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A rap song by a Taiwanese artist about the life of stray cats!
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【Last Morning】 (大支) 爸爸离家出走前我还在妈妈肚子里 我马子怀孕我也离开他们毫不迟疑 因为我马子跟他爸**so这谁的种? 流产的小孩尸体被丢进垃圾桶 我的兄弟一个被车撞死 横尸街头 一个被毒死的样子 陈尸水沟 最小的弟弟被一个女人带走 后来听说头被那女人用高跟鞋踩破 还有我也被通缉至今 抓进去就...
Cat Welfare Society Thanks Yi Ting for highlighting this to us. Lyrics at http://mojim.com/twy102246x3x10.htm 
mojim.com最後的早晨 (大支) 爸爸離家出走前我還在媽媽肚子裡 我馬子懷孕我也離開他們毫不遲疑 因為我馬子跟他爸亂倫so這誰的種? 流產的小孩屍體被丟進垃圾桶 我的兄弟一個被車撞死 橫屍街頭 一個被毒死的樣子 陳屍水溝 最小的弟弟被一個女人帶走 後來聽說頭被那女人用高跟鞋踩破 還有我也被通緝至今 抓進去就是死刑 但我從沒幹過壞4 hours ago ·
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Orange-Boy recuperating in a shelter
Orange-Boy's limping was due to an abscess near the right hip joint. The abscess burst and a caregiver has sprinkled antibiotic powder on the wound. However he was still limping badly this morning and so a decision was made to board him in a shelter for him to recover in a clean environment instead of being under cars, rain or shine!
Finally he was nabbed from under a car
Safe in a shelter where the wound will be cleaned and medicated.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
"Bacon is the gentlest and sweetest dog I have ever known."
Bacon in his collar post sterilisation.
He is the sweetest and more gentle dog I have ever known. Everytime I leave the house, Bacon will run out onto the porch, sit there, and see me off. :)
note the other 2 furballs staying far away to avoid the sun!!
He is the sweetest and more gentle dog I have ever known. Everytime I leave the house, Bacon will run out onto the porch, sit there, and see me off. :)
note the other 2 furballs staying far away to avoid the sun!!
In many ways, Bacon is a very special dog... From how he survived culling, to how we got to know him, to how he chose us as his new owners. Really, it can only be fate. I wrote about the dramatic story of how he came to be with us: http://www.savepunggoldogs.com/2012/01/bacon-extremely-special-dog.html Everyday, I wake up, with a warm feeling in my heart, happy to have him as a companion. :)
by: Hawk Cut Weis
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It is up to the girl to make the move on the man these days.. Yoghurt the Mongrel shows us how it is done, as she demonstrates her superior seduction skills ...
The Real Singapore Cat
http://poskod.sg/Posts/2012/1/20/The-Real-Singapore-Cat
The Real Singapore Cat
A breed of our own.
20.01.2012
Monday, January 23, 2012
Sunday, January 22, 2012
Animal lovers: Thank goodness dragons aren't for real
http://news.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20120116-322009.html
PETALING JAYA: Animal rescuers are thanking their lucky stars it is the Year of the Dragon this year, as the mythical creature cannot be bought by those seeking to embrace the upcoming Chinese New Year.
Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better (MDDB) founder Wani Muthiah said the Chinese zodiac years of the Dog and Rabbit were a "nightmare for rescue groups".
She pointed out that the current Rabbit Year, which ends on Jan 22, saw many rabbits abandoned by irresponsible pet owners, who had rushed to buy them at the start of last Chinese New Year.
"Keeping an animal is a big responsibility. These are living beings with feelings.
"They are confused and frightened when abandoned.
"Thank goodness, dragons don't exist. Otherwise, there will be a lot of abandoned dragons after the New Year is over," she said, stressing that people should not just buy and discard their pets at their pleasure.
PAWS shelter manager Edward Lim warned that the spillover effect from the Year of the Rabbit was not over yet, predicting the shelter would receive more abandoned rabbits for another half a year.
He said it was a "very stupid thing" for people to want rabbits as pets just because it was the Year of the Rabbit.
"Owners are the biggest culprits. It is also sad, but true, that pet shops are capitalising and catering to the demand.
"At the end of the day, the animals suffer," he said, adding that the shelter had accepted and found homes for around 30 rabbits in the past year.
Lim stressed that future pet owners should be more responsible in selecting their pets, especially in the Year of the Dog.
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Dog Saved from Puppy Mill Adopted through Berkeley Heights Rescue
http://berkeleyheights.patch.com/articles/dog-rescued-from-puppy-mill-adopted-through-berkeley-heights-rescue
China, a 15-year old Chihuahua, was shaking when she was taken out of her cage for the first time after years of forced reproduction in a Georgia puppy mill. It was partially because she was scared, partially because her legs couldn't support the weight of her body.
She has a tumor the size of a deck of cards on her back leg. She doesn't have teeth after years of malnutrition. Her eyes are gray and cloudy. She's basically skin and bones.
