Sending their love to furry kids from Australia

Two Australian young ladies, Sarah and Shannon came all the way from Australia to volunteer at FFF for 1 week. 

Distemper cases detected on the furry kids rescued from the hell island

Hope is happily discharged from the vet clinic in Serdang

Distemper is a viral disease which cannot be treated.  Sign and symptoms of distemper can be detected as follows:-

1)    Lack of appetite

2)    Nasal discharge

3)    Ocular discharge

4)    Laboured breath

5)    Bloody diahhrea

Distemper test kits are available at vet clinics to identify the virus. Animals contracted with distemper will be treated with supportive medication to boost up the animals' immune system so that the animals own immune system would fight against the virus.  We are very glad that Hope and Grace have pulled through the distemper and are discharged. We still have to monitor the medication daily at the farm for another 3 weeks before they are re-tested for distemper. They will only be given vaccination once they have cleared the test. 

Prize-Giving at Mont Kiara International School

Jewel at Mont Kiara International School presenting prizes to children who took part in the art contest at the farm.

The Rescue of Amazing Grace

Kuning and Hitam (fish farm's dogs) welcoming Grace as she swims over from the hell island

Grace arriving at the fish farm

Kuning and Hitam brought Grace to eat fish under the small hut

Kuning and Hitam went to alert fisherman

Grace was enjoying her fish meal

Fisherman went to check and saw Grace

Grace was carried to the front deck by fisherman Adi escorted by Kuning

Grace was placed safely in the cage

A thirsty Grace

Well done, Kuning!

Well done, Hitam!

FFF Rescue Mission Mascot Hope

Hope was the 1^st dog rescued on 2^nd May from Pulau Selat Kering.  He was immediately sent to the vet at Kepong and hospitalized for 3 days before being sent to the farm.

Hope resting on the grass with a leash on

Rehabilitation programme for the rescued dogs from the hell island (Pulau Selat Kering)

FFF has received 20 dogs from the vet clinic in Klang after they were rescued from the island. The lucky ones at the farm are now going through a rehabilitation programme to gain back their confidence to human beings. All dogs are traumatized and suffered a great deal at the island without food, water and shelter.  

Above: Grace at her 1^st stage of rehab programme outside the confined cage during feeding time

Above: Cleo in her 1^st stage of rehab programme confined in a cage

Above: Grace at her 1^st stage of rehab programme outside the confined cage during feeding time.

Above: 3^rd stage of rehab programme where the rescued dogs are let free in a confined area to socialize with FFF dogs and puppies

A Shocking Discovery - Dog's Exiled to Island

About 300 stray dogs were rounded up by Pulau Ketam residents and deported to an isolated island to fend for themselves.

Over half of them are already dead and the remaining ones may not live long. A rescue mission is being mounted and your help is needed. Please read the full story here.

The residents of Pulau Ketam sent some 300 stray dogs to exile on a remote island where the harsh conditions almost certainly guarantee a horrible death. Of the 300 dogs sent there, more than three-quarters are presumed to be already dead. I traveled to the island with Sabrina Yeap of Furry Friends Farm and managed to save only one dog on this reconnaissance trip.

We did see several other starving and dying dogs along the mangrove shore. I am mounting an urgent rescue mission to capture and transport the remaining survivors back to Sabrina's Furry Friends Farm animal shelter.

But time is running out and there might be only skeletons and carcasses left to collect on our next trip. Boat hire is expensive there. It is a tourist area and it has already cost me a few hundred ringgit for boat hire alone, so far. The rescued dogs cannot be transported on the regular ferries.

Almost nobody will lift a finger to help without a fee. This is understandable. The locals are already shaking their heads in disbelief that there are outsiders who want to save the animals they so casually discarded.

Instead of pointing fingers and antagonising them, we need their co-operation to help save the unfortunate creatures. In the process, we also hope to educate the islanders on better treatment of animals. It would be an impossible mission if we didn't win their hearts.

If you are unable to help directly, please help by forwarding this appeal to other compassionate folks who you feel might be able to make some monetary contributions.

Apart from boat hire, we need money to buy cages, to pay people to help catch them, to hire land transport to send the rescued animals to veterinary clinics, pay for vet fees, send the recovered ones to the shelter and to feed and house them for life. I can go on!

To contribute or help, e-mail TV Smith at tvsmith@mycen.com.my or Sabrina Yeap at yeapwen@yahoo.com

Fellow bloggers, you can also help by embedding the appeal poster above to your blog and linking to http://www.mycen.com.my/rescue

We are aware it is a monumental task and appreciate all forms of support, assistance, suggestions, encouragement and your prayers.

Thank you and don't forget to view the pictures of the dogs in order to appreciate their plight.

TV Smith

3rd May 2009