Summary

The document is a 1937 Albanian leaflet/poster from the Society for the Protection of Animals in Tirana, promoting animal welfare. It calls on citizens to love, protect, and properly care for animals, discouraging cruelty and neglect. It outlines membership rules, small fees, and encourages participation in supporting and maintaining the society’s work. It also emphasizes education of owners, humane treatment, and improving the physical well-being of domestic animals. The text promotes awareness of responsible ownership and public duty toward animals. It highlights cooperation with veterinarians and community responsibility to ensure animals are treated with dignity and care. Overall, it reflects early animal welfare activism in Albanian society history.

The Society’s aim was to promote love for animals, to alleviate their mistreatment and to emancipate owners to take care of the physical health of their animals.

Transcribed:

“PROTECT THE ANIMALS OF ALBANIA!

Rules regarding animals that need to be brought to the society:

Anyone who finds an animal that is lost or injured should notify the Society immediately. Animals should not be abandoned or treated harshly. Every person who finds a dog, cat, or other domestic animal must take it to the nearest police station or to the Society, which will ensure it is cared for properly and returned to its owner if possible.

It is strictly forbidden to mistreat or neglect animals in any way.

Animals that are found wandering in the city or villages must be treated carefully and humanely until they are handed over to the authorities or the Society.

Anyone who keeps an animal is responsible for its wellbeing, food, and shelter.

How to protect animals:

Protecting animals is a duty of every civilized person. The Society for the Protection of Animals works under the patronage of the National Council and local authorities to ensure proper care for animals and to prevent cruelty.

The organization will take measures against anyone who abuses or neglects animals and will report such cases to the relevant authorities.

The aim is to promote kindness toward animals and to raise awareness among the population about humane treatment.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROTECTION OF ANIMALS

Chairman and members (names listed at the bottom; partially unclear in the print)

Under the Ministry of the Interior / local administration (as indicated in the document)”