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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: Harvesting Rainwater
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009FOR the last 4,000 years, rainwater collection has been widely used around the world. Even though we live in a fairly wet country with 990 cu.m of rainwater annually, let's not forget we went through a tough drought in 1998. Things have yet to reach a critical stage in Malaysia where people have no choice but to rely on rainwater although from time to time, the country has faced water shortage. Racing towards curbing the environmental dangers that we are facing today, the G...
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Article: MNS: There Are Many Organisms Yet To Be Named
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009KOTA KINABALU: The world needs more taxonomists to identify and name new species of plants and animals, said Malaysian Nature Society (MNS) president Tan Sri Dr Salleh Mohd Noor. He said the naming (nomenclature) and classification of new plants and organisms was vital in managing the forests. "Malaysia, considered one of 12 megabiodiversities in the world, has many plants and organisms which are yet to be named. "Until we name the plants or animals, we cannot proceed ...
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Article: Balling Mud For Good Cause
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009 By CATHERINE CHONG IT was a messy job but it was all done in the name of saving Mother Earth. Forty teams had loads of fun making some 10,000 EM (effective micro-organism) mud balls in the EM Mud Ball-Making Contest organised by the Auto-City Group in Penang on July 27. Each group was given an hour to produce as many of the EM enriched mud balls as possible. Everyone tried to stay clean in the process but it was a tough task with streaks of th...
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Article: Housing For The Birds
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009 By RASLAN BAHAROM A single storey low-cost unit turned into triple storey swift hotel is causing anxiety among residents in Kuala Sepetang. A FISHMONGER and his 80-year-old father have moved out of their home following the arrival of swiftlets which have built their nests next to their low-cost house in Kuala Sepetang, Perak. Beh Ah Keong (pic) and his father are believed to be the first residents in Malaysia to have moved out of their hou...
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Article: Outdated Cultural Practice
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009I WISH to express my appreciation to Jane Ragavan for her article Culinary cruelty (July 27) which featured the famous Suckling Pig, a popular delicacy in Chinese weddings. I am not a vegetarian but I believe to a certain extent in controlling the degree of cruelty in killing animals to feed ourselves. I have chosen not to consume many of the delicacies in understanding of how the animals were killed to feed man's natural interest in food. For the same reason, I have never...
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Article: Saving Energy At Home
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009PANASONIC recently announced the release of its new energy-saving bulb in Malaysia, the New Spiral Light Capsule, which has a lifespan of 15,000 hours and reduces energy consumption by 80% compared to incandescent bulbs. Electricity consumption for lighting in households takes up about 19% of total household consumption. This means that reducing electricity consumption through the use of an efficient light source is quite effective in helping to reduce global warming. Let...
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Article: User-Friendly Paper Pallets
4th Aug 2009, by Green Animal Shelter & Sanctuary (GrASS)
Tuesday August 4, 2009Protecting the environment is De Frazer's top priority, and it has done so by introducing Green Pallet, a compressed paper pallet manufactured in Malaysia that is user-friendly, durable and can handle loads as heavy as four tonnes. While traditional wooden and plastic pallets are made from wood and non-renewable resources, Green Pallet is made from 100% recycled paper. Paper pallets are 67% lighter than those made of wood. This means lower freight costs. A wooden pallet wei...
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