Animal Welfare News & Blogs
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We Won The Sunsuper Dreams Contest!! 3rd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Thank you very much, everyone! Couldn’t have done it without all your support, effort and encouragement. Many thanks to Mr James Blackwell for nominating us and to Sunsuper for declaring us the winner after their very stringent audit.
This is a good day for animal welfare in Malaysia, and may we all see better days ahead for our animals!
This win is not just a win for AnimalCare. It is recognition for animal welfare work in Malaysia. We hope more good things (more support, more awareness, ...
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No Surgery For Kitten With Hernia (Basirah Md Ibrahim’s) 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Ref: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/01/29/weak-kitt en-in-need-of-medical-treatment-basirah-mohd-ibrah ims/
Basirah has informed me that she has decided not to go ahead with the diaphragmatic hernia surgery for the kitten as the prognosis is not very good.
From Basirah:
Did talk to vet abt the xray and the situation of the kitten. According to him, the kitten has 50-50 chance if we opt for surgery. It is high risk and might cause complications. If there’s complication, might need to put her to ...
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URGENT: An Injured Cat Needs A Fosterer/caregiver…and More (Melvin Yong’s) 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Celebrations aside, there is no time to rest. For the last few hours, I have been communicating with Melvin Yong, who called me this evening regarding an injured cat that needs help.
Melvin only managed to give me this much information about the cat’s condition:
The cat is around 3 years of age.
Injuries sustained
• Swollen L2-L7 which led to a nerve injury in which resulted in a
malfunction bladder. Cat is not able to empty its bladder and the
urine has to be manually drained...
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Kittens For Adoption (Shaila Raj’s) 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
From Shaila Raj:
Hi there peeps
We are available for ADOPTION.
We need a great home filled with TENDER LOVING CARE…
We are both males.
We are around 2months plus of age..
We pee n poo in a litter-box (sand).
We can eat palettes and rice mixed with wet food.
We are very active and love to play.
We are now in Subang Jaya
PLEASE PLEASE ADOPT US
Can be contacted at shailaraj@hotmail.com
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Picks Of The Week - Reha & Lobo - Please Help. Save Their Lives & Enrich YOURS 2nd Feb 2012, by SPCA Penang
REHA—that’s me. Shiny black coat, long-haired only incertain areas, with highlights of reddish brown throughout. I am a 7 month old female and I gaze adoringly into your eyes. Look at my eyes in the picture of me—now, don’t you agree that I can make your heart melt?However folks, don’t be deceived. I have sharp teeth and can be fierce when I have to be. I make a very good guard dog. Although I can be veryindependent, having people around me matters to me a lot. Pats and making it k...
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Hot-From-The-Oven News….. (We Won The Sunsuper Dreams!!!) 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
HOT news at 2.51pm
James Blackwell has just written to me to say the AnimalCare is the January winner of the Sunsuper Dreams Contest!!
Hooray!!!
Thank you, everyone, for your 4319 votes which made it possible!
More details later as I have to send them some photos first.
UPDATES at 4.00pm
Hi folks, what a ride this has been!
I was in the process of getting suitable photographs for the organisers as they wanted a selection for them to choose from (only one). Do you know, I have 70 folders of p...
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Mother-Cats And Their Babies In Need Of Homes (Aida’s) 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Can anyone please help these mother-cats and their babies? If anyone is willing to give them a home, we will subsidise the spay-neuter later when the mother-cats can be spayed.
From:
aida
baybee_ieda@yahoo.com.sg
Messag e:
hi dr.chan,
my name is aida. there is a new mother cat with her kittens near my
office. i guess she just deliver her babies a week ago. since then,
she has been ‘kicked’ here n there and she is last seen under post box
heading to the stairs which is going to other ...
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Yay!! Bobby Wins 6th Prize In The Canine Caviar Contest! 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Hi everyone,
Just received the good news that Bobby won 6th prize in the Canine Caviar Contest and the prize is a pack of Canine Caviar for him!
YAY!
This is better than the i-pad ‘coz I don’t need an i-pad and neither does Bobby.
The prize-giving ceremony is on 18th Feb, at their HQ, which means Bobby will get a car-ride to Selayang PLUS we can visit the BLUEYS!!!
Thank you all, for voting for Bobby!!
I’ll let Bobby know when I get home, but I’m sure he would say a hug...
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Help Stop The Illegal Dog Meat Trade In Thailand (a Message From Soi Dog) 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Yesterday, I published a news report of a crackdown on illegal dog and goat meat trade in Australia.
On the home front, I hear there are underground dog meat restaurants in Puchong, too.
Let’s take a look at the efforts made by Soi Dog to stop the illegal dog meat trade in Thailand and learn from them. Perhaps one of our local groups can take this up here.
From Soi Dog:
Please Help Save Dogs Like These!
An Update On The Campaign To End The Dog Meat Trade…
I am writing you today to ...
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And Just How Blind Or How Deaf Is Bobby? 2nd Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
For those of you who have been following this blog, I guess you know all about Bobby. His story and everything he has done for the numerous cats I’ve fostered (and adopted) is just too long to sum up in one paragraph.
Bobby is now 15 years and 3 months old.
But recently, you’d also read that two vets have confirmed that Bobby is now blind AND deaf. Well, I know he is pretty blind because bumping into the walls and the furniture is the norm of the day even in the old house (where he s...
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More On Pet Diets 1st Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Ref: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthy pets/archive/2010/01/06/whats-the-best-food-for-yo ur-pet.aspx
Excerpts:
Pet foods are actually a relatively new addition to the marketplace, only filling a consumer niche for the last 100 years or so. Many proactive, integrative and holistic veterinarians have long recognized the short falls of many commercially available pet foods.
Unfortunately, most widely available pet foods and even many of the brands conventional vets recommend do not con...
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Eating Bones – The Dos And Don’ts 1st Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Ref: http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthy pets/archive/2010/05/19/caution-bones-can-kill-you r-dog-find-out-which-ones-are-safe.aspx
Excerpts (Dr Becker’s comments):
The FDA doesn’t make clear whether their warning extends to all bones or just cooked bones, so I’ll assume for purposes of the information I’m about to give you they’re discussing only bones from food that has been cooked.
Dangers of Cooked Bones
The cooking process makes bones more brittle, increasing the ...
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Inez Sue Gets To Keep All Her Cats!! 1st Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
Ref: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/01/30/cats-for- adoption-inez-sues/
Hooray for the great news!
Hi Dr Chan,
We’ve managed to convince our housemates to allow us to keep the cats if we get a cage!
We’re getting the cage tomorrow and also the Ever Clean cat litter. We dropped by pets lovers centre and saw the 6kg one priced at RM39.9 and the 11kg one priced RM59.9.
Thank you Dr Chan for your help!
Cheers,
Inez
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Xiong-Ie’s Golden Retriever Found! 1st Feb 2012, by AnimalCare
We seem to be in a celebration mode right now, because Xiong-ie just wrote to say her golden retriever had been found!
Ref: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/01/31/mi ssing-golden-retriever-in-usj4-chew-xiong-ies/
My dog is found! Thank you so much for the help and concern! :’)
He was found outside the gates of a kind family in USJ3, and they took him in and gave him food and shelter for the past 40 hours and treated him really nicely!
Hooray!!
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