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Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES) News & Blogs
Instantly update yourself on the latest animal welfare developments. Leading animal shelters and rescuers will share news and knowledge with you, consolidated through their blogs and social media pages.
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Updates On 8th Jul 2015
8th Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
THE SECOND INSTALLMENT: WE CLIMB
Sabrina finished her race in record time on Sunday, and she did us proud, beating the odds of running with a recovering dislocated elbow and during the fasting month!
Now she has handed the helm over to Lionel and his team of 5 to scale to the peak of Mount Rinjani on the 17th July! Continue to support the animals and us as we #runswimclimbACRES!
Give generously to the animals at: www.simplygiving.com/sportsforanimals
#runswimcli mbACRES #mount #rinjani
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Updates On 7th Jul 2015
7th Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
CARLOS MEETS WOLVERINE! SO FAR, SO GOOD…
Back in 2012, we rescued a Cuban slider for the first time: Carlos. Carlos had suffered substantial injuries to his shell. We managed to put his shell back together with epoxy and, with daily cleaning and lots of care, he recovered well. Carlos later joined Markos, another Cuban slider, outdoors at our Main Sanctuary Area. However, Markos has always been aggressive towards to Carlos, approaching Carlos to bite him immediately. Unfortunately, we needed ...
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Updates On 6th Jul 2015
6th Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
MONKEY SLEEP, MONKEY DO: HOW MACAQUES CHOOSE THEIR TREES
Macaques have many sleeping sites. Two extensive studies of Indonesian primates suggest that factors regarding which tree to select each evening are site-specific and different for each species—and that some overnight spots result in conflicts between monkeys and humans.
"We have to understand what monkeys need in order to sleep to know what we have to protect," said primate scientist Fany Brotcorne of the University of Liège in Bel...
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Updates On 5th Jul 2015
5th Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
THANK YOU CLAIRE!
Meet Claire Ong, our long-term volunteer who has been volunteering with us since 2010 – when she was only 14 years old! Recently, she just completed her five-month internship programme with us and is going on to further study at NUS. We have blessed to have Claire as part of our team: she is a formidable force in advocating for animal welfare and promoting a cruelty-free lifestyle! Today, let’s find out more about Claire!
1. How did you get involved with ACRES?
- I learne...
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Updates On 4th Jul 2015
4th Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
ACRES GOES UNDERCOVER TO END ANIMAL CRUELTY: A RECAP
In case you missed hearing about our recent undercover investigation into animal welfare standards at pet shops and farms in Singapore, here are the details.
From March 2015 to May 2015, we conducted an undercover investigation into the animal welfare standards at pet shops and farms in Singapore displaying and selling dogs and/or cats.
11 out of 29 pet shops (i.e. 38%) breached one or more of the most basic animal welfare conditions.
7 o...
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Updates On 4th Jul 2015
4th Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
CELEBRATING SINGAPORE’S NATIVE WILDLIFE!
At the Festival of Biodiversity, held on the 27th and 28th of June, we celebrated our native wildlife, as well as raising much-needed funds for our animal protection programmes! Thanks go to the generous crowd who contributed by making a donation, purchasing merchandise, or having their faces painted at the ACRES booth! Check out some of these amazing painted faces below!
Many people came up to our booth, learning about Singapore’s native wild anim...
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Updates On 3rd Jul 2015
3rd Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
EVERYDAY HEROES FOR WILDLIFE!
We’re very grateful to several members of the public who have helped raise awareness among their own community about our native wild animals and how to protect them.
Today, we’d like to express our heartfelt thanks to two of our long-term rescue volunteers - Alpana Ahuja and Chuen Ling Lee – who, as well as assisting with our hands-on rescue work, have also been helping ACRES and the animals in their own ways. Here are two examples of the two ladies helping...
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Updates On 1st Jul 2015
1st Jul 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
THE RACE HAS JUST GOT TOUGHER
Just when her training was going well, disaster struck for Sabrina, our Campaigns Executive, who is running the Sundown Marathon for the animals this coming Saturday.
While attending to an injured long-tailed macaque on a rainy day, she slipped and fell into a drain, dislocating her elbow. Thankfully, doctors managed to realign her elbow, but she was not allowed to train anymore.
It’s just 4 more days to the race, but Sabrina is still willing to push on and c...
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Updates On 30th Jun 2015
30th Jun 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
EGGS GALORE!
Over the past week, many eggs have been found inside the enclosures of the rescued female Indian star tortoises at the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC). This photo shows one such site where a tortoise dug a hole and laid her eggs.
It is not uncommon for female tortoises to lay eggs. These are, however, unfertilised eggs. Previously, when the tortoises were housed indoors, we had to provide the female tortoises with sand trays in which they could lay their eggs. Sometimes, when...
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Updates On 29th Jun 2015
29th Jun 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
LET MACAQUES TEACH YOU HOW TO EAT AND RUN!
You may have seen hamsters storing food in their cheek pouches. Did you know that long-tailed macaques do the same?
Macaques possess adaptive features which help them survive and thrive in the wild. They have cheek pouches, which are handy tools that grow larger in order to accommodate food. The function of these pouches is to keep food safe for brief periods of time – usually as long as it takes for a macaque to get from one place to another. The ...
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Updates On 28th Jun 2015
28th Jun 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
WHAT MOTIVATES OUR INTERNS AND VOLUNTEERS? LET’S ASK LISE!
Lise has been devoting her time and efforts as an ACRES intern for the past two months, working extremely hard, come rain or shine, to do her best the animals in her care. We asked her a few questions to learn more about what drives her to do her part to protect wild animals in Singapore!
1. How did you get involved with ACRES?
- I love nature. I study Wildlife Biology and I wanted hands-on experience with animals. I chose ACRES bec...
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Updates On 28th Jun 2015
28th Jun 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR BIRTHDAY BASH
Today, we’d like to thank the trio that were quietly working in the background while we were enjoying the night of our 14th Anniversary Gala Dinner last month: Our cool technical and sound man for the night, Ahmad Ridhwan; our event organiser extraordinaire, Rahayu Rahni; and our quirky emcee, Melvin Ho!
These three talented individuals very kindly gave their best for our Gala Dinner, and they didn’t ask for anything in return; just the knowledge that...
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Updates On 27th Jun 2015
27th Jun 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
HERE COMES THE FESTIVAL OF BIODIVERSITY! ARE YOU IN?
Exactly how wild can Singapore be? You might be surprised at the rich variety of native wild animals that are still residing on our tropical island. Our ACRES Wildlife Rescue Team has encountered a fair share of the incredible wild animals of Singapura, but these represent merely a small fraction of our great biodiversity!
Since the start of our native wildlife rescue operations back in 2009, we’ve rejoiced every single time when a rescued...
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