Category: Stories (others)

  • Makeshift koala shelters in Australian schools

    Malaysian schools, please consider introducing kindness to animals into your curriculum, and not just in theory but in practice. New education minister….? https://7news.com.au/news/sa/adelaide-hills-bushfire-ravaged-koalas-cared-for-at-makeshift-shelter-c-638521?fbclid=IwAR2wykozcxYQ7gOPXCrmNNsJLOCYfb_nIEtiA5Qdr3KbudMaFQKw1goveog

  • The brave dogs who are rescuing koalas in Australia’s deadly wildfires

    The story: https://www.cesarsway.com/meet-the-brave-dogs-that-are-rescuing-koalas-from-australias-deadly-wildfires/?fbclid=IwAR1hBAJ278CW877BF35Ng0Ogk8lC8zgZ96-fGNDn8QKXc4-iQrK_2TQxuW4

  • The Russian museum that “collects cats”

    It’s old news, but it’s always good to remind ourselves that public places such as museums, police stations, fire stations, train stations, why, maybe even government departments (!) can lead the way to promote kindness and set a good example to the ordinary citizen. It would be great for tourism too! Here’s all about the…

  • “Mama, Let’s Go for a Walk at Padang Assam” (helping AnimalCare’s friend)

    Dear Friends, I am making a personal appeal here to help a friend of AnimalCare, Mr Edward Lim Kwan Kean, who helped us raise funds during Jon Tham’s cycling event last year. Edward, his wife, Vivienne Ngiu (who is also my ballet teacher) and their son, Chevaston, were travelling along the Seremban highway on their…

  • Planting fruit trees in the street – for everyone!

    https://www.facebook.com/worldeconomicforum/videos/846193352486841/

  • The Amazing Market Cats of Chile (Gatos de la Vega!)

    Please take a look!

  • The Comfort Dog Project in Uganda

    It’s all about dogs helping people with PTSD. Dogs and cats are our friends. And it’s coming to ten years now that we have asked for neutered street dogs and cats be spared from capture-and-kill. Please?

  • Pahang’s very own cat island

    The story: https://www.worldofbuzz.com/pahang-has-a-cat-island-all-the-kitties-are-up-for-adoption/?fbclid=IwAR1Z7wRFRXe9IiB04d3C5purZCRmoQHNPNNAAewmJ93r8z4uL2V8kCZO2L8 Such a noble effort by Ayah Engku! Kudos to you, Sir! If only the general public is more accepting of street animals, then all of us (humans and street animals) can live harmoniously on every street. And with neutering, the population will be under control. After all, as we have said so many…

  • Malaysian couple who makes affordable wheelchairs for dogs!

    The story: https://says.com/my/lifestyle/this-malaysian-company-makes-affordable-wheelchairs-for-doggos-who-struggle-to-walk?fbclid=IwAR39loxlvopYR5oTfssCNGE5Q048JOI-qlG3rK_n8I–tNiZGGVLXn2KuRQ

  • Kudos to the Bintulu gentlemen!

    The story: https://malaysia.news.yahoo.com/malaysia-animal-association-president-lauds-091933600.html?guccounter=1 Malaysia Animal Association president lauds fishermen who freed whale shark caught in rope in Bintulu waters (VIDEO) Melanie Chalil Malay Mail3 December 2019 The quick-thinking fishermen used a cleaver to severe the rope. — Screengrab from Facebook/Malaysia Animal Association More PETALING JAYA, Dec 3 — The incredible footage of a whale shark swimming…

  • Lead the way, Qatar Airways!!

    Kudos to Qatar Airways for welcoming a service-dog to fly in the passenger cabin with the owner for free!! The news: https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/11/09/service-dog-flies-in-cabin-with-owner-to-us

  • A heartwarming bird story

    On 16th October 2019, I received this email from a kind young man, Kim Wee: I got your contact from your book “Pawprints on my heart.” I am writing to you because I am in need of help to rescue a bird and its eggs. The bird, which looks like a quail, built its nest…

  • A CNRM-cat at the National Zoo!

    Koo and his family went to the National Zoo yesterday and spotted a CNRM-cat! He shared these photos: See the ear-notch? It gives us great hope whenever we spot ear-notched animals on the street and in public places. It tells us that someone is neutering these animals, ear-notching them and hopefully someone is looking after…

  • Toxic haze affecting Borneo’s orangutans

    The news: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asia/indonesia-haze-affecting-borneo-orangutans-11914478 “As many as 37 young orangutans are suspected to have contracted a mild respiratory infection,” it added. Conditions were so bad at their Samboja Lestari facility in East Kalimantan that outdoor activities for the animals had been restricted to a few hours a day. Orangutans have been particularly vulnerable to commercial land clearances…

  • The Amazon rainforest fires

    Many, many animals are perishing in the fires. Please read how the fires started: https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2019-08-25/amazon-rainforest-fires-climate Instead of axes and machetes, people now use bulldozers and giant tractors with chains to pull down the Amazon’s towering trees. A few months later, they torch the trunks. It’s the only realistic way to remove such huge amounts of biomass,…