Animal and Pets Club

APC is on Facebook !!

2009-11-03T08:49:00.000-08:00

Have you all heard the news ??
Animal & Pets Club is on Facebook (FB) !!
So if you have an account on FB come and join us there !!
We welcome everyone from all over the world.
Be a member of the club.
APC will keep you update on our events and programmes in our blog and FB.
You could also socialize while having fun sharing and exchanging information about animals & pets !
Click on the APC link below to get to our FB page n have fun !

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DOG FASHION SHOW

2009-11-03T07:54:00.000-08:00

Something fun and exciting that might 'wow' you??!
Animal & Pets Club(APC) is organizing an event called 'The DOG FASHION SHOW'.
This is the first ever event held in MMU Melaka campus that opportunate our lovely pets to be dressed creatively and they could win prizes!! It gives us great pleasure to announce that we are organizing this exciting event. So give ur pet (dog) a chance to dress up and show off itself for a change.

The details of the event:
Date : 15/11/09 (Sunday)
Time : 9am-12.30pm
Venue : MMU Malacca Main Field
Participating Fees : RM5 per dog
Entry Fees For Spectators : RM1

Refreshments would be provided
*Main Attraction : Best Dressed Dog & Most Talented Dog would be chosen, based on the voting by spectators.
*Also, there would be a special grooming demo by a professional groomer.

To enter, please register at our booth which would be open from 9th-12th November 2009 (Monday-Thursday) from 10am to 4pm at CLC Concourse MMU Melaka campus.
This event is also open to outsiders, so if you know anyone outside MMU who would like to show off his/her dog's talents please welcome them to do so!

Some safety precautions:
*Please ensure that your dogs are brought in cages or with a leash.
*Please also ensure that your dog has a valid license as we would not be responsible if in case MBMB makes a visit during the event. The dogs & the spectators safety are at YOUR OWN RISK although the managing crew would take all the safety precautions.

For more info, please contact the following person in charge:
Radzi - 0149314593 (director of event)
Dasha - 0123725097 (assist. director)
Ashvin - 0125020462 (assist. director)

KL BIRDPARK & KLCC AQUARIA TRIP

2009-10-16T08:30:00.000-07:00

All the wonders of nature and unique species of animals are right here in MALAYSIA !
Animal and Pets Club (APC) organized a trip to KL Birdpark and KLCC Aquaria.
We did a trip for the committee members and also everyone who was interested with the trip.

(pictures and details will be uploaded soon!!! )

Animal and Pets Club Annual General Meeting

2009-07-04T21:00:00.000-07:00

Attention all members! APC is having our AGM on the 7th of July 2009 at CLCR2005, 8pm. There will be introductions to the new APC committee members as well as briefing about this semester's activities. Hope to see all of you there!

2nd Visit To SPCA Melaka

2009-07-04T20:25:00.000-07:00

APC had another visit to SPCA Melaka on the 21st of February. This time however, we were not able to lend a helping hand in cleaning the animal shelter. Instead we had a very educational tour of the shelter and were briefed very thoroughly by the Secretary of SPCA Melaka, Ms Angeline about pet and animal cruelty.

We learned how mean pet owners can be towards their pets, how to give proper TLC( Tender Loving Care) towards our pets and also the responsibilities that having a pet can bring to a person. We were also shown the examples of how cruel and inhumane some people can be towards their pets and animals.

Although the visit was short, it was very informational. For those of you who wants to own a pet, you can try to help SPCA by adopting one at any of the numerous shelters in Malaysia. You can also help SPCA Melaka by making pet food donations. The details and location of SPCA Melaka are:

SPCA MALACCA

Melaka SPCA
Lot 1115 Lorong Kepten Nekmat
Km5 Jalan Semabok
Semabok
75150 Melaka

Tel : 019 663 1407
Fax : 06 5824275 (Mr Vincent Low)
E-Mail : vlowsc@yahoo.com
WEB : www.geocities.com/spcam

SAVE THE TURTLES PETITION

2009-07-04T20:03:00.000-07:00

APC has had the amazing opportunity to participate in an ongoing WWF "Egg= Life" Campaign. We have given out petition forms to MMU students the previous semester. The response was good and we are very grateful for all the signatures. For those of you who had not or did not get the chance to sign the petition you can do it manually online. Please support the good cause of protecting our turtles. Click on the banner above or go to http://www.saveturtles.my/?page_id=10

Towards A Better Tomorrow Starts With Us

2009-04-08T07:26:00.000-07:00

SPCA MELAKA will be participating in a CSR program Towards A Better Tomorrow Starts With Us.

Sponsored by DAT.

