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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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Meet MIA, On Her Physiotherapy.
7th Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
MIA's STORY!!!
Mia's recovery and rehabilitation is going fantastically!!!
She is getting stronger and more confident by the day and we are looking forward to being able to release her back in to the wild very soon.
For updates and info, keep checking our Facebook page and please like and share. You can also log on to YouTube and search for 'acres sg'.
In the meantime, here is our second video documenting her physio...
Happy Monday, everyone!!
http://youtu.be/x_3EZ1cNeRA
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Timeline Photos
6th Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
This week in ACRES Lao PDR!
After 4 months of communication with multiple agencies and concerned members of the public, ACRES Lao PDR finally coordinated the successful rescue of a juvenile pig-tailed macaque from Savannakhet Province. Kept as a pet in a guesthouse, malnutritioned and constantly frustrated in her small cage, she is now awaiting her chance to join her new macaque family at ACRES after her quarantine period.
We were honoured to be graced by the presence of Mr Thongpanh Ratanala...
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Groovy
4th Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
When one of our Indian star tortoises, Groovy, was radiographed, it was revealed that she had 7 eggs including a hyper-calcified egg bound.
Thanks to hormone treatment and special care from the team at AWRC, Groovy has now laid all but 2 of the eggs.
We are also happy to report that she started eating again at the end of last month and is doing really well!! :)
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Rescue And Release, And The Illegal Wildlife Trade.
4th Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
Over the past two months ACRES has rescued over 200 animals, including many from the illegal wildlife trade including star tortoises, ball pythons and a painted terrapin. We have also successfully released over 100 native animals back into the wild right here in Singapore. These include nearly 90 reptiles such as monitor lizards, reticulated pythons, cobras, vipers, pangolins, civets, bats, Paradise tree snakes and Wolf snakes, and a Malayan Box turtle.
We also had some great news at the AWRC...
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Meet MIA, The Injured Macque.
4th Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
MIA' STORY!!!
Some of you may have been following our heartwarming rescue story of Mia, an injured Macaque who was found by members of the public and which was reported to ACRES.
For those of you haven't met Mia, here she is in our first video documenting her rescue and rehabilitation.
If you want to see more videos and updates on ACRES, visit YouTube and subscribe to Acres Sg.
Thank you!
http://youtu.be/VfQBjlRb0bE
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Updates On 4th Oct 2013
4th Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
Good morning Facebook friends!!
As you may well know, today is World Animal Day. In light of this, here at ACRES we would like to share some stories with you, throughout the day. We would also like to thank all our dedicated volunteers and donors who continue to support our efforts to speak up for the animals. The time you selflessly donate to us is crucial to ensure that ACRES is able to continue to advocate for animal welfare, not only here in Singapore, but throughout Asia and beyond! ...
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Updates On 3rd Oct 2013
3rd Oct 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
Join the team, save the wilds!
Here comes the last batch of Wildlife Guardian & Rescue Training for year 2013! It's your chance to play an active role in our wildlife rescue efforts! We will be holding our training programs in October for:
1. Wildlife Guardians (SGD $30.00 training fee)
Role: Helping with animal care duties, enclosures maintenance and providing environmental enrichment for the animals.
Date: 12th October 2013, Saturday, 10am to 5pm (All trainees are required to atten...
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Updates On 26th Sep 2013
26th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
This Sunday, why not head on down to Bishan Park for Veggie Thursday’s Happy Feet 2 event: a green family day in collaboration with World Heart Day 2013.
Celebrate with your family, sharing happy times of fun in the outdoors and kid friendly activities for a healthy heart.
Replenish a happy heart with a tasty kind plate that will not only make tastebuds, but all feet, paws and hooves happy!
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Updates On 26th Sep 2013
26th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
Hello Facebook friends!!!
Some fantastic news on Mia's recovery progress. Sabrina, a member of our macaque response team, has been visiting Mia daily to help with her physio.
