Pusat perlindungan haiwan di Pontian uruskan 200 kucing, 3,000 anjing yg dibuang

R2D2

Pets too hit hard by prolonged pandemic
By ZAZALI MUSA
    Saturday, 24 Jul 2021



ANIMAL shelters are witnessing an increase in the number of cats and dogs abandoned by their owners since the start of the movement control order on March 18 last year.

Homeless and Orphan Pets Exist (Hope) development team leader Francis Gan said the increase was about 30% and was on an upward trend.

“We have been getting many calls from owners who can no longer take care of their pets, as well as from the public on stray cats and dogs,’’ she said.

Among the reasons owners abandoned their pets during the MCO, she said, were loss of income, stress and finding the animal a burden.

Gan said the shelter had to turn away requests as it could no longer take in more abandoned felines and canines due to their own limitations.

She said the 1.94ha shelter located in Pekan Nanas, Pontian, about 35km from Johor Baru city centre, currently housed about 200 cats and 3,000 dogs that were either abandoned or abused.

“We are a non-profit organisation and do not get any financial assistance from the government to run the place.

“We rely on donations from the public,” she added.

Gan said Hope needed about RM170,000 a month to operate, and this included paying salaries to its 20 workers.

She encouraged people to adopt the animals, but also noted that those from Johor Baru district could not visit the shelter as there was a roadblock in Pekan Nanas.

Companion Animal Rescue Effort Society (Cares) chairman Joseph Chia said the number of abandoned pets was currently between 15% and 20%.

“The number is likely to go up in coming months as many have lost their jobs and can no longer afford to take care of their pets.”

There are also cases of cats and dogs being abandoned at home with no one to take of them because their owners are working in Singapore.

These pets, Chia said, were being cared for by family members or neighbours, or had been placed in pet hotels as their owners did not expect the border with Singapore to remain closed since the first MCO.

“On average, we receive about four calls a week from pet owners or caretakers to take in the pets.”

Chia said the number of dogs at the shelter was limited to 300 at any one time, and it could not take in more animals as it depended on public donations to run the place.

Cares runs its animal shelter in Lima Kedai, a town between Gelang Patah and Skudai, with monthly expenses costing about RM15,000.

It also has a transit centre at Villa Nabila.

hyie

Kesiannya. EL dah tau belum berita ni?

dua_chzy

Waaaah Villa Nabila dah digunakan huntok good cause! Antu2 sana seronok la dah hada furry buddies! Takyah la la tabur garam lagik.

Skuau

eksport je ke China...kalo xde orng bg bantuan..mungkin skrang ni orng utamakan bantu 'manusia' banding 'menate'...

shamsadis

Selagi tak guna cukai rakyat, go on

Artemesiaa

Sebab tu ada yang syor kembirikan kalau tak mampu bela banyak2.  Bila keadaan kewangan dah sesak tak mampu nak bela macam tu ler jadinya main hantar kat tempat pelindungan macam tu atau main buang kat pasar, highway etc etc etc

mikasa

Nanti ada laa tu bantuan. Ramai animal lover di malaysia

ketupatnasi

dua_chzy replied at 24-7-2021 06:37 PM
Waaaah Villa Nabila dah digunakan huntok good cause! Antu2 sana seronok la dah hada furry buddies! T ...

Ahahaha. Kaka baru je nak sedeh tauuu!!
Btw cost nk spay brp agaknya eh? Klu kocen dlm 90 - 130..panggil vet dtg tambah lagik 50.
Apa pun kaka doakan semoga dipermudahkan usaha morni mrk ini. Sekurangnya selesa jugak hokeh dok kt dlm villa!! Kau hadooo??

R2D2

bila nak tangkap anjing liar di kawasan taman perumahan
ada la exco chinese akan turun padang

bila nak bunuh anjing
ada la nanti NGO masuk campur

sampai bila tak akan selesai isu byk anjing terbiar

patutnya pemilik pusat perlindungan haiwan buat crowdfunding
mcm ahli parlimen minta sumbangan utk kos ikat jamin
kejap ja cecah RM700K

adm7

Kenapa boleh byk mcm tu? Tak kembirikan ke?

makiting

Villa Nabila

kam3n

Artemesiaa replied at 25-7-2021 12:52 PM
Sebab tu ada yang syor kembirikan kalau tak mampu bela banyak2.  Bila keadaan kewangan dah sesak tak ...

Mana boleh. Tak baik. Mereka pun ada nafsu. Kurang-kurang bagilah beranak sekali dulu. Kasihan mereka nak juga ada keturunan.



Kata segelintir tuan punya kucing yang saya kenal

jiwasemangat

..macam mana org zaman dulu dulu uruskan stray dog..?. teringin aku nak tahu. Problem nii.. terjadi di zaman kita saja kaah..?

naina

Lepaskan jelah..ntahla kalau haiwan yang takda manfaat cmtu bagi aku takyah bela kurung..pandai la Dorang cari makan. Bila dah bela tula kena meminta bantuan plak..
Lainlah lembu dan ternakan lain. Perlu bela dan bagi makan berkhasiat juga jaga kebersihan Sebb manusia nak makan.

monreyes

dua_chzy replied at 24-7-2021 06:37 PM
Waaaah Villa Nabila dah digunakan huntok good cause! Antu2 sana seronok la dah hada furry buddies! T ...

antu kan takut kucing

monreyes

sambil2 jaga tu belalah yg boleh jual.. ada gak hasil

bakingsoda

sebab tu pencinta haiwan dah berbuih mulut suruh semua pembela haiwan mandulkan semua belaan masing2, masa menternak tak hengat tu ye ye je mampu jaga, dah tak larat buang tepi jalan ke, shelter ke. last2 pencinta haiwan jugak kena petik! gomen tu boleh je buat sesuatu TANPA cekau duit cukai rakyat yg tak ade kaitan dgn haiwan. aku ada idea tapi malas nak taip panjang2 sbb rakyat bernama manusia pon tak dipeduli ingat gomen kesahhh ke pasal haiwan? nobody caresss!