. It is the largest animal welfare and public education base in Hong Kong, including a large operating room and ward, covering an area of more than 8,000 square feet. The Animal Adoption Department, etc., the AIDS Association estimates that following the service is fully operational, the number of animals receiving treatment and rehabilitation per year can be increased by 50%, and the number of animals adopted per year can be increased by 1,200. The veterinary services at the Tsing Yi Center are expected to be opened in the second half of 2024. They will be equipped with dental X-rays, teeth scaling equipment, and ultrasound equipment, and plans to add computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scanning equipment.
The AIH Tsing Yi Center covers an area of 93,000 square feet.
The AIHK Tsing Yi Center occupies an area of 93,000 square feet and was built with over $300 million donated by the Jockey Club Charities Trust. The center houses a large animal hospital with 16,500 square feet of operating rooms and ward areas. The CPCA said it will hire more veterinarians and related professionals to meet the animal medical needs in Kwai Tsing District. The center will also provide services such as acupuncture, Chinese veterinary medicine and physical therapy.
To help control the animal population in the area, one floor of the center is a sterilization center that provides sterilization services for cats and dogs. It is estimated that the number of animals sterilized annually can increase to 8,000.
operating room
Ultrasound room
X-ray room
The cat ward is designed to be peaceful and stress-relieving, and provides a place for cats to hide.
Large sterilization operating room
In addition to medical services, the AICP Tsing Yi Center also has an animal adoption department covering an area of more than 8,000 square feet, where it can find homes for cats, dogs, and exotic animals. Cats and dogs waiting for adoption will have a more spacious and comfortable living environment. The AICPA estimates that it can Increase the number of animals adopted each year to 1,200.
Dogs waiting for adoption in the adoption department.
Cats for adoption.
Cats for adoption.
In addition, the center also has 4 classrooms and the first immersive “SPCA Animal Protection School” in Hong Kong with the theme of animal welfare, which provides students with a 270-degree immersive learning experience through projectors. The instruments interact with the scenes to learn regarding animals and learn how to get along with them. For example, there are interactive games that allow students to choose food suitable for cats to eat.
The Tsing Yi Center also provides retail and animal grooming services, and the adoption center is fully open. The public can visit animals looking for homes from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day. The Association will launch dog boarding services in late March. In addition, the AIDS Association will hold a “Dog Unleashed Adoption Day” for the first time on March 23 in the public space of the AIHP Tsing Yi Center to find adoptive families for multiple dogs.
Immersive interactive animal education.
In his speech at the opening ceremony, Deputy Secretary for Justice Zhang Guojun said that the Department of Justice will continue to cooperate with the AIDS to combat animal cruelty crimes. Between 2018 and 2023, the Department of Justice has prosecuted 131 animal cruelty cases, and 85% of the cases were convicted. fine or imprisonment. Jockey Club Chairman Lee Tze-Hou said that the new center can meet the society’s needs for animal welfare services and can also carry out educational work on caring for animals and respecting life.
Deputy Secretary for Justice Cheung Kwok-jun (4th from left) and Jockey Club Chairman Lee Tze-Hou (3rd from right) attended the opening ceremony.
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