Month: February 2019

  • Thank you very much (February 2019 donors)

    As far as the neutering aid is concerned, this month is the slowest moving month since we started in May 2009! Reasons for this, as reported earlier, could be due to (1) Chinese New Year, (2) the graduation of many long-time applicants and (3) the requirement for ear-notching for females. We have had to turn…

  • Carl Safina: What animals are thinking and feeling, and why it should matter

    Such an incredible and important talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wkdH_wluhw I have often been told not to anthropomorphise, but now, Prof Carl Safina, an ecologist and conservationist who has done extensive studies on animals, says, it is probably our best guess on how animals are feeling. Please listen to the whole talk.

  • Good news! The return of our Vaccination Aid!

    Good news for all feeders and rescuers of street animals in Malaysia! We are restarting our Vaccination Aid on 1st March 2019! We had this before, but had to close it in December 2014 due to the overwhelming number of neutering claims. It’s back now! For details, please refer to the policy page: www.animalcare.my/vacc/. Applicants are…

  • “Vincent has perked up” (says the vet!)

    Let’s start the story from this morning. Just like yesterday, Vincent wanted to eat, but the pain from the mouth and tongue ulcers must be preventing him from eating. Last night I tried very hard to recall what was it that turned him around in July/August 2018 when his mouth ulcers were SO bad (like…

  • Vincent’s supper

    We came back from taiji at about 9.45pm and Vincent walked out to greet us. He wanted food, so I offered him whatever we had, but he could not eat it. I also know that with Vincent, he shuns the foods associated with his most recent vomiting, hence, that would be the raw fillet and…

  • Vincent’s lunch

    Vincent was very interested in lunch. Unfortunately, he still could not eat on his own. But he allowed me to force-feed him a tablespoon of Recovery. That was at 1pm. At 5pm, it was time for his antibiotic, so I took the opportunity to feed him again. This time, he resisted. It must be the…

  • Neutering aid for 3 cats in Kampung Air Panas (Janiah bt Salih’s)

    We have provided an aid of RM180 for the neutering of these 3 cats. This case is sponsored by Avant Pet Sdn Bhd. Pn Janiah is a new applicant. Previously, she applied to the selangorneuteringsubsidy where she had 12 cats neutered. She has a total of 11 more cats to neuter and has done 4…

  • Zurik and Buddy

    Zurik is clearly fond of his buddy, Buddy. But Buddy is a food snatcher, so every day, I have to battle it out with Buddy when it’s feeding time. Zurik eats very slowly while Buddy just swallows his food (probably without chewing). Then, he goes for Zurik’s food. Sometimes, I have to resort to shooing…

  • The Battle of the Hole continues….with the green clip

    Cow has been biting the cables off the hole until he could come in. And spray. So, this morning, husband decided to put a clip at the hole. Initially, the clip made the hole too small, so nobody could come in. Even the girls could not. So, I placed the clip a little bit further,…

  • Vincent shows interest in food

    This morning, I was greeted by Vincent as I came downstairs. He had already removed that blue tape-cloth from the IV-pod. Vincent came to the kitchen to join everyone for breakfast. I offered all that he eats, but he couldn’t eat any.  He was interested in the food, but could not bring himself to eat.…

  • 12-year old asks Pope Francis to go vegan for Lent

    Here’s the video: https://www.milliondollarvegan.com/ From youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faJPi8DDthE There is also a petition.

  • Vincent is home, but…

    Vincent is home now. I reached the vet’s at about 6pm this evening. Vincent was fast asleep, so I decided not to wake him. He was on drips and also mildly sedated due to the medicines.  I went in to peek at him several times. Finally, I called him softly and he woke up and…

  • Neutering aid for 1 cat in Kuala Terengganu (Fadzilah Akmal bt Haji Ali’s)

    We have provided an aid of RM50 for the neutering of this cat. This case is sponsored by Avant Pet Sdn Bhd. Hi Dr. Here is another one more cat for your review. I found ‘mama putih’ with her 3 babies in front of a kindergarten,  near pasar Manir,  K.  Terengganu.  Actually one of the…

  • A HUGE scare from Vincent

    It started on Saturday night. Vincent had been very happily eating his raw fillet and raw liver for a few days now. I had suspected that the return to raw fillet could be due to mouth ulcers but since he was eating heartily, I decided to leave well enough alone. On Saturday morning, I had…

  • Anti-rabies vaccination aid to end on 28th February 2019

    We offered an anti-rabies vaccination aid for Perak dogs as our immediate response to the news of the planned “zero stray dog policy” in Perak, on 1st February 2019: https://animalcare.my/2019/02/01/neutering-and-anti-rabies-vaccination-aid-for-perak-a-special-project/ Sadly (or maybe not), there were no takers for this offer. We requested the help of Perak friends to help publicise this offer widely too. No…