Category: Thoughts

  • Animals do not “steal” food or use public toilets

    I was thinking about Hero the Cat’s case. Apparently, his front legs were chopped off by someone because Hero tried to “steal” a fish to eat. Here’s a fine example of human “unreasonableness” (actually, I prefer “stupidity”), ie. applying humans’ code of conduct on animals and not knowing that animals are not capable of such intelligence.…

  • I have watched the RISE

    The long-awaited movie…. If you have not watched but intend to do so, do not read on. Important: Do NOT leave the cinema the moment the credits come up – there is some more and that’s the last part which is really important. Today, one-third of the audience left and missed this part!   The price…

  • Why? Is this necessary??

    Someone sent me this link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2019871/First-glow-dark-cat–Now-meet-Tagon-worlds-glowing-dog.html#ixzz1TRq80urDGosh, why must humans do such things? Animals are not meant to be experimented with. They are meant to be helped and respected AS THEY ARE.  One wonders how many cats and dogs have been sacrificed in order to “successfully” produce these glow-in-the-dark animals.I hear there are also tea-cup pets now,…

  • Of “karma”, intentions, and spay-neuter

    For the last few weeks, we have been working pretty hard to talk a bigtime rescuer into spaying-neutering the 100 over dogs in his shelter.  He has repeatedly refused because of his own beliefs, ie. if he spays-neuters the dogs, he himself might not be able to produce children in his next life.  He also…

  • From strays…to community animals

    Today, when we brought the market cats to our panel vet, he remarked that they are not strays, but are community cats.  Well, yes, and that’s because the market folks like Ah Fatt and the stall owners feed these cats and they are no longer afraid of humans.  Christopher even prepares a small little cat-sanctuary…

  • The money is yours but the resources belong to the society

    I received this forwarded email and although it is not about animals per se, I feel it’s useful to share it with all of you. THE MONEY IS YOURS BUT THE RESOURCES BELONG TO THE SOCIETY A good lesson to remember . . Germany is a highly industrialized country. It produces top brands like Benz,…

  • TEN times more….(from Raja Petra’s article)

    A friend just forwarded an article by Raja Petra, who, with his wife, was recently in Bali for a holiday.  Raja Petra described just how impressed he is with the honesty of the Balinese people.  Here’s an excerpt from his article: I asked one Balinese girl who was giving me a two-hour massage how come…

  • Animals first, people second

    I refer to my earlier posting: http://animalcare.my/2011/02/belgium-shepherd-for-adoption.html I wish to thank everyone who had written in to offer your constructive comments on the case above.  Previously, I had also helped to advertise for people who, due to personal circumstances, had to put their pets up for adoption.  I had been reprimanded by some friends saying that…

  • Before you drink the next cup of milk…

    Sometimes we think the most heinous cruelty to animals exists in the slaughter-houses that produces meat, but cruelty also exists in the dairy industry and in egg-production. I stopped drinking milk a long time ago when I found out about the cruelty that exists in dairy farms; how cows are artificially-impregnated to give birth so that they…

  • Why must we be so judgmental?

    I refer to this posting: http://animalcare.my/2010/03/three-female-dogs-spayed-but.html And I received this email today: Dear Dr Chan Kah Yein,I have been an avid reader of animalcare.my for some time and cannot express enough my appreciation and admiration for all you have done for the strays especially the rescued pound dogs who really deserve so much better.I am…

  • Of karma, palliative care and euthanasia

    First of all, I would like to thank the friends who have been very supportive and who have stood by us throughout this difficult period of having to deal with Wendy’s case where very challenging and painful decisions had to be made.  One of our friends felt that I should explain here, why we opted…

  • Words of wisdom to start off the year

    I’ve shared with you before, the words of wisdom from Bhante Wimala, a Sri Lankan monk, now based in New Jersey, who works tirelessly helping the destitute and disaster victims.  Allow me to share with you again, his New Year message to all his friends.  First, life is full of imperfections and we can not…

  • Another way to save the earth….

    If we care about animals and the earth, here’s a simple thing all householders can do… Make garbage enzyme.  It is really quite simple:  http://o3enzyme.com/garbage/enzyme-production/  (everything you need to know about making garbage enzyme) Quality Control Manager monitors closely… Want to help? She’s not tasting it, is she??? You’d get to make so much garbage…

  • The senseless sacrifices…

    On 23rd and 24th November, we posted an appeal to stop the senseless and brutal sacrifices of hundreds of thousands of animals in Nepal. We are sure that many people around the world sent similar appeals to Nepal to stop the ruthless sacrifice of these animals. It looks like the appeal fell on deaf ears…

  • One day in the life of a…..

    One day in the life of a rescuer:Today, I rescued a stray dog/cat, and I handed over the case to an animal charity group.  Yay!!  I’ve helped an animal today!    ********************** One day in the life of an animal charity group:Today someone rescued a stray dog/cat, and handed over the case to us.  We really wish…