Month: January 2011

  • Help needed to catch a dog

    This is a request from Teresa: Attached are pics of a brown dog, whom I have befriended and named Moolloo. His behavior seems quite peculiar to me. I have been feeding him from last Thursday. No idea where he came from but he seem like a very young dog (clean white teeth & is very…

  • A very disturbing video clip

    There is a very disturbing video clip that’s being circulated in the internet (facebook).  It shows a Chinese person inflicting horrendous cruelty on a puppy just because the puppy wouldn’t perform some tricks.  I could not bear to watch till the end nor do I want to circulate the video at this point in time…

  • Oat (the kitten) is adopted!

    Oat is one of the 4 Chetawan kittens.  The first male kitty was adopted by Dr Veeranoot and is now named Kwanchai.  Oat is the second to be adopted.  Here’s Oat and his new family: Have a happy life, Oat! Pat and Qat are still available.  Both of them are beautiful and adorable.  For photos…

  • A male cat neutered

    Here’s one more cat from May’s colony that has been neutered under our sponsorship on Sunday. Many thanks to Agnes for helping out.

  • Bobby has another guide-cat now

    If you remember, I wrote about Bunny being Bobby’s “seeing-eye” cat.  http://animalcare.my/2010/12/bunny-guide-cat.html Bobby is 14 years old, is almost blind and has developed quite a few eccentricities which we have been learning to deal with.  For example, his “cue” to eat is when I come home.  It doesn’t matter if I come home five times a…

  • Lost Shih Tzu in USJ16, looking for a home

    5pm today – GREAT NEWS!  A family has adopted the Shih Tzu!!  We wish them a very happy life together.  Thank you very much for responding to this post.  My friend, Sze Too, who lives in USJ16, found a Shih Tzu sitting under his car about a week ago.  He has put up flyers around…

  • Recognising aggressive wolf behaviour in dogs

    In the light of the recent unfortunate mishap where a tourist was bitten to death by two dogs who seemed to have been friendly earlier on, here are two articles that might help prevent such mishaps from happening.  It’s sent to me by Mas.  Thanks, Mas. http://www.helium.com/items/2065052-how-to-recognize-aggressive-wolf-behavior-in-the-domestic-dog http://www.helium.com/items/2064631-wolf-behavior-in-dogs

  • What an amazing “taxi”!

    Would you believe this, folks?  Amidst the floods in Queensland, a little frog was seen to be hitching a ride on the back of a snake to escape the floods.  According to the news article, in times of disasters, animals, which normally are perceived to be “enemies” (predator-and-prey) will forget their natural instincts and instead,…

  • Rescued kittens for adoption

    Updates – ADOPTED!! If you remember, sometime in December 2009, Julie Pek had two batches of 5 rescued kittens: http://animalcare.my/2010/12/5-abandoned-kittens-looking-for-homes.html .  The 5 kittens were taken over by a vet.  According to Nitha, three of them died (of unknown illnesses) while boarding at the clinic.  Nitha has since taken over the surviving two and she would…

  • Medical subsidy for two rescued puppies

    Nitha is an animal rescuer, and she recently rescued two puppies from a farm.  The two puppies have been sent for treatment under our medical subsidy.  This black puppy had the flu and an injured paw. This brown puppy had a fractured hind paw. The X-ray on the right shows the fracture quite clearly. The…

  • Another female cat spayed

    Today, Mrs Ng sent another one of the female cats she has been feeding to our panel vet for spaying under our sponsorship. Previously, Mrs Ng had already sent three cats from her colony.  This is Mimo.  She is one of the many cats fed by Mrs Ng.  We would like to thank Mrs Ng…

  • All’s well for the Chetawan cats

    Agnes has managed to catch the last two of the Chetawan cats and they have been sent for spay-neuter under our sponsorship. Chetawan Girl Chetawan Boy Altogether the four adult Chetawan cats have now been spayed-neutered (three sponsored by us, one by Susan Toh) and they will continue living on the temple grounds.  They will not breed…

  • Brownie is back in her colony!

    Do you remember Brownie?  She is the cat who had a bad fracture on her leg (it was totally broken), and Mary Yap brought her in for surgery and treatment.  A pin was inserted to mend the broken leg, and after two months, the pin has finally been removed.  And Brownie is now back in her…

  • An adorable little kitten looking for a home

    Gina (012-3012522) and her children rescued a little kitten from the drain recently.  The poor little thing was bitten by red ants all over at that time.  The kitten has been nursed back to good health now and is much stronger.  Gina is urgently looking for an adopter for the kitten. If you are interested in adopting…

  • Two more female dogs spayed

    Mooi is a feeder in PJ Old Town.  Every month, she spends a few hundred ringgit on vet bills for the stray dogs under her care.  Mooi used to make a living selling food from a roadside stall.  Now, she is baking cookies for Chinese New Year and also trying to be a schoolbus driver.…