[MDDB]: ADOPTION DRIVE - PLEASE FORWARD TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE

Thursday, November 11, 2010

ADOPTION DRIVE

Canine welfare project Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better (MDDB) will be holding two simultaneous adoption drives on Sunday, Nov 14.
•1) 11am-7pm, Summit Subang Jaya, main entrance
•2) 10am-4pm, Rumah Seni dan Kraf Gemilang, Oakleaf Highland Country Club, Bukit Antarabangsa, Ampang.
The adoption at the second venue is in conjunction with a one day art boot camp aptly named Art is Enterprising which will attended by a pool of visual artistes of various genres.
Those wanting to donate can also drop their contributions off at the venue. MDDB needs dry/canned dog and cat food, old newspapers, dog and cat shampoo, old towels, rice, cages, detergent and bleach.
T-shirts donated by footwear company Crocs will also be on sale for RM35 each to raise funds for MDDB's cat chapter Malaysian Cats Care Project (MCCP).
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Tel: 019-3576477 or 012-3739007

Another accident victim

One of our Klang volunteers found this dog today and was told that it had met with an accident about a month ago. The vet says a car or motorbike must have run over its front paws which are almost severed. Luckily, the dog had been constantly licking the wound and prevented it from turning into a maggot wound. Its two back legs had also become considerably thin and the vet thinks the dog may not be able to walk again. Apparently, the dog had been lying in the same spot and someone had been feeding it daily. She is now under our care and we have admitted her to a veterinary clinic in Klang.

Kota Kinabalu Chapter

We now have a panel clinic in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and it all started with this dog. Our friend Mandy had gone to visit her husband's office there and found this dog, which is believed to be paralysed. The dog was being taken care off by an independant rescuer who could not afford to take it to the vet. Mandy did that for her and managed to strike an arrangement with the vet. The lady's who is caring for the dog, will most probably be our representative there and will use the clinic to neuter strays in KK and give them the necessary treatment and vaccinations. We will now work on raising funds for the KK dogs in both Sabah and Sarawak. According to Mandy, the dog which has demodex may also be suffering from distemper as the vet told her that there was a distemper outbreak in KK currently. The dog is now admitted at the Sabah Animal Medical Center and we are hoping it will recover soon.

Monday, November 8, 2010

Its heartbreaking.

We wrote about this dog here http://malaysiandogsdeservebetter.blogspot.com/2010/10/cruelty-against-dogs-at-its-worst.html .
Today her owner called us after someone had alerted her about seeing this dog's photo in our blog. The poor dog's name was DeDe and apparently she had wandered out of the compound because the gate was no properly latched when her owner's sister had gone to the nearby shops. DeDe had followed the lady but must have wandered away to unfammiliar grounds. The family had looked for her for over two weeks - little knowing that she was being treated in a nearby clinic. DeDe died suddenly and the vet says it must have been due to serious internal injuries. However, we believe DeDe would have fought hard to live if she had been reunited in time with her people. She must have pined for them and that's why she gave up. We are heartbroken after speaking to DeDe's owner - if only their paths had crossed earlier. Dear people - please be careful when you are getting in and out of your home if you have a dog. Please ensure that you gate is properly latched. Please also make sure that your dog gets to go out only if it is on a leash.