Sydney’s humpback whale calf euthanased

Sydney named* the lost calf… but ultimately he still died, yesterday morning: Humpback whale calf Colin euthanased. Click the link to read, there are details on the arguments for and against further attempts to save Colin, and links to debates on whether it was necessary to end little Colin’s life by human committee.
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Today 20080821: Why culling is necessary? …

Another template letter, a AVA response to this letter which was in response to this template AVA letter, stemming from the article: Canine Control. The Stray Dilemma For Animal Groups
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Why culling is necessary? …
Thursday • August 21, 2008
Letter from Goh Shih Yong
Assistant Director, Corporate Communications
for Chief Executive Officer
Agri-food & Veterinary [...]

Today 20080815: Why cull a dog that has been sterilised??

Another letter in response to the article: Canine Control. The Stray Dilemma For Animal Groups
This story was printed from TODAYonline
Why cull a dog that has been sterilised??
Friday • August 15, 2008
Letter from Jill Hum
I REFER to “Microchipping helps AVA in management of strays” (Aug 11).
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said that it culls [...]

Today 20080811: Microchipping helps AVA in management of stray dogs

From the hallowed halls of AVA came this simile of a response to the article: Canine Control. The Stray Dilemma For Animal Groups
This story was printed from TODAYonline
Microchipping helps AVA in management of stray dogs
Monday • August 11, 2008
Letter from Goh Shih Yong
Assistant Director, Corporate Communications for theChief Executive Officer
WE REFER to “Can more [...]

Sydney’s Lost Whale Calf

Dawn wrote about this heartbreaking news:

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Whale bonds with ship
This is pretty amazing – when you think about orphaned kittens and how they need to be looked after and how difficult it is to keep them alive, you read about this and realise that there really is no way to bottle feed a [...]

Getting street smart in Guangzhou

Singapore has had a properly researched and duly annotated paper on an honest-to-goodness real-life TNRM project right here in Singapore, by no less than a high-ranking staff of the AVA. And yet, the cat massacre of 2003 happened, thanks to figety men-in-power who jumped because of the word ‘cat’ in the source of the SARS [...]

Cat Hoarder Update

Click to read: Cat Hoarder Update
This is an important update to the To Hell and Back… case. It speaks about options, how each figures in the rand scheme of things, and provides an outline cum update of the team’s action plan, and what’s still needed. Please do give it a proper read: Cat Hoarder Update

Earthlings

Earthlings.
What does this word mean to you?

To Hell and Back…

Read this ongoing, real-life case of hoarding right here in sunny Singapore: To Hell and Back…
Hoarders need help, their behaviour affects not only themselves, but those around them as well. Especially animal hoarders – they are NOT animal lovers. The animals hoarders “care for” are often in such bad shape they are euthanised when the [...]

Adoption Drive and Mini Bazzar (30th and 31st August)

Received in the mail:
from Lynn Lam
to pawpledge@gmail.com
date Wed, Aug 6, 2008 at 1:05 AM
subject FW: Adoption Drive and Mini Bazzar At Blessing Home on 30th August and 31st August 2008
Dear Friends,
There’s an adoption drive at Blessing Home coming up on 30th and 31st August. Details are below. Blessing Home constantly tries to rehome as many abandoned cats [...]

Sex and the kitty

For anyone who’ve decided you know your cat is a what-what-what, you may find youself wondering a bit more now and asking why-why-why. For example, why are torties and calicos girls, invariably? Here’s a very quickie primer from messybeast, with links to pages with more in-depth discussion:

QUICK FACTS
ARE GINGER CATS ALWAYS MALE?
No. This is a [...]