Month: April 2011

  • World Week for Animal in Labs

    An anoymous person forwarded this link to me: Ref: http://www.care2.com/causes/animal-welfare/blog/its-world-week-for-animals-in-labs/ Be Their Voice: World Week for Animals in Labsposted by: alicia graef April 16-24 is World Week for Animals in Labs (WWAIL), which is being promoted by In Defense of Animals and other organizations who want to draw attention to the cruel, wasteful and unnecessary…

  • What a shame!

    Ref: http://thestar.com.my/metro/story.asp?file=/2011/4/14/central/8475437&sec;=central) Pit bull among seven breeds banned in Subang Jaya By EDWARD R. HENRY edward@thestar.com.my SEVEN dog breeds — Akita, Neapolitan Mastiff, American Bulldog, Dogo Argentino, Fila Brasileiro, Japanesa Tosa and American Pit bull — are set to vanish from households in Subang Jaya soon. The dogs classified under the “big” category are predisposed…

  • Activists save Chinese dogs from cooking pot

    Activists save Chinese dogs from cooking potApr 18 12:55 AM US/Eastern   It’s just so wrong….   Hundreds of dogs being trucked to Chinese restaurants were spared a culinary fate after about 200 animal lovers mobilised to stop them ending up on dinner tables, state-run media said Monday.   A truck crammed with the dogs…

  • 2 puppies vaccinated

    Nandhini rescued some puppies from a temple in Klang sometime last month and she has successfully got quite a few adopted.  We sponsored the first round of vaccinations for all.  There are two more puppies left and they are up for adoption. Roselin helped Nandhini bring the puppies for their second vaccination under our sponsorship…

  • Updates on Ginger, the cat with mange

    From Alex: Some updates on Ginger. She seemed to had gotten a better appetite today, eating a little bit more. Am feeding her 3 meals a day (like us humans) with some dry food in her bowl leftover for whenever she wants to eat. My friend suggested that I add some vegetable oil to her…

  • This is SO cute!!

    Do you remember Brownie?  She had a fractured leg and surgery was done to repair it by inserting a pin to rejoin the two pieces of broken bones.  It’s been months since the surgery and she’s doing fine now.  Mary sent these photos: Brownie is the brown one, leading the way, and the black-and-white, according…

  • Newborn kittens for adoption later

    Su Ann wrote to me sometime back asking for help for a kitten who was trapped in a drain.  We tried and one of our volunteers went to the site itself but couldn’t get into the drain.  Subsequently, the kitten got out by herself or maybe the mother-cat got her out.  The mother-cat was also quite…

  • Updates from Devakie (12 dogs in Penang)

    This morning, I was thinking about the 12 dogs in Penang whom Devakie is trying to save.  These 12 dogs were left behind when their owners moved and the whole place is now being evacuated to make way for development.  Devakie has been providing food for these dogs and wrote to me to ask for assistance…

  • 2nd Dogfood Donation for Meiji

    Good morning, everyone.As you know, we sent 900kg of dogfood to Meiji’s sanctuary on 9th April, and this supply will last her slightly more than a month since she has 125 doggie-mouths to feed.  Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/04/our-visit-to-meijis-doggie-paradise.htmlJessie Yee, bless her kind heart, has now pledged 50 bags of dogfood for the next donation drive and she…

  • A glimmer of good news

    Hi everyone!  http://animalcare.my/2011/04/poor-poor-facebook-doggie.html My daughter heard that the facebook doggie who was captured by DBKL has now been adopted (!!) by someone.  Apparently someone went to DBKL and retrieved the dog. If that’s true….YAY!! Three cheers for that super someone!  Bless him/her. 

  • A Burmese village trick

    I was e-talking to my spiritual teacher (in Taiping) the other day and the subject of their temple cat came up. He told me that some of their previous cats tend to run away after sometime.  There is a residential housing area nearby so perhaps some of the cats went to live there. Then, he said the only cat left at the…

  • Meeting Alex and Ginger

    Alex came to collect the cat-carrier from me this morning and by afternoon, she had managed to get the cat with mange (whom she now calls “Ginger”) into the carrier.  Ginger is a stray who lives on Alex’s road.  I met them at the vet’s. The mange is pretty bad.  But no worries, it should…

  • Petfinder’s 3rd Anniversary Charity Fair

    Petfinder.my 3rd Charity Fair 23rd & 24th April 2011, 12noon – 8pm @ Orange Wing, LG2, Sunway Pyramid, Selangor (next to Harvey Norman) PetFinder.my will be turning 3 years old in April 2011! To celebrate this joyous occasion, they will be organizing a fun-filled charity drive to help raise funds and awareness for 7 of…

  • Best Friends Animal Society

    My friend, Chen, sent me this link: http://www.bestfriends.org/ It’s really cool….take a look. For all those aspiring to set up an animal shelter, you may wish to look at it for ideas. 

  • Mimi and Manja’s updates

    Last night had been quite hectic and tiring for CP and her family.  It’s their first time handling the post-op care for two spayed females, Mimi and Manja.  Apparently, Mimi is quite an escape artist.  Despite reinforcing and fastening the cage with wires, she managed to squeeze out of the cage twice and that really caused…