I’ve been communicating with Meiji to find out about the mother-dog and the five puppies at the abandoned sawmill.
Meiji called today to say that she has already brought the mother-dog and four puppies up to her sanctuary. One more puppy was taken by one of the workers (to be his pet, I think). But the puppies are still being breastfed so Meiji is going to get the puppy back from the worker, with the promise that the mother-dog and all five puppies would be returned to them once all have been spayed-neutered.
Photo taken during our trip two days ago.
Meiji said the mother-dog and the four puppies looked very happy at her farm (who wouldn’t be?). She bathed them, and tick-washed them too. She said they were full of ticks.
As of today, I have already sourced out two vets to ask if they might be interested in doing spay-neuter in Raub for the sawmill dogs. Meiji said in her phonecall that she would be able to get about 16 dogs if the spay-neuter materialises. This would include the sawmill dogs as well as owners’ pets in Raub. However, the owners cannot afford to pay our discounted fee, so we will work out some sort of arrangement.
But what’s important is that Meiji has educated them enough that they want to get their pets spayed-neutered, and she said they were willing to pay RM90. Now, that is already a big achievement, so I said we would sponsor the balance of the payment. This sort of education and awareness is essential for the long-term, and we want to support this endeavour.
After all, AnimalCare only has three mission statements:
1. encourage people to be caregivers to animals.
2. promote the spaying-neutering of stray animals and other projects to help animals.
3. cultivate compassion to animals through education.
What Meiji is doing is definitely in line with our mission.
And, Meiji thanks everyone for the rice-cooker. She says it makes beautiful rice, and the dogs are enjoying it (with their sardines, of course).