Month: January 2012

  • Helping Pak Din

    In response to a few requests from well-wishers who wish to help Pak Din get back on his feet and be more independent, Chew and his friend, Wuan, have started a joint bank account for the purpose of raising funds to help Pak Din. The account no: PBB 4-6377031-01 Chew Teng Ngin & Wuan Thong…

  • 9-year old Uggie, former shelter-dog, now a film star!

    A delightful tale, shared by KT Tan: Hi Kah Yein, This is a heart-warming story of Uggie, a 9-year-old former shelter dog, who became a film star in his own right ! “Consider Uggie” is the name of the Facebook and Twitter campaign for an Oscar nomination for Uggie. The story is by AFP and…

  • Sunshine is ready for adoption!!

    This afternoon, my friend brought Sunshine over to my new house for a visit!! I haven’t even had time to visit Sunshine lately as I’ve been so busy with house-moving (not just mine alone, but also my parents’ – there’s contractors to supervise and appointments to wait for, etc., it just takes up all my…

  • Indy goes to the vet’s

    My vet said he had contacted a clinic which has the toxoplasmosis test kit and I could send Indy to him to get blood and then send the blood over to the clinic for the test. That way, Indy would not have to endure the stress of travelling too far in the car. So, the…

  • Tales we’d like to hear – CNRM-ers going strong

    Many months ago, XY Soo wrote to me about wanting to do something for the street animals. We got talking and of course, I shared with him about CNRM and how I went about starting AnimalCare. I offered XY Soo our medical sponsorship/subsidy should he wish to start doing CNRM at his place, but at…

  • Subsidy for Terry, rescued dog with gum problem (Jennifer SL Leong’s)

    From Jennifer in December 2011: Terry was spotted in SS3 a few days before I took him over on 30 September 2011.  A student took him in after witnessing him being chased away by the neighbourhood people.  The student’s mother did not allow her to keep and they also have an existing dog. She posted for…

  • A typical after-dinner sojourn

     This is a typical scene you’d see after dinner every night…leading the way to the Stargate would be Cleo, followed by Bunny and Cow.  Pole had been REALLY well-behaved all afternoon. I let her out after I came back from work until dinnertime. She made no attempts to escape. Not even once. Why, she just…

  • Sunshine’s rehab

    From my friend who is fostering Sunshine: I managed to get a urine sample from Sunshine last Wed and quickly rushed it to the clinic as I’ve been concerned over her peeing pattern. They found that her pee was very alkaline with PH 9 and Specific Gravity 1.018 and suggested that I bring her in for a blood test. So…

  • WANTED: Dog and cat ticks!!

    This is the first of its kind. Please respond and help out, if you can: REQUEST FOR TICKS COLLECTION FROM ANIMALS IN THE SHELTER                         Referring to the matter above, I am pleased to inform you my intention to request for ticks collection by any volunteers from Animal Care. I am Norhidayu Sahimin, research assistant (RA)…

  • Puppy in need of help (Patrcia Hah’s)

    From Patricia: Patricia Hah tickletummytot@yahoo.com Message: “Hi, Can someone… help? I think someone left a puppy, more than 4 months old at the playground area in Jalan BM 1/ 8 , Taman Bukit Mayang Emas, PJ. The little one is near the small TNB “Hut”, the post box, and the security guard house. Its black…

  • Sunsuper Dreams – Please vote and forward to more friends!!

    Dear Friends, After fluctuating between 2nd and 3rd place for several days, we are currently (as of now) back in the No.1 position, but perching quite precariously as other charities also have very strong support and are fast catching up. If you have not voted, please vote for us: http://sunsuperdreams.com.au/dream/view/to-help-promote-care-giving-to-stray-animals Please make sure you click…

  • Liew, a new rescuer going strong

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2011/12/28/a-new-cnrm-er-in-the-making/ Liew wrote to me sometime last month, asking advice on what to do with some stray cats in his office area. We got talking about trapping, spaying-neutering and Liew was going to borrow one of our traps. He finally decided he’d purchase one and I referred him to our supplier. With that trap, Liew…

  • Pregnant cat rescued, delivered 7 babies (Tjong Yen Chian’s)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/01/09/pregnant-cat-in-need-of-help-tjong-yen-chians/ Updates: I want to inform you that the heavily pregnant cat is doing fine. Ms Aimy Rashid helped me to catch this cat with her daughter when she saw the post I posted at MDDB for help to rescue this cat.  She even took some pictures for me and I want to share it…

  • Cleo, Cleo, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?

    Remember this little poem? Mary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row.  Lookie here…  A little cutesy kitty amongst the crossandras.  Cleo, Cleo, quite contrary, how does your garden grow?  We had these pebbles to replace the grass as this patch is…

  • Catfood for Pak Din and other news

    We sponsored a bag of catfood for Pak Din’s 8 cats from our Food Fund and Chew brought it over on Friday. Here are some updates: Delivered the cat food which I collected on friday to Pak Din and brought Lim along to see his place. Today collected a mattress,bedsheets, some utensils, new and old…