In ever loving memory

REQUIM

Dear peeps,

its with a very sad and heavy heart that I announce the untimely death of my brother Highway who was rescued by my human about a month ago. My human and her human siblings were on the way to some boring human event when they spotted brother Highway darting across the Kesas highway. My human got off the car and called out to him and he had apparently bounded up to her with a deep woof and jumped into her arms. Since he had a severe skin disorder he was admitted at Auntie dr Kavitha's and Auntie Dr Gowri's clinic. He was healthy and active but threw up on Tuesday. he had been neutered on Monday. He threw up again the follwing day and there were also traces of blood in his stoole. this morning both the aunties found him dead in his cage. My human and i are devastated as we were both loved brother Highway who was about only a year old. My human is sad that ins spite of rescuing him from being run down by cars at the busy highway, brother Highway did not make it. Please say a prayer for brother Highway.

Yours in mourning,

SPS and the rest

NEED TO BORROW.........

We urgently need to borrow cages of all sizes to house dogs rescued from the DBKL pound in Setapak. The cages will be returned to you as soon as we have relocated the dogs to fosterers or manage to get them adopted.

Those who have cages to lend, please call 019-3576477 or write to malaysiandogsdeservebetter@gmail.com

Another Appeal

POPIKO MAIL

Dear Peeps,

my human friends are concerned about some of the young dogs and puppies at the DBKL pound and want to remove them from there. However, Auntie Dr Kavitha and Auntie Dr Gowri's place is jam packed. So we are in desperate need of fosterers who would take these dogs in for a period of three weeks to a month pending our gigantic adoption drive set to be held early March. If you can't foster these dogs, you could sponsor their board at veterinary clinics. Auntie Tracy has started the ball rolling by pledging RM300 to support two puppies. We are also in dire need of funds to spay, neuter, vaccinate and deworm these dogs pending adoption. Some of these dogs are also in need of medical care.

So, please kind people - plesae help me help my brothers and sisters.

Those who want to donate could do so by -

Cheques in favour of:

Animal Health Center @ Ara,
c/o No 48, Jalan Jeriji U8/75C, Bukit Jelutong, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor.

Or bank into:

Animal Health Center @ Ara,
Maybank Account: 512352602980

If you have banked in your contribution please call 019-3576477.For further details please call 019-3576477 as well.


Whine, whine,

Sharmini Popiko Sasha (SPS)

PROTEST AT THE DBKL POUND

POPIKO MAIL

Dear Folks,

herewith pics as well as other stuff to update you about the protest at the DBKL pound. Pics by Evelyn Ang.

Plesae also watch:

PART 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-pwoqmvgNQ

PART 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5_wyL_c7dc

PART 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzIcoieUHBQ

UPDATE

POPIKO MAIL

malaysiandogsdeservebetter@gmail.com

This dog travelled from the pound to the clinic with her head one her rescuer's lap. She also showed her appreciation by licking everyone hands.

This guy was very quiet and frightened.

One of the rescued puppies which cannot move its right leg. Its being treated at the clinic.

This handsome fellow has a bad case of skin disease

The guys rescued from the pound waiting to be examined at the clinic.

Blackie - very naughty - gave a hard time on the way to the clinic but very loving. Being checked by vet.

Dear all,

The protest at the DBKL pound in Setapak went on well and we were shocked to find that the carcasses of the dead dogs were dumped into an open grave.This in itself is indicative of the shoddy way in which the place is being managed.

We removed four dogs and seven puppies from the pound after paying a nominal sum of RM100 which were part of the contribution collected at the site.

We hope to return for four more dogs and a puppy which we could not take the other day as they had just been brought in.

The pictures of the dogs are attached. Pictures of the puppies coming soon.

There were dozens of dogs at the pound and we are heartbroken that we cannot help all of them.

Now my human tells me that we have to look for farms where these unfortunate brothers and sisters of mine can be sent to after being neutered.

We have to also raise money to pay for the boarding fee of the four dogs and seven puppies rescued from the pound.

