Month: April 2012

  • Happy Birthday, Hook and Look!

    4th April is World Stray Animal Day and is also coincidentally Hook and Look’s birthdays, and their human, Ng Chen Chen, has been instructed by the two feline sisters to make a contribution to AnimalCare, for the strays out there! Thank you, Hook and Look!!      We wish Hook and Look a very Happy…

  • Ah Zee left…and came back

    This is one fantastic account, from our reader, Melle: Ah Zee, my cat, had a stroke attack last year in April. Took him to vet and he stayed there for a few days for meds and recovered.  He was fine and well until January this year, he had another attack where he walked tilted to…

  • Pictorial dedication to the most loyal friend on earth

    In conjunction with World Stray Animal Day (4th April), we would like to make a special pictorial dedication to our most loyal friends on earth. Photos sent in by Chew (many thanks!).        We do not condone the use of animals in the battlefield, but since humans use them, the following photographs is…

  • Subsidy for Garfield the Cat (Nur Zulianas’)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/03/30/garfield-goes-home-nur-zulianas/ Garfield’s bill came up to RM1400. Since Nur Zulianas applied to three funds, our subsidy is 20%. A total of RM280 has been banked into her account as our contribution for Garfield’s surgery. Garfield had an IM-pin insertion done on his hind leg. We hope he is well now.

  • Subsidy for Dino the Kitten (Jacquelyn Ng Lee Woon’s)

    From: Jacquelyn Ng Lee Woon jacquelynnlw@yahoo.com Message: Hi, I rescued a mange cat in Jan 2012 and currently he is fully recovered and even had the first vaccine. Recently I learnt from my friend,Shaila Raj abt the subsidy for the medical fees, I am so glad to hear abt this as currently I am a student…

  • Subsidy for spaying and vaccination of female dog (Sharon Elizabeth Tan Tai Ching’s)

    From Sharon: Female stray dog She’s about 10 months old and was rescued. I just got her about 12 days ago and have neutered her. Now finding a good home for her. A total of RM140 has been paid out to Sharon Tan for the spaying (RM120) and vaccination (RM20) of this female dog.  

  • Subsidy for puppy (Sharon Elizabeth Tan Tai Ching’s)

    From Sharon Tan: Pup under surgery This lil pup was found hiding in a tyre at night! All sad and lonely. I rescued him and after a while, he had internal complications where by his intestince and and organs folded in like a telescope. Because he was a rescue dog, how it occured could be due to various reasons, could even…

  • Stray dogs in need of a home (Nurizulfa Md Zainol’s)

    From: nurizulfa md. zainol puteri_cinta143@yahoo.com Message: saya mendapati terlalu byk anjing liar di bandar puteri jaya, bandar sri astana & bandar utama di kawasan sungai petani, kedah… semuanya terbiar dan x terjaga… kalau mereka ada lalu blkg rumah saya… saya akan beri mereka mkn mknn apa yg ada la… kadang2 di tanah lapang depan rumah…

  • Another classic – The Teapot Pose

    From Chen: Hi Kah Yein, To add to the glossary of cat poses, let us not forget the classic teapot pose. The criteria for this pose are: the cat is sitting on its rump the front legs are straight and most importantly – one can see an over-arching curve of the upper spine My cat…

  • Education gone to the dogs

    I don’t know why the English language has this saying “gone to the dogs” to mean that something has gone badly or lost its previous lustre. Of course, from an animal rights point of view, it is oh-so-wrong and offensive, because dogs are about the most eager-to-please animals we humans would ever encounter. Talking about…

  • A family of puppies and mother-dog needs a home, and a case of an ill-treated dog (Jane Wee Chui Yong’s)

    From: Jane wee janeweecy@yahoo.com Message: 1)  An adult dog been ill treated, the owner comes Back at nite and left the next day.never feed and not Even water for the poor dog.neighbour and I feed the Dog when ever we could. Call SPCA they said can’t do Anything.hope someone can help 2)a stray mama dog just…

  • Mangy cat is getting better (Prem’s)

    Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/03/27/rescued-male-cat-for-adoption-prems/ Maslinda agreed to let Mangy-Cat live in her neighbourhood and Prem has taken care of all the medical needs. Mangy-Cat is recovering from the mange now. She will be spayed and vaccinated before going to Maslinda’s place. Photo taken by Maslinda when she visited Mangy-Cat.  

  • Giving up the V-Card (from Raptitude.com)

    A good read: http://www.raptitude.com/2012/04/giving-up-the-v-card/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Raptitudecom+%28Raptitude.com%29 An excerpt from the write-up: But if my more relaxed, undogmatic lifestyle convinces even one person that they could live without animal products, even 50% of the time, I’ve already prevented more many times more harm than I’ve caused. What I want is for the world to move away from using animals for their…

  • Bruno Jr, male cat neutered (Basirah Mohd Ibrahim’s, from Sg Petani)

    From Basirah, an engineer from Sg Petani who looks after community cats: Hello Dr Chan, We have been feeding some community cat in my hometown Sg Petani,Kedah. One male cat has become friendly with us and I would like to spay neuter him  under yr program.Attached is his pic.His name is Junior bruno.We recently took…

  • Subsidy for spaying of female dog (Lim Swee Yen’s)

    From: Lim Swee Yen sweeyenlim@yahoo.com Message: Hi, Lola is a stray that I have been feeding for about a month now. I managed to befriend her and brought her for spaying. As I can’t keep her, I have released her back to her original place. I am currently still trying to capture her mother (which has been…