Category: News

  • New claim forms

    Today, we’ve had three cases where applicants filled up our forms wrongly again, claiming for 100% subsidy for medical treatment instead of the agreed 50%. In all three cases, this is the second time it has happened.Despite my repeated explanation that our subsidy is only 50%, applicants still fill up 100%. I don’t understand why.…

  • Please contact the requester directly first

    Whenever we put up any request from our readers, the requester’s contact details are always posted (either email or phone number). If you’d like to respond to the request (whether to make enquiries or offer help), it is preferable that you write to or call/sms the requester directly for quicker results. If you leave a…

  • A gentle reminder: Please resize your photos

    Dear all, Could I please appeal to everyone who writes in for help to please resize the photos being sending them to me? http://animalcare.my/2012/03/26/could-you-please-resize-your-photos/ Please do not send me large photos that are above 1MB. I do not need high resolution photos for posting on a blog. In fact, I do not need photos above 100kb for posting. If…

  • Could you please resize your photos?

    Hi everyone, Now that we’ve requested that you use our Contact Form when you apply for assistance, you’d notice that the maximum size of each photo is 1MB. As such, you may need to resize your photos before uploading them. Use this free software to do it: http://download.cnet.com/Mihov-Image-Resizer/3000-2192_4-10466450.html You do not need to send high resolution…

  • We do NOT have any editing service

    This is a gentle reminder to everyone who writes to us to seek assistance or have something (appeal, request, comment, etc.) published in this blog. Kindly read our policies http://animalcare.my/policies/ before applying for any form of assistance from us. And as of today, please use our contact form: http://animalcare.my/contact/. A few things I’d like to highlight are: 1.…

  • We have migrated to the Gators!

    Hi folks, I think we have successfully migrated to Hostgator.com’s servers now, though I’m not sure. This is a “testing, testing” post to see if it comes up. My last night’s post on Kandu is missing, I know, and some of your comments have not been posted yet because the site is still unstable. Will…

  • Migration in progress

    Hi everyone, we are in the process of migrating to our new webhost, hostgator.com. During this time, our site will be unstable and you may not be able to access it. We apologise for the inconvenience caused. You can still contact me at chankahyein@gmail.com and I will update important announcements on our facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/animalcare.my. We’ll…

  • AnimalCare-PetFinder.my-Scratch’s Multiple Fund Policy

    I have been working together with PetFinder.my and Scratch to come up with a joint policy for multiple fund subsidies because rescuers with large bills have been applying to two or three funds for subsidies. Here is our joint policy for multiple fund subsidies: Multiple Fund Policy 1) Joint Funding Structure (determined by total vet…

  • We have no provisions to give out loans, and other related matters

    Dear all, In the past few months, there have been rescuers writing in asking for help for their animals. When I offered our subsidy plan, they write back saying they have absolutely NO money at all. Some of these are working adults. I find it rather hard to imagine any working adult who has NO…

  • Third party requests – kindly take note

    In the past, there have been readers sending in third party requests, ie. they hear of an S.O.S. posted on another website or facebook page and they send me the link to be publicised on this blog. While it all seems very genuine and sincere on the part of the requestor and also on my…

  • Cash donations to needy rescuers – please bank in directly

    Dear Friends, We truly thank all of you very much for always responding in kind and cash whenever we highlight any rescuer in need. Very often, after I write about any rescuer, donations of food, cash and other useful items will pour in for these rescuers. Thank you so much for this. However, for us,…

  • Appeals and requests from rescuers

    Please be informed that when you write in to me (which means, to AnimalCare), your appeals and requests will be published verbatim. This is stated very clearly in our policies. We hope you will not reveal the names of clinics, vets and individuals who might not like their identities to be made public. The same…

  • Further clarification on our subsidy scheme

    A few rescuers have  communicated with me over this subsidy-only scheme that we implemented with immediate effect on 5th January. I will not repeat whatever I had written in http://animalcare.my/2012/01/05/only-subsidy-scheme-for-spay-neuter/ as that should be self-explanatory. But I wish to clarify that we have no more panel vets now for spay-neuter, medical treatment or vaccinations, so you don’t…

  • Only subsidy scheme for spay-neuter

    Dear all, As of today, 5th January 2012, we have no more panel vets for spay-neuter.  All rescuers who need financial help are entitled to apply for our subsidy scheme, and here’s a bit of good news, we’ve increased the male cat subsidy to RM80. The rest remains. Reasons for this change: 1. Recent bad…

  • New policy from 4th January 2012

    With reference to http://animalcare.my/2011/12/30/at-our-panel-vets/, I have just spoken to one of our panel vets about this problem. He has been helping us A LOT in the past two years with our spay-neuter cases. I explained to him that I had never intentionally intercepted his patients by offering the subsidy, but due to the recommendations of his…