Venue: Dataran concourse

Time and Date : 10am - 10pm, 6(mon) -12(sun) April

KL mayor to investigate TV3 report on inhumane killing of dogs and cats

2009-02-05T21:55:00.000-08:00

Members of the public are crying foul over the way stray dogs and cats are allegedly killed at the the Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) animal pound in Setapak.

This is in reaction to the visuals shown over a TV3 programme 360° on Wednesday night.

The visuals which were captured with a hidden camera showed a pound worker dragging a dying dog with a loop around its neck.

To make matters worse, the “execution” was watched by another terrified dog waiting in line for its turn to be killed.

In the programme two people, who had brought the matter to the attention of the television station, said the dogs’ necks were fractured and cats were drowned or clobbered to death at the pound.

Independent animal rescuer Leigh Chen said her family had watched the programme after being alerted about it by a friend.

“My mother was in tears when she saw what was being done to the dog. She couldn’t believe that such methods were allowed at a government pound,’’ added a distraught Chen.

Clarance C. R. Chua, of the Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better project, said he failed to understand why the workers had resorted to such barbaric methods.

“The only reason I can think off is that they must have done so to save cost from having to buy the drugs and apparatus needed to euthanise these animals,’’ he added.

He said it was shameful that Malaysians could stoop so low to subjugate defenseless animals to such torture.

(The Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better project is a canine welfare initiative launched by non-profit and non-governmental organisation Community Development and Integration Initiative.)

Meanwhile, when contacted Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Ahmad Fuad Ismail said he would not condone such cruelty.

“I will talk to my officers and ask them to investigate the matter.

“And if I catch the people who had allegedly killed the cats and dog at the pound so cruelly, I will duly deal with them,’’ said an enraged Ahmad Fuad.

He said the right procedure was to euthanise stray cats and dogs intravenously as opposed to wringing or breaking their necks.

“If the pound had run out of the drugs needed for euthanasia, they should keep the dogs and feed them until the drugs arrive,’’ added Ahmad Fuad.

Meanwhile, Deputy Federal Territories Minister Datuk M. Saravanan said he was shocked with the revelation and added that the alleged culprits were not DBKL workers.

“The job to round up the strays have been outsourced to the DBKL’s appointed agents,’’ said Saravanan.

He said the allegations were serious and urged concerned members of the public and eye witnesses to lodge official complaints with his ministry.

“We will definitely deal with the matter accordingly as we will not tolerate such cruelty,’’ he added

this was found in thestar (6/2/2009)

Whistling Orangutan May Hint at Language Evolution

2009-01-04T21:43:00.000-08:00

Rebecca Carroll in Washington,

D.C.for National Geographic News
December 22, 2008

Bonnie's whistling isn't so surprising to her caregivers. The 140-pound (63.5-kilogram) orangutan at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., has been whistling for about two decades.

Now a new study suggests that the sounds she makes could hold clues about the origins of human language.

"The assumption is that someone was whistling and she probably picked it up from them," said animal keeper and study co-auther Erin Stromberg.

Lisa Stevens, the zoo's curator for great apes and giant pandas, said the key point is that the orangutan was not trained to whistle.

While orangutans can be taught new sounds with extensive training, Bonnie is the first indication that the animals can independently pick up the sounds from other species.

"It's something she spontaneously developed," Stevens said. "It wasn't a trick."

Mimicking Motions

Orangutans are known to imitate humans. Bonnie, for instance, sometimes sweeps up after herself, just as her caretakers do, even though the zookeepers don't encourage this behavior.
Lead author Serge Wich of the Great Ape Trust of Iowa, said orangutans in Indonesia have been seen pretending to wash clothes.

"We know they are capable of imitating these motor skills, but we never had any good indication of sounds for vocalization," said Wich, who presented his research on December 18 during a symposium at the University of Zurich, Switzerland.

taken from National Geographic News

Change of Date for Animal Kingdom Treasure Hunt

2008-12-02T01:47:00.000-08:00

I guess most of the participant to the treasure hunt already knew about the change of date from 13th of December 2008 to 20th of December 2008. The change was made to ensure there are more participant to join this up coming event.

APC Animal Kingdom Treasure Map

2008-11-11T21:21:00.000-08:00

Treasure Hunt : The Animal Kingdom... This is the 1st ever Treasure Hunt organized by the APC... We are going to hold this event in the Animal Kingdom... Venue? To Be anounced... Stay tune with the APC blog... It will be held on 13 December 2008, Saturday from 9 am - 5 pm... This will be a 4 man team game and we will start the registration next week! Yes, Next week... 17 November ~ 20 November 2008... Right Now, we are looking for working committees to help for this spectacular event... If you are Sporty and Naughty, yes NAUGHTY... We Want You!!! Come and register at our booth in CLC concourse before 13 November 2008, 5pm...