On today's visit, Mia was able to move her left leg on her own and even managed to grip Sabrina's finger with her toes!!! This is a sure sign that Mia is recovering at a great speed, and Sabrina reports that each day Mia is gaining strength and that Mia is still very much as wild as when she was rescued.
Mia's ...
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Updates On 25th Sep 2013
25th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
Please remember to sign and share this petition: BOYCOTT GENTING CASINOS UNTIL THE WILD-CAUGHT DOLPHINS AT RESORTS WORLD ARE FREE! at http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/430/927/ 849/
You can also change your profile pic to this image to help spread the message even further!
24 wild-caught dolphins are now enduring a life of captivity, frustration, stress and boredom at Resorts World Sentosa’s Marine Life Park attraction in Singapore (which is wholly owned by Genting Singapore, a ...
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Http://www.thepetitionsite.com/
21st Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
PRESS RELEASE
21 September 2013
LAUNCH OF BOYCOTT OF CASINOS IN THE UK OVER THE CAPTURE AND CONFINEMENT OF WILD - CAUGHT DOLPHINS
LONDON, 21 September 2013 – ACRES, a Singapore-based animal protection charity, together with UK-based organisations The Captive Animals’ Protection Society (CAPS), Marine Connection and Whale and Dolphin Conservation (WDC), today launched a global boycott of Genting Casinos with a public awareness event outside Genting Casino Chinatown in London and the launch ...
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Updates On 20th Sep 2013
20th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
YOUR CHANCE TO HELP CAPTIVE DOLPHINS THIS SATURDAY!
24 wild-caught dolphins are now enduring a life of captivity, frustration, stress and boredom at Resorts World Sentosa’s (RWS) marine life park attraction in Singapore.
3 dolphins have already died under the care of RWS.
RWS is wholly owned by Genting Singapore, a company of the Genting Group. Join us in calling for Genting to release the 24 remaining dolphins back to the wild, at a special event for dolphins this Saturday, 21st Sep...
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Updates On 19th Sep 2013
19th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
This week at AWRC, we are very happy to let everyone know about our Giant Asian pond turtles first night out in their outdoor enclosures. As some of you might know, we have been in the process of constructing an outdoor sanctuary for the animals in AWRC with the help of volunteers.As the project comes to a close, we have begun trials of bringing the animals to the outdoor sanctuary to slowly let them adapt back to the natural environment.
Boltz, Andrea and Audrey, our Giant Asian pond turtles w...
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Updates On 19th Sep 2013
19th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
PRESS INVITE: LAUNCH OF BOYCOTT OF CASINOS IN THE UK OVER THE CAPTURE AND CONFINEMENT OF WILD - CAUGHT DOLPHINS
ACRES (Animal Concerns Research and Education Society) Singapore invites you to attend an event in London on the 21st September 2013, during which we will be launching the next phase of the ongoing “Save the World’s Saddest Dolphins” campaign (www.saddestdolphins.com): a global boycott of Genting Casinos.
Through the boycott, ACRES, together with supporting UK animal prot...
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Wildsingapore News: RWS Dolphins Get Full Attention
18th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
This coming Saturday, Singapore-based animal rights group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) is launching a campaign in London to call for a boycott of Genting casinos. This is part of its efforts to pressure the company, which runs RWS, into releasing what Acres has labelled the "world's saddest dolphins".
As for the number of trainers at the park, Acres executive director Louis Ng said: "Working towards improving the welfare of the dolphins is a positive step.
"But we mus...
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Updates On 16th Sep 2013
16th Sep 2013, by Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (ACRES)
Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting a group of enthusiastic students from Commonwealth Secondary School. They visited our Education Centre so that they could learn more about ACRES and what we do to spearhead a fundraising event.
Here at ACRES we love to see the passion and innovative ideas of the younger generation, and we see this as their first step to moving towards ACRES’ objective of showing compassion to all animals.
Today the students learnt two core values about animals: A...
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