Category: News

  • JB boy to be given 7 strokes of a “light cane”

    After all the waiting, this is the sentence for setting a dog on fire: https://says.com/my/news/boy-from-jb-to-be-caned-7-times-in-open-court-for-setting-a-dog-on-fire We are aghast at the light sentence. And why is there no news about the poor dog?

  • We have changed our tagline!

    After living and using our tagline “Working Together for the Animals” since our inception on 31st May 2009, we felt it was good and apt to change our tagline to reflect what we have been and will be working hard for. Hence, this is our new tagline now: And we love it!!

  • Introducing Maslinda Abdul Talib (AnimalCare Author): The Kakak dan Mami Kucing!

    Dear Friends and Supporters, It is with the greatest pleasure and gratitude that I welcome my dear friend, Maslinda Abdul Talib, on board as one of AnimalCare’s Authors! Maslinda needs no introduction in the cat caring community. She has been rescuing and caring for cats for a very long time and we have had the…

  • Another petition to sign

    The people in authority NEED to know that more and more people want better treatment for street animals. One way is to sign petitions. Here’s one: https://petitions.eko.org/petitions/the-right-way-to-help-stray-dogs-and-cats-in-malaysia Please sign it if you support what it says. Thank you.

  • The AnimalCare Authors!

    Here’s an update on the AnimalCare TagTeam. Terry Saw has opted to take a break from the TagTeam as he is very busy with a young family and a newborn. So the TagTeam now only has Joy Saga and Josephine Tong. And me, of course. We’ve also already created another team called the AnimalCare Authors.…

  • The dog burning case in Johor Bahru

    The first report from FMT: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/03/30/johor-veterinary-dept-probing-dog-set-on-fire-incident/ An excerpt: Its social media post said the perpetrator’s grandparents had sought forgiveness from the public following an outcry over the incidents. The man’s mother is also said to have requested for the police report to be retracted. “She (the mother) allegedly said that hurting the dogs was a trivial…

  • 2 years’ jail and a RM50,000 fine for cat killer

    The news: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/03/28/2-years-jail-for-pet-owner-who-starved-cats-to-death/ (The image is blurred but viewer discretion is advised,) KUALA LUMPUR: The sessions court here has sentenced a pet owner to two years in jail and fined him RM50,000 for starving his five cats to death. Judge Siti Aminah Ghazali meted out the sentence on Lim Chia Lin after he pleaded guilty to…

  • Taman Kucing Cyberjaya

    Such a good initiative!  Kudos to the team that started it and we wish you the very best in maintaining it too! https://www.therakyatpost.com/fun/2023/03/19/taman-kucing-cyberjaya-where-stray-cats-are-cared-for-and-find-forever-homes/

  • Calling on all dog lovers in Selangor!

    This is our chance to speak up for street dogs. Please support neutering. Let’s hope the people can convince the council and the state to practise Neuter-Return-Manage as a compassionate way to control the street dog population. Catching-and-killing does not solve the problem at all. Please share this widely. Every vote counts. No more killing!!…

  • Good plans from Ipoh on stray management

    The news: https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2023/02/20/ipohs-stray-management-programme-to-be-a-private-initiative-supported-by-animal-welfare-groups/55826 So, no more dumping at the Papan landfill. Hopefully all that is proposed takes off. “We targeted to raise RM400,000 for the programme through a fundraising dinner in July but at the end of the event, we did not manage to get the amount required.” However, not long after that, the society was…

  • Selangor animal lovers, please keep all your animals indoors

    To all Selangor animal lovers, please keep all your animals indoors. If you have community animals, please give them shelter off the streets. Kindly forward this message to all animal lovers.

  • Sepang folks, please keep your dogs and cats indoors

    Sepang folks, please keep all your animals safely indoors. If only humans would understand that the animals were here first. This is their home. We are the intruders, not them. If only…

  • Our e-forms are bilingual

    Ever since we changed our aid application forms to e-forms (gone green!), everything has been going very smoothly. Of course there are the aunties and uncles who complain that they cannot fill up the e-forms. For that matter, they also couldn’t fill up the paper forms, so apa bezanya?  If you apply for a loan from…

  • Higher penalty for illicit wildlife trade

    We welcome this news: https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2023/02/875450/higher-penalty-rm1mil-and-jail-wildlife-crime-offenders KUALA LUMPUR: Wildlife crime offenders will now face a higher penalty of up to RM1 million and jail less than 15 years if one is found guilty under Section 71 of the Wildlife Conservation Act (Amended) 2022 (Act A1646). This comes after the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan), under the…

  • From the Selangor Royal Office

    The message: https://www.facebook.com/100064327463639/posts/pfbid02bsynSfc8HW7nPrxXxb2rcxQrNZmJEPy1Yj5iupVcTUbQZSiD8FpJXmuDqvYNbUiEl/?d=w&mibextid=qC1gEa