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Article: Perak To Gazette 'Fenced Up' Wetlands Park 26th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Saturday September 26, 2009 By FOONG THIM LENG IPOH: The state government will gazette the Kinta Nature Park (KNP) as a wildlife sanctuary to prevent encroachment, State Tourism Committee chairman Datuk Hamidah Osman said gazetting the park would not take much time as the groundwork for it had been prepared when Datuk Seri Tajol Rosli Ghazali was the Perak mentri besar. "We will have to decide on which agency would manage and upgrade the facilities," she told repor...
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Article: Penang Plans Sanctuary For Smaller Cats 26th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Saturday September 26, 2009 By ANDREA FILMER GEORGE TOWN: After the controversial tiger park plan in Relau met stiff resistance, the state has come up with plans for a park to house cats and dogs in the same area. The Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) is looking into a proposal to lease out a 0.4ha plot of land to a non-governmental organisation (NGO) to build a dog park. Councillor Lim Siew Khim said the park would house stray dogs and cats in a move to cut down the...
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Article: Lawyer Doggedly Looking For Her Pets 26th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Friday September 25, 2009 By LOH FOON FONG PETALING JAYA: It has been two months since her two shih tzus have gone missing, but owner Esther Chik is determined to keep on searching. So intent was she to find her dogs that she even paid thousands of ringgit to shout out her plight in a huge billboard put up along the busy stretch of the LDP. "I just want my dogs back. I am very attached to them," said the 33-year-old lawyer who lost the dogs to burglars who had brok...
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Article: Something Fishy Going On At Wetlands 24th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday September 22, 2009 By FOONG THIM LENG and CHAN LI LEEN IPOH: The Kinta Royal Wetlands in Batu Gajah is under threat and will lose the largest heronry in the country if illegal and incompatible activities continue. A recent check by the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) revealed that someone had fenced up the whole lake where the heronry, with five breeding species of 2,000 waterbirds, is located. MNS Perak Bird Group coordinator Lim Kim Chye believes that the ...
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Article: Great Place For Animal Lovers 24th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Sunday September 20, 2009 By GRACE CHENsundaymetro@thestar.com.myPhotos by SAIFUL BAHRI Be prepared for some scandalous animal stories when you visit the petting zoo at the Lost World of Tambun in Perak. AT the last count, the animal population at the petting zoo of the Lost World of Tambun numbered 4,000, and all are descendants of those at its sister park at Sunway in Petaling Jaya. The only "newbies" are 40 tortoises whose pond is just next to a 10m-high waterfal...
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Article: Great Place For Animal Lovers 20th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Sunday September 20, 2009 By GRACE CHENsundaymetro@thestar.com.myPhotos by SAIFUL BAHRI Be prepared for some scandalous animal stories when you visit the petting zoo at the Lost World of Tambun in Perak. AT the last count, the animal population at the petting zoo of the Lost World of Tambun numbered 4,000, and all are descendants of those at its sister park at Sunway in Petaling Jaya. The only "newbies" are 40 tortoises whose pond is just next to a 10m-high waterfall fed by fresh river water r...
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Article: Flat-Broke Breeder ‘runs Fowl’ Of The Law 18th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Friday September 18, 2009 By MARTIN CARVALHO MALACCA: A 40-year-old unemployed man "ran fowl" of the law – for transforming his flat into a poultry farm. Local councillors Alex Lye and Lim Siew Wan had a shock when they found Yong Chin Teck living with more than 50 chickens and ducks in his apartment on the second floor of the Bukit Senjuang Flats at Jalan Bukit Senjuang. "We were called to investigate complaints by residents about the stench and noises coming fro...
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Article: Size Mate-Ters For Bob The Bull 18th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Friday September 18, 2009BACHOK: Size is a big problem for Malaysia's biggest bull. He cannot find a mate that can withstand his frame, which is bigger than a mid-sized family saloon car. Standing at 183cm and weighing 1.5 tonnes, the cream-coloured, six-year-old bull is a cross-breed between a local variety and the Charolais breed known for its large size. "I tried to get him to mate twice. Both times, the cows died because their backs broke when he mounted them," said owner Juharani Jafaar, a ...
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View: Yes, We Are Fighting The Haze Together 17th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday September 17, 2009WITH regard to questions raised in "Join forces to tackle the haze" (The Star, Sept 15), we wish to clarify a few points. In tackling the haze issues, the Department of Environment is taking serious and continuous actions such as strengthening enforcement on smoky vehicles and industries, open burning and earthwork activities which contribute to local air pollution. Enhanced fire prevention programmes on peat land areas in Selangor, Pahang and Johor are being undertake...
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Article: Roaring Recycling Trade 16th Sep 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Wednesday September 16, 2009 By DERRICK VINESH THE next time you buy made in China or Vietnam clothes, undergarments or socks using synthetic fabric, chances are the raw materials used to make them are from Seberang Prai, Penang. Seberang Prai Municipal Council Local Agenda 21 (LA21) Committee co-ordinator Chew Eng Seng said a recycling plant in Juru, Bukit Mertajam, was a major supplier of the raw material called Polyethylene Terephtha-late (PET). He said PET, whi...
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