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Poster For The Treasure Hunt

Snake makes friends with its food

2008-10-25T21:01:00.000-07:00

This is old news... but I find it interesting so here it is...

A rat snake and a dwarf hamster have struck up a strange friendship, living side by side at a zoo near Tokyo.

Aochan the snake was offered the rodent to munch on after it turned its nose up at its usual diet of frozen mice.

But instead of killing the hamster the snake made friends with it and the two have lived happily together in the same cage since October last year.

The hamster has been named Gohan, which means 'meal' in Japanese. Aochan has gone back to eating frozen mice.

Gohan appears to be so happy in the presence of his new buddy that keepers say he is regularly seen to fall asleep on top of the reptile.

"I don't think there's any danger. Aochan seems to enjoy Gohan's company very much," zookeeper Kazuya Yamamoto told the Associated Press news agency.

Unusual partnerships

It's not the first time predators have befriended animals they might usually view as a potential meal.

In 2002, a lioness at Samburu National Park adopted a number of baby antelopes.

Taken from CBBC Newsround... For pics click link...

Brisk trade in tiger parts in Myanmar, says WWF

2008-10-17T02:44:00.000-07:00

Tue Oct 14, 8:16 pm ET

PARIS (AFP) – Skins, claws and bones from at least 1,158 tigers and other protected big cats have been spotted in open markets in Myanmar during surveys conducted over the last 18 years, according to a World Wildlife Fund (WWF) report.

More than half came from five species banned from international trade, among them four species listed at threatened with extinction.
The tally included more than 100 tigers, whose numbers in the wild have dwindled to a few thousand worldwide, according to conservation experts.

"This can only be the tip of the iceberg," said Chris Shepherd, who coordinated the investigation carried out by TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network supported by WWF.

"The cats were openly displayed for sale and the dealers quite frank about the illegality of the trade, which suggests a serious lack of law enforcement," he said in a statement.

Three of four markets monitored in a dozen surveys -- the most recent in late 2006 -- are located on borders with China and Thailand, with prices quoted in Chinese yuan, Thai baht and US dollars.

Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, is plagued with corruption, and was ranked in September as one of the world's two most corrupt nations by watchdog group Transparency International.
Yangon is a signatory to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and thus is legally bound by its provisions.

"The sale of endangered cat parts ... is an appalling and brazen violation of the law in Myanmar and should not be tolerated," said Susan Lieberman, director of the WWF's wildlife programme.

"Most of these species have very low population numbers and will not be able to withstand the amount of poaching that is feeding this trade."

Parts of rare mammals -- especially the penis and bones -- are used in traditional Chinese medicine to enhance sexual potency or health.
Four of the big cats whose parts were for sale figure on the International Union for the Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) Red List as threatened with extinction: the tiger, the clouded leopard, the marbled cat and the Asiatic golden cat.

Along with a fifth, the leopard, they are all banned from international trade by CITES.
While most of the specimens from these five species were found in surveys during the 1990s, more than 120 turned up after 2000, showing that the illegal trade is still going strong, the report concluded.

Taken from Yahoo! News.

No Exotic Pets For Children

2008-10-06T07:30:00.000-07:00

CHICAGO - Warning: young children should not keep hedgehogs as pets — or hamsters, baby chicks, lizards and turtles, for that matter — because of risks for disease.

That's according to the nation's leading pediatricians' group in a new report about dangers from exotic animals.

Besides evidence that they can carry dangerous and sometimes potentially deadly germs, exotic pets may be more prone than cats and dogs to bite, scratch or claw — putting children younger than 5 particularly at risk, the report says.

Young children are vulnerable because of developing immune systems plus they often put their hands in their mouths.

That means families with children younger than 5 should avoid owning "nontraditional" pets. Also, kids that young should avoid contact with these animals in petting zoos or other public places, according to the report from the American Academy of Pediatrics. The report appears in the October edition of the group's medical journal, Pediatrics.

"Many parents clearly don't understand the risks from various infections" these animals often carry, said Dr. Larry Pickering, the report's lead author and an infectious disease specialist at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

For example, about 11 percent of salmonella illnesses in children are thought to stem from contact with lizards, turtles and other reptiles, Pickering said. Hamsters also can carry this germ, which can cause severe diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps.

Salmonella also has been found in baby chicks, and young children can get it by kissing or touching the animals and then putting their hands in their mouths, he said.

Study co-author Dr. Joseph Bocchini said he recently treated an infant who got salmonella from the family's pet iguana, which was allowed to roam freely in the home. The child was hospitalized for four weeks but has recovered, said Bocchini, head of the academy's infectious diseases committee and pediatrics chairman at Louisiana State University in Shreveport.

