Category: Stories (others)

  • Uncle Yen’s urban forest has dogs too!

    This is so, so inspiring!! Kudos to you, Uncle Yen! Thank you so much for taking care of the stray dogs as well.

  • Ms Emma, the vet assistant

    Kudos to you, Ms Emma and your mum, for your empathy to street dogs!

  • Updates from Survivor Shelter

    Survivor Shelter, founded and run by Ms Ong Siew Hiang, is currently the only shelter with animals under our Sponsored Animals in selected shelter initiative. Here are this week’s updates: WinWin’s blood PCV went up to 26% and this is very good news. WinWin is being treated for IMHA and is one Darbepoetin, steroids and…

  • Kitten dumping and dog on chain dragged by a lorry

    We were alerted to two cases this evening. A person in a Hilux was seen dumping a box of many kittens on the street somewhere in USJ resulting in the kittens’ deaths. We urge eye witnesses to make a police report. Photos of a dog on a chain being dragged by a lorry in Serdang…

  • Promoting PetFinder.my’s PetGPT AI Writer!

    I received this good news from PetFinder.my’s founder and my friend, Andy Koh: I would like to share with you a new feature we just launched, PetGPT AI Writer on PetFinder.my.  Rescuers just need to write some simple points about the pet, then choose the desired writing tone, style, perspective, language etc and PetGPT will…

  • Elton, Malaysian local kitten, meets the kindest tourists

    This is a must-read, folks! It was on 17th April 2023 that Ms Thea Haynes, a tourist from Europe, first wrote to me seeking help for a little stray kitten whom she had found in Kota Bharu while travelling there. Thea was hoping that would be some way that an animal organisation in Kota Bharu…

  • TLDM personnel save puppy from drowning

    Terima kasih, Abang-abang Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia!! https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2023/04/26/malaysian-navy-personnel-save-puppy-from-drowning-earn-kudos-online A 2min 23sec video uploaded on TikTok, on Monday night, showed a navy personnel jumping into the waters from a dock after he and his colleagues spotted the canine. Armed with a life buoy and later a bucket, he swam towards the pup, which was swimming away…

  • Humans may exist because a fish learnt how to blink 375 million years ago!

    The report: https://www.earth.com/news/humans-may-exist-because-a-fish-learned-how-to-blink-375-million-years-ago/ The mudskipper, an intriguing amphibious fish with a penchant for blinking, is offering scientists insight into how and why blinking might have evolved as our ancestors made the transition from aquatic to terrestrial life.  It says that blinking is a mode of communication. Hey, cats blink at us too…only when they like us!

  • Survivor Shelter says goodbye to one of their oldest dogs, Bernard

    Ms Ong already told me that Bernard had not been eating much for the past few days. Her trusty worker informed her that Bernard passed away at 12.30pm yesterday, of old age. He wasn’t sick. Just old. Bernard was 12 years old. Ms Ong rescued Bernard when he was 7 months old. According to an…

  • Please be very careful of people who adopt kittens and rabbits as food

    This news report came out in February 2023, but today, we were alerted by another friend that there is another person in the Klang Valley who is doing the same, ie. adopting kittens to feed his pet snake. The February news: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2023/02/09/we-have-received-complaint-about-man-feeding-kittens-to-snake-says-vet-dept (safe to open the link, no horrifying graphics) So in vetting adopters when rehoming your…

  • Kind-hearted team of vets in Sungai Buloh

    Kudos to these kind-hearted vets! The news: https://www.therakyatpost.com/news/2023/04/20/kind-hearted-team-of-vets-in-sungai-buloh-help-stray-dog-with-gaping-hole-in-face-get-better/ Excerpts: An Instagram reel shared by Zul Erwancat Veterinary Clinic in Sungai Buloh yesterday narrated the story of a stray dog who used to frequent the clinic. The dog had been missing for quite some time but later returned with a gaping hole on one side of its…

  • A mother-sloth’s gratitude

    Take a look: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/xXkX8tzmpM4

  • Abang Ferdaus, exemplary Grab rider!

    Here’s the wonderful story: https://www.malaymail.com/news/life/2023/04/17/malaysian-grab-rider-earns-praise-for-feeding-food-to-his-canine-customer-after-delivering-it/65181 Abang Ferdaus was fasting, and yet he did was he was requested by the person who ordered the service – please feed my dog. Hormat Abang Ferdaus!

  • Elephant crossing!

    Near Kahang, Kluang District, adjoining the Endau Rompin National Park! Enjoy! How I wish Jayden saw this. He absolutely LOVES elephants!

  • Kehidupan kucing-kucing kampung

    I was just chatting with a friend, asking her if I should share this article by Ronasina: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/opinion/2023/04/10/lelaki-yang-menyayangi-kucing/ Ronasina is one of my favourite columnists in FMT. His writings are always insightful, intelligent, invites reflection and written in such powerful Bahasa Malaysia, and frankly, I read his articles to ensure I am still in touch with…