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Animal Welfare News & Blogs - Year 2009
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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Article: Caring For The Abandoned
21st Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Friday August 21, 2009By JEREMY TAN THEY sit forlornly in cages, waiting for the day a kind-hearted soul would take them home and shower them with affection, failing which, their brief but innocent lives are cut short. All they long for is a chance, but for the majority of animals brought in to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' (SPCA) Penang shelter, there is no happy ending. Most have to be put down as the numbers brought in far exceed the shelter's capacity to...
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Article: Are Our Forests And Wildlife Doomed?
21st Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Friday August 21, 2009IN reference to the letter by Tan Sri Salleh Mohd Nor, the President, Malaysia Nature Society "Nurture this natural treasure" (The Star, Aug 19), I wish to congratulate him and the Malaysian Nature Society for striving to protect our forests and wildlife. I have been hiking for the last 30 years in many forest areas in Malaysia, and can thus see the severe problem of protected species of fauna, flora and wild animals being destroyed to near extinction. I am pessimistic tha...
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View: Nurture This Natural Treasure
20th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday August 20, 2009JOHOR is among the most developed states and the richness of the diverse biodiÂversity is still there as seen in the several parks and protected areas. Mt Belumut, Sedili, River, Mt Ledang (Ophir) and the islands off Mersing coast are some of them, among which Panti forest reserve is a definite "hidden natural treasure". The mountain range of Panti, in the Kota Tinggi district, may be only about 1,500 feet but the richness of the biodiversity is unequalled, offering an a...
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Article: Restoring The Marine Habitat
20th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday August 20, 2009 By ANDREA FILMER THE Penang Fisheries Department has launched the state's first soft bed artificial reef in the sea off Pulau Kendi. The isle, off Penang island's southwest tip, has been identified as the state's most suitable area for artificial reefs and already houses over 120 man-made reefs — 96 from scuttled old ships, 30 recreational reefs made of concrete and an unspecified number of reefs made from 72,000 tyres. The department's ac...
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Article: Gas From Dead Fish Killed Six
19th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Wednesday August 19, 2009SHAH ALAM: The death of six men in Tanjung Karang last week was due to inhalation of poisonous gases from decomposing fish and not ammonia gas, an initial investigation found. State New Village Development and Illegal Factory Task Force Committee chairman Ean Yong Hian Wah said a preliminary report from the Selangor Occupational Safety and Health Department (DOSH) showed that a large volume of poisonous gas had built up from decomposing fish. He said DOSH found that due ...
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View: Who’s Protecting Our Wildlife?
19th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Wednesday August 19, 2009MALAYSIA may not be the world's largest wildlife smuggling centre but if nothing is done now, it probably won't be long before it can lay claim to that title. This seems to be the grim reality on the status of wildlife, protected or otherwise, in our country, which is one of the 12th mega diverse countries in the world. RM2.1mil is the value of the seizures from illegal wildlife trade in Malaysia from at least 12 major enforcement actions conducted between July and Decem...
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Article: Farm-Fresh Family Fun
19th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Wednesday August 19, 2009 By DERRICK VINESH FARMERS in Penang should tap the vast potential in agro-tourism and agro- recreation to broaden their scope of business, state Agriculture, Agro-based Industries, Rural Development and Flood Miti-gation Committee chairman Law Choo Kiang said. Instead of merely focusing on their core businesses, he said, they should add value to their products and services by turning their farms into tourist draws. "Farmers should set up re...
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Article: Reprieve For Rhinos
18th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 18, 2009 By MICHAEL CHEANG Isolated rhinos in fragmented Sabahan forests will be captured and placed in a new rhino sanctuary in a last bid to multiply their numbers. AS you head into Tabin Wildlife Reserve, there is a massive tree that stands tall and proud beside the road. The tallest tree in the reserve, it seems to stand guard against the advancing hoard of oil palm trees across the road that also serves as the border between protected and develop...
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Article: Widespread Killing Of Primates In Sarawak
18th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 18, 2009 By STEPHEN THEN MIRI: Native folks and some city dwellers are slaughtering primates – in some cases mother and baby – to have them as exotic meat which is said to ''very tasty". These practices are widespread and despite repeated complaints and reports to the State Wildlife Department and State Forestry Department, it seems to be getting worse. In northern Sarawak, the killing of primates has become a "normal" practice in rural longhouses...
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Article: Foundation Donates RM2.3mil To Tabin Reserve
18th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 18, 2009KUALA LUM- PUR: Yayasan Sime Darby has committed RM2.3mil to the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah – the largest wildlife reserve in Malaysia. The money would support the management and infrastructure needs of the reserve. Sime Darby CEO Datuk Seri Ahmad Zubir (pic) said the 120,500ha reserve was the most recognised and last major stronghold of the Borneo rhinoceros – one of the world's most endangered species. Other rare species found in Tabin include the pygmy elephant...
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Article: Close Encounter With Wildlife
17th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Monday August 17, 2009 By CLARA CHOOI WITH a leaf still clenched between its buckteeth, the tiny auburn-haired rabbit stood on its hind legs momentarily to regard us curiously before hopping away. Not far away, Ruby the racoon, acting the role of the 'Bandit of the Forest', excitedly gambolled about, trying to irritate a cluster of roosting birds. The birds squawked angrily in protest and Ruby, frightened by their loud chirps, ran off to her corner, tripping over a...
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