Category: Stories (others)

  • Mr Ratan Tata: An industrialist, a philanthropist and an animal lover

    A heartwarming episode in Mr Ratan Tata’s life: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/ratan-tata-love-for-dogs-where-will-the-dogs-go-ratan-tatas-surprising-priorities-during-bombay-house-renovation/articleshow/114210187.cms?from=mdr Excerpts: “Where will the dogs go?”—a question that revealed the heart of Ratan Tata. When N Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Tata Sons, expressed a desire to renovate the iconic Bombay House, this was the worry that consumed Tata. Built in 1924, Bombay House had remained untouched…

  • Grey climbs atop a table! (from Lee Soo Farng)

    Grey, despite his disabilities, can now climb onto a table! From this photo, it looks like his hind legs have some strength in them too!

  • A heartwarming letter of gratitude from an elderly pet babysitter

    The upworthy story: https://www.upworthy.com/neighbor-pet-letter-of-gratitude-rp This story is about how a babysitting pets gave an elderly man the motivation to restart his life again. Parts of the letter: “Good afternoon,” the letter begins. “This letter is regarding your vacation two weeks ago, and how you let me babysit Smokey, Oreo, and Jennifer. I’d just like to…

  • Grey outsmarts his human (from Lee Soo Farng)

    Soo Farng shared that she was afraid Grey would urinate and defecate on her new sofa set, so she put up a metal fence to protect her sofa. And despite his disability, Grey outsmarted her! Fence or none, he managed to go up to the sofa.

  • Updates on Grey (from Lee Soo Farng)

    Backstory: Grey was a street kitten and rescued when Soo Farng noticed he was dragging his hind legs on the road. The injury was due to being caught in the automatic gate of someone’s house. We raised funds to sponsor a package of 5 physiotherapy sessions, 3 acupuncture and TCM treatments and the initial consultation…

  • Nomi and Miao!

    Here are Nomi and Miao’s latest photos! Miao enjoying an afternoon nap. Nomi, as cute as ever! Backstory: Miao and Nomi are mother-and-daughter, both diagnosed with diaphragmatic hernia and needed urgent surgery. We raised funds for both their surgeries, which were successful. Both are doing well now and adopted by their caregivers.

  • Labrador for adoption (Dev’s)

    Location: Klang Valley This is an adoption request from Dev: Labrador Dog for adoption, male 7 yrs-old friendly and well-kept pet at Usj 3D/6. Interested pls call Dev 017-2745357.

  • Turkey stray dogs get a second chance…abroad

    A few months ago, we read Turkey’s new laws to remove stray dogs from their streets: https://time.com/7005319/turkey-stray-dogs-massacre-law/ The Turkish people protested against these new laws, with their opposition calling it a “massacre law”. There were even street demonstrations to protest against it. Compassion to street animals, dogs and cats, have always been in the Turkish…

  • Coco, from 12 years ago (a sharing by Lung Sai Mei)!

    It was 12 years ago, that Ms Lung Sai Mei adopted a dog whom we had published for adoption. She named the dog Coco, and Coco is 14 years old now, and still looking so youthful! Coco even has her own raincoat! We are so touched to know that adopted animals are so loved!!

  • The feline “deity” at Gunung Bunga Buah

    A deity or just a helpful and brave feline, take your pick! Glad to hear that the deity looks well-fed and cared-for. The story: https://weirdkaya.com/deity-of-gunung-bunga-buah-white-cat-guides-msian-hikers-down-before-going-back-up/ Image credit: https://weirdkaya.com/deity-of-gunung-bunga-buah-white-cat-guides-msian-hikers-down-before-going-back-up/

  • Grey is neutered! (updates from Lee Soo Farng)

    Grey is neutered! He is doing well and actually had a fantastic appetite after the procedure too. Backstory: Grey was rescued when Soo Farng noticed he was dragging his hind legs on the road. The injury was due to being caught in the automatic gate of someone’s house. We raised funds to sponsor a package…

  • Nomi and Miao on a rainy day (updates from their aunt)

    Nomi and Miao’s adopters’ aunt, Mrs Leow, very kindly updated us on Nomi and Miao today.  She went to visit them and both are doing well. In fact, Nomi is the same size as her mother, Miao, now. Both were cuddling up together on the rainy morning and according to Mrs Leow, they mewed very…

  • Grey is 3.5kg now! (updates from Lee Soo Farng)

    It is always so nice to receive updates from caregivers of the animals we’ve had the privilege of helping before. Here’s Grey! Grey is now 3.5kg and has had his second vaccination. He will be neutered in a week’s time. Thank you so much for the updates, Soo Farng.  And thank you so much for…

  • An update on the 4 Shah Alam dogs (from Lau Mei Fong)

    We provided aid for the vaccination of these 4 dogs and the neutering of 2 of them: https://animalcare.my/2024/07/25/neutering-aid-for-2-dogs-in-shah-alam-lau-mei-fongs-updates/ The videos of their release back to colony are in the link above. But after that, Ms Lau could not find Chocolate. The other 3 came back to eat daily. Today, Ms Lau made an effort to…

  • Ants can perform life-saving operations amongst themselves

    It’s remarkable! The news: https://www.livescience.com/animals/insects/ants-perform-life-saving-operations-the-only-animal-other-than-humans-known-to-do-so Excerpts: In experiments, they observed that the ants treated their nest members’ femur injuries by cleaning the wound with their mouths before amputating the leg by repeatedly biting it, while the tibia wounds were treated with just cleaning. The surgeries resulted in significant improvements in the survival of their ant patients. Survival…