Thankfully Ms Sherrina K of the IPR had paid for the neuterring of the four dogs as well as the vaccination and deworming of the six puppies.

However, we have to also raise money for the neutering as well as the vaccination of the four dogs and puppies that we will be bringing in from the pound sometime next week.

If any of you know of any corporate entities which are willing to help with sponsorship please call 019-3576477.

We are also desperately looking for people to foster some of these dogs and puppies pending adoption. Its crucial that people foster the bigger dogs as only then can we bring the remaining dogs in for treatment. Call the above number if interested.

Details for donations as follows -

Cheques in favour of:

Animal Health Center @ Ara,

c/o No 48, Jalan Jeriji U8/75C, Bukit Jelutong, 40150, Shah Alam, Selangor.

Or bank into:

Animal Health Center @ Ara,

Maybank Account: 512352602980

If you have banked in your contribution please call 019-3576477.For further details please call 019-3576477 as well.

Woof, Woof,

Sharmini Popiko Sasha (SPS)

IN THE NEWS

POPIKO MAIL

Looking for answers: Dr Zainol Ariffin (right) being confronted by the angry crowd at the pound.Disturbing sight: A protestor taking pictures of one of the pits where the carcasses were dumped.

Monday February 9, 2009

Shocking find as animal lovers protest at pound

By WANI MUTHIAH

THEY had gone to the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) animal pound in Setapak to protest against the alleged brutal killing of dogs and cats there but animal activists were not prepared for what they stumbled upon in the vicinity of the premises.

Thrown into uncovered pits, about six feet in both width and depth, were the rotting carcasses of dogs that had been killed at the pound.

“We cannot tolerate such cruelty and are totally against it,’’ said Rosnah Hassan, who burst into tears after seeing the graves.

Elaine Kong added that a better method should be used to terminate the lives of strays as well as dispose of their remains.

The crowd had gathered at the pound in reaction to the visuals shown over the TV3 programme 360° last Wednesday night.

The visuals, which were captured by a hidden camera, showed a pound worker dragging a dying dog with a loop around its neck whilst another terrified dog watched the ‘execution’ as it waited for its turn.

DBKL health department director Dr Zainol Ariffin Pawanchee who was at the pound to meet the protesters was bombarded with questions by the angry crowd.

The 360° programme anchor Mazidul Akmal Sidek, who was also there, told Dr Zainol Ariffin that the visuals showed the dog still breathing when being yanked around by the neck.

Dr Zainol Ariffin, who neither denied nor admitted to the mishap, apologised to the crowd for the trauma they had undergone after watching the visuals.

He said the dogs were caught and brought to the pound by two private companies which were paid RM30 per dog captured.

He added euthanising the dogs and disposing of the carcasses were carried out by DBKL employees.

Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail said he had asked Dr Zainol Ariffin to explain the matter to him.

“Apparently, the landfills have refused to take the carcasses and we don’t have an incinerator as it is very expensive,’’ Ahmad Fuad said.

He added that he would look into the matter as he wanted dogs to be caught, euthanised and buried according to the guidelines provided.

Besides holding placards which condemned the alleged brutal killings, the 50-odd activists also lit candles outside the pound in remembrance of all the animals killed there.

They also adopted four dogs and seven puppies from the pound after paying a nominal compound.

The gathering was initiated by non-profit organisation Community Development and Integration Initiative’s (CDII) canine welfare project Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better.

For details please visit: http://malaysiandogsdeservebetter.blogspot.com/.

HELP

POPIKO MAIL

POOR UNCLE ARJUN

http://arjuncreamie.blogspot.com/

My human and I cried our eyes out when we read about Uncle Arjun who is missing from his home since early last month. We also cried for the lack of empathy by many whom Arjun had turned to at his hour of need.

Why didn't they just check his tag and call the number on it? If they had done just that, he would be home with his family at the moment instead fighting to survive.

I hope with all my doggie heart that Uncle Arjun is found soon.

Whine, Whine,

Sharmini Popiko Sasha (SPS)