"Do you think she's feeling any love?" asked Susan Strell, a volunteer with The Home for Good Dog Rescue in Berkeley Heights, who wrapped China in a blanket and held her like a baby. She stopped shaking afer a while in her arms.
"At least she might feel some love for once in her life." Strell began to cry, it was too sad to look at China's face, she said.
China was brought from a closed puppy mill by Atlanta, Georgia to spend her final days in the loving home of Joann Mullen, a Hopewell resident who has set up a dog hospice in her house. She cares for several hospice dogs and when she heard China's story, she wanted to make her feel comfortable and loved after years of abuse.
The Home for Good Dog Rescue organized the transport from Georgia - Strell said she was up all night hoping China would survive the trip. The rescue matches dogs with foster homes so the dog is in a family environment and not in a kennel, and then sets up adoptions.
It was a life or death situaiton, Mullen said, as the puppy mill was going to put China down once it closed. But Mullen said she deserves to spend her last days comfortable, and away from the life that plagued her while in captivity.
Every three months for her 15 years, China would give birth to a new litter of puppies, which were sold by the Georgia breeder. She was hardly fed, never cleaned and forced to reproduce regularly.
Her conditions are common in puppy mills where dogs are bred for sale, said Gail Ryan, a volunteer with the rescue. "There is no end to the abuse," she said, pointing to pictures of cramped, stacked cages with dead dogs among the live ones.
Puppy mills, which are monitored by the United States Department of Agriculture, have 70 inspectors to check 4,500 facilities in the country. The regulation is that a cage needs to be six inches longer and six inches heigher than the dog so he or she can move. In some mills, cages are stacked so urine drips down from the top cages to the bottom, Ryan said.
There are no regulations for treatment for dogs sold over the internet, which isn't good enough, Ryan said.
That's why the rescue has a network of 40 foster homes throughout the area who take dogs out of their cages and let them into their homes until they can be adopted. The Home for Good rescue receives two to three transport shipments of dogs a month, with 30 dogs coming in for adoption. Most are coming from mills and are in need of a good home.
Scooter, a black lab at the rescue, was scheduled to be put down today, before he was taken by the rescue. He's been cleaned and checked and is waiting for adoption.
The rescue sets up medical care and checks for the dogs and make sure they are clean before adoption.
"They are dirty, scared and shaking," Strell said. "And we clean them up and love them. Here, they are loved.
For more information about adoptions and donations, visit www.homeforgooddogs.org.
Abandoned Dog Adopted by Nursing Home
http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2012/01/abandoned-dog-finds-shelter-at-nursing-home/
Stormy Edwards says she was creeped out when she heard barking coming from somewhere in the dark at Springfield’s Stuart Park.
The Illinois woman was walking her pooch in the dog park on Thanksgiving night when she heard the cries of a dog in distress. She crept forward cautiously, walking about a block and nearing the source of the sound. A few steps later, there stood Antoinette, a frightened cockapoo, abandoned in one of the park’s pens.
“I went into the enclosure, and my dog went in with me,” she says. “I had a flashlight. I tried to get a photo of the dog. A person had left a dish of lasagna and a bowl of water. I found the note under the lasagna.”
The heartbreaking note began, “My name is Antoinette, Annie for short.”
The letter went on to mention that Annie’s shots were up to date, and that she was spayed. It also explained that Antoinette’s owner, a woman, had fallen ill and could no longer care for her. She was hoping another dog lover in the park would find her and take her home. The note ended, “Please take me home. I am a loving dog.”
“That’s when I burst into tears,” Edwards said.
Annie was eventually taken to Sangamon County Animal Control, and her former owner could not have wished for a better turn of events.
Animal Protective League volunteer Carol Rodgers, saw Annie, and knew that the owners of Regency Nursing Care were looking for a live-in dog to provide pet therapy for its residents. Rodgers told Erin Sabath, one of the owners of Regency Nursing Care, about Annie and her tale of woe. Sabath visited Animal Control to meet Annie, and said it was love at first sight. Annie was given an chance to try some on-the-job training, and was an immediate hit.
Now Annie spends her days walking the hall of Regency with a handler as she greets everyone. She has already learned that the dining room is off limits, and seems to understand that she needs to be gentle in her approach with elderly residents – who just can’t get enough of her.
“Everybody who sees this dog falls in love with her,” Sabath says. “She’s wonderful.”
Carol Rodgers said Annie is very healthy, and she believes that whoever left her in the dog park took good care of her until they were no longer able to.
“It makes me think that this owner honestly didn’t know what to do,” Rodgers says. “It may have been an older lady who was sick and didn’t know about Animal Control or APL and thought, ‘Well, people who go to dog parks like dogs.’ Wouldn’t it be nice if the owner reads this and knows the dog is safe?”
Anonymous dog owner, if you are reading this, know that Annie is safe and loved. She didn’t just find the loving home you had hoped for – she also found her calling.
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