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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 1st Mar 2015
1st Mar 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
SO LONG TO SARAH, OUR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER FROM GERMANY!
This week, we would like to shine our spotlight on Sarah Mans, our international volunteer from Germany. Sarah volunteered with ACRES from the 19th of January to the 14th of February. She’s an independent individual with initiative, and performed her duties at the Wildlife Sanctuary extremely well.
Besides helping out with the animal care team, Sarah also took the opportunity to join the outreach team and help out at our public edu...
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Updates On 1st Mar 2015
1st Mar 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
A LIFE SAVED: THANK YOU, JASPER!
With the festive season almost coming to an end, we want to share a happy story about a donor who cared for our wildlife: Jasper!
Our rescue team got a call from Jasper, whose dog alerted him to a paradise tree snake that had ended up on his balcony. His neighbour saw the snake and wanted to kill it, thinking it was dangerous. But, thankfully, Jasper knew better, and called the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Hotline, and the rescue team was soon on the way to rescue the...
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Updates On 28th Feb 2015
28th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
KEEP THEM WILD AND FREE: SLOW LORIS
Here begins a series on the illegal exotic pet trade in Singapore. Tune in every Saturday for features on the beautiful wild animals that we are - with your help – working hard to keep wild and free, and not kept as pets.
In today’s segment, we feature the lovely, wide-eyed, highly endangered slow loris.
Illegal poaching for the exotic pet trade is driving the slow loris to extinction. As they may inflict a toxic bite, slow lorises often have their sha...
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Updates On 28th Feb 2015
28th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
BIG HANDS, BIGGER HEARTS ON VALENTINE'S DAY!
This Valentine's Day, we were delighted to welcome Project ‘Big Hands, Bigger Hearts’ to the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC), creating a fruitful learning experience for nine lively children. Kudos to the NUS (National University of Singapore) students who succeeded in planning a meaningful and fun Valentine’s Day for the kids!
As well as learning about the work of the AWRC and the wild animals in our care, the students also learned all a...
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Updates On 27th Feb 2015
27th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
NATIVE WILDLIFE RESCUE ROUNDUP: 27TH FEBRUARY 2015
Here are three very different recent rescues by the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Team!
Please remember to call the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Hotline at 97837782 if you see any wild animals in Singapore who need help.
And if you'd like to play a more hands-on role, you can join the rescue team as a volunteer! Find out more at http://www.acres.org.sg/volunteer/volunteer-with-u s.html or email volunteer@acres.org.sg
We had a very interesting start to th...
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Updates On 26th Feb 2015
26th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
2 MORE DAYS LEFT BEFORE WE END OUR CAMPAIGN #WarmthForWalnut!
We have news for you! A kind soul has set up a challenge to everyone out there!
An anonymous donor has agreed to sponsor $2,500 if we can raise the equal amount in the next 50 hours! That's $50 from 50 people!
Hurry; help us meet the target, so that the animal victims of the illegal wildlife trade get the enclosures they deserve!
#ChallengeAccepted #LetsProvide #WarmthForWalnut #HelpTheAnimals
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Updates On 25th Feb 2015
25th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
3 MORE DAYS LEFT TO SHOW YOUR WARMTH TO THE ANIMALS!
We still need your help to meet the target!
Here is the story of one of the animals you’ll be helping:
Last Christmas was a special day not only for our rescue team, but also for a tiny fellow barely 40 cm long.
The ACRES Wildlife Rescue Team was called when someone spotted a snake in their house, sneaking under under a sliding door. When the team reached the location, they were surprised to find that the snake was not a native species...
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Updates On 25th Feb 2015
25th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
BE SOMEBODY’S HERO! JOIN THE ACRES WILDLIFE GUARDIANS / WILDLIFE RESCUE TEAM!
Join us as a Wildlife Guardian! We need enthusiastic individuals to assist with providing the very best care for the rescued wild animals at the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC). Or join our Wildlife Rescue team and help with rescuing wild animals in need all over Singapore, from trapped snakes to injured birds and abandoned tortoises. While on rescue missions with the ACRES team, you’ll also be playing a vital...
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Updates On 24th Feb 2015
24th Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
AWRC UPDATE: POOR ERNIE IS NOT TOO WELCOME IN HER NEW HOME…YET!
Meet Ernie, a newly rescued giant Asian pond turtle…and Audrey, who was not too keen on meeting her!
This week, we brought Ernie outside to our Main Sanctuary Area after she’d completed her mandatory quarantine period, with hopes of putting her together with the other giant Asian pond turtles. Unfortunately, one turtle stood in her way: Audrey! Audrey may be small and shy around humans, but she is one big bully when it come...
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Updates On 23rd Feb 2015
23rd Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
WALNUT UPDATE
5 MORE DAYS LEFT before our “Warmth for Walnut” campaign ends, and we still need your help to reach our goal!
We wanted to give you a quick update to let you know how Walnut - one of the newly rescued tortoises at the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre and the poster boy for our campaign - is getting on. Here’s a short video clip of Walnut, taken today. Our Animal Care Officer, Sarah, who is overseeing Walnut’s care, explains: "Walnut is eating better and is more active then wh...
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Updates On 23rd Feb 2015
23rd Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
A VERY SPECIAL CHINESE NEW YEAR REUNION!
Just like children, baby macaques can find themselves in trouble when they are not careful in the midst of play.
On the morning of Chinese New Year Eve, a baby macaque was rescued and re-united with her family after getting her hand entangled in some construction netting at Bukit Timah Nature Reserve. NUS researcher Joys Tan alerted the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Team when she heard distress calls from a troop that she was studying.
We thank Joys Tan and ...
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AFA Coalition - Home
23rd Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
TAKE ACTION FOR ANIMALS!
Please check out the new and updated Asia For Animals Coalition Website! ACRES is proud to be a part of the coalition, which aims to improve the welfare of animals throughout Asia.
And if you haven’t already done so, please join the Asia for Animals Action Team to play your part in addressing some of the most pressing animal welfare issues across the region!
http://www.asiaforanimals.com
Never underestimate the power of making your voice heard… thanks to supporter...
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Updates On 22nd Feb 2015
22nd Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
MEET OUR FABULOUS FEBRUARY INTERNS!
Meet our February interns: Boon Jun from Massey University, Ralene from Murdoch University and Laura from the University of Queensland. As part of their veterinary medicine courses, they were required to complete a few weeks of extramural placement. We are pleased that they chose ACRES for their placements, and they have all made a valuable contribution to the work of the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC). We wish them all the best with their studies.
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Updates On 22nd Feb 2015
22nd Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
OUR AWESOME ANIMAL BENEFACTORS!
Today, we want to thank the donors who have continuously supported the animals quietly all these years. They are our ANIMAL BENEFACTORS!
Today, Stubby, Venilla, Spongebob, Cyclops and Kanmani are living happily, enjoying good food, and are free to express their natural behaviours in naturalistic enclosures. And it would not be possible if it wasn’t for the donors who adopted them. So a huge thank you to all you ACRES Animal Benefactors (you know who you are!) ...
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Updates On 21st Feb 2015
21st Feb 2015, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
WILD ANIMALS ARE NOT PETS
In Singapore it is illegal to keep most wild animals as pets, and for good reasons:
1. Wild animals do not make suitable pets. Wild animals who are kept as pets usually experience poor welfare, as it is very difficult to provide for their complex needs in our homes (e.g. their behavioural, social and dietary needs). It’s also impossible to recreate their vast and varied natural habitats.
2. Many exotic pets are abandoned by their owners to die a slow death from st...
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