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Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS) 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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Article: Outlaw Open Burning On Peat Land, Sarawak Urged
9th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Sunday August 9, 2009KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak should outlaw open burning on peat areas as they contribute to fires and the haze. Environmental advisor to the Sarawak Government Dr James Dawos Mamit said he would advise the Natural Resource and Environment Board to review its current practice of issuing permits to plantations on peat land to use burning in their operations. On Thursday, satellite images showed a high number of hotspots in Sarawak with a significant numbers in Sibu, Mukah and Miri di...
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Article: Haze Making Travel Along Pan-Borneo Highway Risky
8th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Saturday August 8, 2009MIRI: Travelling along the Pan-Borneo High-way has become dangerous as visibility has been reduced to less than 100m on some stretches as a result of haze made worse by forest fires raging through the state. A check by The Star yesterday found thick haze covering some stretches of the highway along a 50km route between Sarawak and Brunei. Traffic police have alerted motorists to be careful by posting notices near the Sarawak-Brunei Immigration and Customs checkpoints. A Mi...
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Article: Woof & Poof
8th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Saturday August 8, 2009 Stories by KEE HUA CHEE When was a poodle not a poodle? When it became a dragon, leopard and panda! The sky was the limit as poodles took the form of the sun, moon and even the Eiffel Tower at the PetExpo in Bangkok. Words failed me as I watched with increasing incredulity a parade of poodles in bizarre costumes unleashed on an unsuspecting audience at the Pet Expo at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Centre in Bangkok. At the standing-r...
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Article: ACS Creates History
8th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Friday August 7, 2009 Story and photos by ANTHONY LAW A GIANT logo, constructed from 185,640 recyclable cans and as big as a football field, has earned SMK Methodist (ACS) Ipoh a place in the Malaysia Book of Records (MBR). It depicts the school's logo against the world map with the words 'ACS Leads the Way for a Greener Earth.' Records are made to be broken and SMK Methodist (ACS)Ipoh students have done just that when they created a giant logo, measuring 1,768sq...
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Article: Aussie Koala That Survived Fires Dies In Surgery
7th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Published: Thursday August 6, 2009 MYT 2:27:00 PMADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - "Sam" the koala, who gained worldwide fame and sympathy when she was rescued during devastating wildfires this year, has died during surgery. Wildlife center spokeswoman Peita Elkhorne said the 4-year-old koala died Thursday while being operated on to remove ovarian cysts. Sam was made famous by a photograph of her drinking from a firefighter's water bottle as wildfires ravaged Australia in February. She su...
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Article: A New Haven For Fireflies
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday August 6, 2009 By CHAN LI LEEN LANDSCAPE designer M. Anand has proven others wrong that fireflies can only thrive around mangrove trees, the berembang and api-api. He has managed to increase the population of fireflies in a 'self-made forest' in front of his home in Taman Tasik Indah, Taiping, from 80 to about 2,000 now. "There is not a single berembang or api-api tree there," Anand said of the forest he had put together with the acacia and other trees and ...
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Article: Zoo Negara Hopes To Get More Tropical Animals
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday August 6, 2009KUALA LUMPUR: Zoo Negara is looking at expanding its collection of animals, especially those from the tropics. Malaysian Zoological Society chairman Datuk Ismail Hutson said the zoo was hoping to increase the percentage of its tropical animals from 60% to 90% or 100%. "We are targeting to become a world-class zoo by 2015, so hopefully before that we can expand the collection of our animals. "We prefer to concentrate on local tropical animals. If possible, we want to have a...
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Article: Pot Of Gold
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday August 6, 2009 By MARCUS WOHLSEN and LISA LEFF Since California legalised marijuana for medicinal use, 'weed' has become a major economic force, with the state reaping a 9.25% sales tax on purchases. A DRUG deal plays out, California-style: A conservatively dressed courier drives a company-leased car to an apartment on a weekday afternoon. Erick Alvaro hands over a white paper bag to his 58-year-old customer, who inspects the bag to ensure that everything ...
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Article: Trees For Life Project Marks Second Anniversary
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Thursday August 6, 2009KUCHING: The Kuching branch of the Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) celebrated the second anniversary of its Trees For Life project with a day of activities at the Sama Jaya Nature Reserve here. About 70 people comprising MNS members as well as volunteers from HSBC Bank Malaysia Bhd, the Sarawak Autistic Association, Cahya Mata Sarawak, Eastern Oxygen and New Century Lions Club of Kuching planted 22 trees at a designated plot in the nature reserve and also took part in tree ...
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Article: Florida Bay's Ecology On The Brink Of Collapse
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Published: Wednesday August 5, 2009 MYT 7:18:00 PMISLAMORADA, Florida (AP): Boat captain Tad Burke looks out over Florida Bay and sees an ecosystem that's dying as politicians, land owners and environmentalists bicker. He has been plying these waters for nearly 25 years, and has seen the declines in shrimp and lobster that use the bay as a nursery, and less of the coveted species like bonefish that draw recreational sportsmen from around the world. "Bonefish used to be very prevalent, a...
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Article: Muffy The Dog Reunited With Family 9 Years On
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Published: Tuesday August 4, 2009 MYT 3:44:00 PMBRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Nine years after vanishing from outside her Australian family's home, Muffy the dog was reunited with her eager owners Tuesday after completing a mysterious journey of 1,200 miles (2,000 kilometers). Inspectors with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals found the fluffy white mutt last month sleeping on a scrap of cardboard in the backyard of a home in the southern city of Melbourne. A microchip i...
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Article: Koala Saved From Australian Fires Battling Disease
6th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Published: Wednesday August 5, 2009 MYT 7:15:00 PMADELAIDE, Australia (AP): A koala made famous by a photograph of her drinking from a firefighter's water bottle as wildfires ravaged Australia this year is about to undergo a risky surgery, animal shelter officials said Wednesday. "Sam" the koala suffered second- and third-degree burns to her paws in the February fires and is recovering at the Southern Ash Wildlife Shelter in Victoria state. But shelter spokeswoman Peita Elkhorne sa...
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Article: High Usage
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday February 24, 2009 By HILARY CHIEW There is no solution in sight for the plastic menace as the material is still freely issued, then carelessly discarded, each day. THE pink bag in the heap of garbage clogging a drain catches your eye instantly. Another one clings to a tree branch in a mangrove swamp. Yet another is blown across across the street as cars pass by. These are the plastic bag menace that many Malaysians can identify with. Although they are an und...
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Article: The German Experience
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Sunday December 7, 2008 By SARAH CHEW There are 'tricks' to conservation, and it's not impossible to save the world. THE few things that struck us when we first arrived in Germany were the sausages, beer, punctuality and – as it was autumn then– the cold weather and the red and brown hues of leaves everywhere. But Malaysian envoys Vigren V. Radha and Chan Sze Meun certainly saw more of the country than these as they were there for the Bayer Young Environmental E...
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Article: Upgraded Model
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009The Civic Hybrid, introduced in 2002, come with a 1.3L engine coupled with a third generation Auto Stop/Start and Assist/Regenerative braking system known as Integrated Motor Assist (IMA). Honda launched the second generation Civic Hybrid in 2006, with an improved iVTEC and fourth generation IMA system. A facelifted version of this model was introduced in Malaysia in March. The car is touted as the most economical and environment-friendly Civic to date. At first glance, it ...
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