Month: April 2011

  • Spay-Neuter at our panel vets

    Dear all, There has been overwhelming requests for spay-neuter ever since Petfinder’s Carnival, and we are happy to be able to help many new rescuers.  I was at our panel vet today to settle the payment of recent cases, and this is a request from our panel vet: For all who bring in animals for…

  • What do animals need?

    Extracted from Making Animals Happy by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson: Animals need to be FREE. 1.  Freedom from hunger and thirst2.  Freedom from discomfort3.  Freedom from pain, injury and disease4.  Freedom to express normal behaviour5.  Freedom from fear and distress I am particularly attracted to No. 4 (freedom to express NORMAL behaviour).  I wish humans…

  • Who is smarter?

    I thought I’d reproduce Maneki’s comments on my earlier posting since it’s food for thought: Maneki’s: Some years ago, a study came out listing the most and least intelligent dog breeds. Border collies were among the geniuses, and chows & huskies were deemed idiots. When people looked a bit deeper into the research, they realised…

  • ‘Tis time to say thank you again (April donors)

    It’s the end of April now, and it’s time for us to say a big thank you to all our donors: Peggy & Lay Peng (for Tupui and Nunui) Mary Yap An anonymous donor from the Buddhist Maha Vihara Andrew Leong Cathy Thong Lim Sew Wah In Memory of Knuddel (from his human companions) Catherina…

  • Are dogs smarter than cats??

    Another article from Mrs Wong… Dogs Are Smarter Than Cats, Says Studyposted by Jake Richardson Nov 26, 2010 7:03 am Researchers at Oxford University have conducted a study of mammal brain sizes and concluded dogs are smarter than cats because of their relative increase in brain size over the last 60 million years. They said…

  • Jacqueline’s rescued dog – all’s well now

    Updates from Jacqueline: Today around 2.45pm Fionne came to take the dog (Boy) to Klang, then Wani guided her to Klang vet via call, and Boy is left there for full check up. Fionne is such a lovely and kind girl, she even bought snacks for Boy and Boy seems comfortable with her too… Then…

  • Healthy and happy dogs and puppies for adoption

    While I was at Roselin’s, I went to look at the dogs and one puppy she’s fostering right now.  All of them are for adoption. All of them have been rescued from dire straits, have been treated and are now spayed-neutered, vaccinated, happy and healthy.  All are female except John Wayne. If you are interested…

  • Visiting Wii

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/03/wiis-double-adoption-story.html Long story cut short, Wii’s adoption did not quite work out, so Roselin has taken Wii back to her house.  I went to visit Wii today, with 8 cans of Fussie Cat in tow.  Roselin says Wii is having problems adjusting back to eating kibbles as his adopter had only given him canned…

  • Great news for Dina and the kittens at DBKL!!

    Dina Shahab wrote to me two days ago, requesting help to publicise the adoption of several kittens she is trying to save from DBKL’s death row. Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/04/kittens-from-dbkl-pound-for-adoption.html I connected Dina with Ida, who had coincidentally written to me a few days prior to that, asking if we had kittens for her sister in Pahang…

  • The custodians of the AnimalCare tshirts

    Our new stock of 400 tshirts arrived a few days ago.  Despite the new arrivals, we are completely out of Sports 36 and almost all out of Child 32, but we have the other sizes, hopefully enough for the Wesak celebrations. The chief custodian of the AnimalCare tshirts at work. Can I help too, asks…

  • Another mom “converted”!

    I’ve had quite a few cases of young people who have read my books, and then, talked to their parents about adopting street animals….and after some persuasion, it worked! Alex is (hopefully) another such success story.  She rescued Ginger, a street cat with mange and we are currently sponsoring the medical treatment for Ginger.  Alex…

  • A poodle is adopted from the pound!

    Jane and Kuba lost their dog a few days ago. Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/04/gipsy-lost-dog-pls-help.html After searching at SPCA, PAWS and the Puchong Pound, they ended up adopting a poodle instead. Choo Choo Boy They are still looking for Gipsy.  She probably wandered off and has got lost.  If you see any dog that resembles Gipsy, please contact…

  • Broga Shelter dogfood donation – closing on Saturday

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/04/broga-dog-shelter-fund-raising-for.html The deadline for the above donation is Saturday (30th April 2011).  We will be purchasing dogfood with the amount collected and will send the supplies to Susan as soon as transport can be arranged.  If you still wish to help Susan who runs this Broga shelter, I understand that many groups are extending…

  • Horsey’s 1st night at Lydia’s

    Updates from Lydia: Horsey is doing fine. She’s a bit scared, which is to be expected as she’s been moved several times in the past few days but I’m sure she’ll come along.She growls I have her living in the house so that we keep her clean and safe and she can get used to…

  • May’s female cat spayed

    Today, May brought another female cat to be spayed under our sponsorship.