Mak Ja is a frail elderly lady who has spent many years helping unwanted, maimed and hungry cats and kittens in her neighbourhood in Johor Bahru.
In March 2007, Raymund and the Noah’s Ark team heard about Mak Ja and her rescue efforts. Upon visiting her small house, it became clear that she and her animals needed urgent help.
Cramped together in the dimly lit house were a large number of stacked cages of varying shapes and sizes housing over 65 cats and kittens. Amongst the cages were many rats and cockroaches scurrying about in an endless search for food.
With little money to adequately feed or provide medical care for all these animals that she had rescued from the streets, Mak Ja was in a desperate situation. The only help she was received was from one kind neighbour who helped keep the cages clean. Mak Ja was fighting a losing battle. The neighbours complained about the racket of nightly cat calling, the stench, the rats and the sheer numbers of cats on her property.
Having no resources to pay for medical care and sterilisation, many of the cats and kittens needed medical aid and a number of females were heavily pregnant or had very recently given birth.
Raymund patiently persuaded Mak Ja to accept the help and support of Noah’s Ark. That same evening, a handful of kittens requiring urgent medical attention were taken back to Noah’s Ark for treatment. In the days that followed, the Noah’s Ark team transported all the cats and kittens back to Noah’s Ark for check-ups, medical treatment and sterilisation. The total number of animals taken back to Noah’s Ark was 32 cats, 7 heavily pregnant cats, 26 kittens and 1 emaciated puppy.
A large number of the cats remain in the care of Noah’s Ark to live out their lives within the sanctuary in a tranquil and peaceful environment. Many of the kittens have high chances of being rehomed. A small handful of cats returned to live with Mak Ja in her garden once they were sterilized and vaccinated.
The Noah’s Ark team also helped Mak Ja clean up her premises and reduce the rat and cockroach population.
We do not doubt that Mak Ja will continue to walk the streets of her neighbourhood to look for unwanted animals and take them home to care for them. This time though, she does it knowing that she has the support of a dedicated animal welfare team who will work with her to treat and sterilise animals she has rescued. The Noah’s Ark team will also continue with regular visitations to counsel Mak Ja and to help her control the numbers of animals she is rescuing and caring for on her premises.
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It is a well known fact that the stray population in Malaysia is huge and out of control. The only way forward is to reduce the numbers by sterilizing them. Through working with, supporting and educating animal-loving members of the community like Mak Ja, the goal of stray free communities and eventually a stray free nation can slowly but surely be reached.
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