Don’t miss the boat

Since we’re on an(other) eco mood, here’s a list of related events locally, Singapore yes, found on budak’s blog. Check it out.
Don’t miss the boat! Free Biodiversity Talks at the Botanic Gardens

In conjunction with Earth Day and World Biodiversity Day 2008, NParks is holding a series of biodiversity talks on natural habitats in Singapore. All [...]

SOS: Save Our Sharks

(If you find this post informative, you might like to check out these.)

Please help the sharks, help ensure Sherman’s Lagoon will always have a Shark who has kin beyond it. All it takes is a bit of your time, some doodling, an envelope, and a stamp. You have a lot of time to get it [...]

Tied up

Just a note to say that the clannies are ok, the slackers are their usual, and the cattery kitties are well. Just no time to update their cutesy photos… busy with worthless tasks at work and busy getting depressed over it, plus I got the bonus of nursing a troublesome cough, which has been bugging [...]

SOS: Izzy is missing, please help to keep a lookout

Izzy has gone missing since the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, 20 Apr 2008. Though he is well now, he does have a recurring problem with his gums, so he needs his dad’s tlc. Please, if you see him, contact Beng at yeonardo at gmail dot com or HP: 96850465.
Izzy is a large, plump classic tabby [...]

Area3: Vacuum effect kicking in already

It’s barely a week since Marcus went MIA, and already the vacuum effect is in effect. btmao reported a new young calico female was distractedly milling around with Mary this morning.
She seemed comfortable and Mary did not harass her unduly, though she was a bit wary of btmao, and wasn’t really impressed with the breakfast [...]

Area 3: Marcus missing

Today marks the seventh day that Marcus has missed btmao’s breakfast service. This has never happened before.
Last Tuesday, 8 April was the first day btmao reported that Marcus has missed breakfast.

Missing a meal is not alarming in itself, but with ranking members of the gangland disappearing (Macy, missing since June 2007 and Martin, Marcus’ [...]

Area 3: Elusive Maggie

btmao spotted Maggie this morning, after a long drought.
She’s looking fine and is as willing as before to follow btmao for food. At least she’s keeping well.
And we’re still missing photos from her.

Slacking for attainment

The answer has long been established. But if we had known the power of laziness, would we have followed  Arthur Dent on his crazy intergalactic hitchhiking journey to find the Question?… imagine that, all we needed to get there was inertia. Do the slackers know something we minions don’t?
07 April 2008

“Only in laziness can one [...]

Alley Cat Allies to Ask China to Provide Humane Care for Outdoor Cats

More on the Olympics clean-up Chinese style: Beijing 2008 propagate death camp for cats and dogs (filched off Dawn’s blog):
Alley Cat Allies to Ask China to Provide Humane Care for Outdoor Cats

Media outlets are reporting that in preparation for being at the center of the world’s attention during this summer’s Olympics, China’s leaders have [...]

Who’s the savage one? Man or beast?

Two interesting, and sympathetic, letters to the press in response to this article.

I am surprised there’s no letter overtly taking the human side. Is it just a coincidence or are people really more aware and tolerant of the non-human life struggling to eke out a living in our midst?
Letter 1
April 1, 2008
Article gave macaques a [...]

Kitty doesn’t have fall out from window and die

I just read this post and can’t help but feel sorry for poor Cinders.

My intention is not to pass judgment on her humans (for one, I can also understand the loss, the guilt they are feeling).
Rather, I ask that Cinder’s story be read as another poignant, but very real reminder, of the possibility. Please, everybody [...]

Against one dog policy – same rebuttals in Beijing as in Singapore

Dog lovers in Beijing face the same ill-informed bureaucratic quagmire as in Singapore.
Responsible Pet Ownership Equally Important in New Beijing One-Dog Restriction Policy
Understandably, all pet lovers have been outraged and extremely upset as well as nervous about the recent “strict but civilized” edict to regulate dog ownership in Beijing. Here in Shanghai, we of [...]

20080127: Animal advocates in Puerto Rico complain of slow progress since pet massacre

Which is worse? Living a tormenting paradox or facing unbridled and inhumane animal removal methods of population control, which have consistently proven uneffective?? Bottomline, it’s still sterilisation and responsible ownership, coupled with societal compassion on which we pin hopes of ending such madness.
(emphasis mine)
Animal advocates in Puerto Rico complain of slow progress since pet massacre [...]

Times: Cats are out as Beijing starts to preen itself

This report about the Beijing death camps for cats and dogs shows, as it does other places, there are people on-site who do not agree with cruelty, and are taking action to oppose or mitigate the animals’ plight.
“We Beijing residents are ready to go without electricity, without water, without cars if the Games [...]

Ecos in a gogglebox

A handful of messages that local youth engagement environmental outfit ECO shared, and which I feel makes for good viewing worth sharing:
Video Links
1.Shrinking Ice
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1S3kJWakpzw
The Himalayas are a crucial source of water. Much of South Asia’s water supply depend on the Himalayan glaciers. However, since 1962 the glaciers on a whole are smaller by 20% than [...]