Hedgehogs can be dangerous because their quills can penetrate skin and have been known to spread a bacteria germ that can cause fever, stomach pain and a rash, the report said.

With supervision and precautions like hand-washing, contact between children and animals "is a good thing," Bocchini said. But families should wait until children are older before bringing home an exotic pet, he said.

Those who already have these pets should contact their veterinarians about specific risks and possible new homes for the animals, he said.

Data cited in the study indicate that about 4 million U.S. households have pet reptiles. According to the American Veterinary Medical Association, all kinds of exotic pets are on the rise, although generally fewer than 2 percent of households own them.

The veterinarian group's Mike Dutton, a Weare, N.H., exotic animal specialist, said the recommendations send an important message to parents who sometimes buy exotic pets on an impulse, "then they ask questions, sometimes many months later."

But a spokesman for the International Hedgehog Association said there's no reason to single out hedgehogs or other exotic pets.

"Our recommendation is that no animal should be a pet for kids 5 and under," said Z.G. Standing Bear. He runs a rescue operation near Pikes Peak, Colo., for abandoned hedgehogs, which became fad pets about 10 years ago.

article gotten from

Boy, 7, Feeds Zoo Animals To Croc

2008-10-05T06:59:00.000-07:00

By Sky News SkyNews - Friday, October 3 11:05 am

A boy of seven has broken into a zoo in the Australian Outback, fed a string of animals to the resident crocodile and bashed several lizards to death with a rock.

The boy scaled a security fence and went on a 30-minute spree, even killing the zoo's beloved, 20-year-old goanna lizard , which he then fed to "Terry," an 11-foot saltwater crocodile.

Rex Neindorf, director of the Alice Springs Reptile Centre in central Australia, said the boy also threw several live animals to Terry over the two fences surrounding the crocodile's enclosure.
At one point he climbed over the outer fence to get closer to the giant reptile.
In CCTV pictures, the boy's face remains largely blank, Mr Neindorf said. "It was like he was playing a game."

He killed 13 animals worth more than £3,000, including a turtle, bearded dragons and thorny devil lizards. Although none were rare, some would be difficult to replace.
"We're horrified that anyone can do this, and saddened by the age of the child," said Mr Neindorf.

Police said they had identified the boy, who lives locally, but were unable to press charges because of his age. Children under 10 are not criminally liable under the law in the Northern Territory.

"By all accounts, he's quite a nasty seven-year-old," said Mr Neindorf, who plans to sue the boy's parents. "If we can't put the blame onto the child, then someone has to accept the responsibility."

The zoo's security system, which relies on sensors, probably did not detect the boy because he is so small, he added

Taken from Yahoo! News.

Shy Trick By Amber

2008-09-29T22:47:00.000-07:00

I found it interesting about this dog trick so i decided to share it with you all. It doesn't fully teach you how the trick is done but at least you get some tips.

1st SPCA Melaka Trip!

2008-09-27T21:46:00.000-07:00

Pictures During Registration Day

2008-09-26T04:34:00.000-07:00

Winners For the T-Shirt & Logo Design Competition

2008-09-17T06:24:00.000-07:00

the design won by 70 votes

the lucky draw winner for the T-shirt and Logo design competition is
Chan Yee Boon
1071112906

Japanese-born giant panda has twins

2008-09-15T06:03:00.000-07:00

Sun Sep 14, 5:41 AM ET

Cute Baby Panda (Newborn)

TOKYO (AFP) - A giant panda born and raised in western Japan has given birth to two cubs, a zoo official said Sunday. Seven-year-old Rauhin gave birth to a female and a male cub early Saturday morning at the zoo where she has spent her whole life, becoming the first Japanese-born panda to breed.

"We are very pleased to see that a giant panda who was born in this zoo gave birth," Tomoko Kumakawa, spokeswoman for Adventure World in Wakayama prefecture, told AFP.

Kumakawa said it was not clear whether the birth was the result of natural mating with a male giant panda the zoo brought in from China. The zoo had also conducted artificial insemination to improve Rauhin's chances of breeding.

Captive giant pandas are known for their low sex drive, which is exacerbating falling numbers as their natural habitat in southwestern China is encroached on by development.

Taken from Yahoo! News. For more photos click the link to Yahoo! News.

Picture for View

2008-09-09T02:36:00.001-07:00

Guinea Pigs For Sale... Look at the tags...
Hamster Eats Tofu...
Aww... Cute Kitten Asleep
What's Up Doc?! Kawaii Rabit...
Hahaha... Blue Spider... Sweet....!!!!!