KUALA LUMPUR, May 29:
The allocation of
RM2.85 billion to the agriculture sector under
the economic stimulus package will benefit some
400,000 farmers, fishermen and
smallholders.
RM50,000 worth of
exotic meat, skins seized in raid
The Star, 30 May 2003
KUALA
LUMPUR: A variety of exotic meat and wildlife animal
skins including that of a tiger, pangolins and
pythons worth more than RM50,000 were seized in a
raid at a restaurant owner’s house in Bahau on
Wednesday night.
Indulging in
exotic food not worth the risk
The Star, 30 May 2003
ALTHOUGH
unfortunate that it had to happen this way, the
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome outbreak should
give wildlife conservation a shot in the arm.
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A variety of wildlife
animal meats seized during a raid in Bahau,
Negeri Sembilan, May 29. - Bernamapix.
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KUALA
LUMPUR - A suspected supplier of exotic meats to
restaurants was arrested for having 11 species of
protected wildlife animal carcasses.
Only
temporary ban on chicken, duck from China - DG
Utusan
Express, 30 May 2003
KUALA
LUMPUR May 29 - The temporary ban on import of
chicken and duck from China, which came into effect
on May 22, is a precautionary measure to prevent
Avian Influenza from coming into the country.
Mule
foal is first member of horse family to be cloned
Utusan
Express, 30 May 2003
WASHINGTON May 29 - A healthy and energetic mule
named Idaho Gem is the first member of the horse
family to be cloned, joining the barnyard of cloned
animals that now includes sheep, cows, pigs, cats
and rodents.
Some
animals getting a second chance at life thanks to
prosthetic limbs
Utusan
Express, 30 May 2003
WILMINGTON (Ohio) May 29 - Photographs of dogs,
cows, horses, llamas and even a kangaroo blanketed
the examination table, tossed there one-by-one by
Richard Nitsch like he was dealing cards.
Pork back on
menu after backlash
The Star, 29 May 2003
SYDNEY: An Australian municipal council put pork
back on the menu at council functions yesterday after
being ridiculed for “political correctness in the
extreme”.
A close bond
with animals
By
NORULHUDA OTHMAN
Metro, 29 May 2003
THE
SALENG Mini Zoo in Senai, Johor, has a unique feature
that helps to promote a close bond between man and
animals.
Rabbits,
horses and nature at Bukit Tinggi
By FARRIS BAHAROM
Metro,
29 May 2003
THE
upcoming school holidays are an excellent chance for
city dwellers to pack the children into the car for
a short trip to Bukit Tinggi to get in touch with
nature.
China
raids wildlife markets, seizes thousands of animals in
SARS fight
Utusan Express, 29
May 2003
BEIJING May 28 - Authorities are raiding wildlife
markets and ports of entry in southern China's Guangdong
province, seizing thousands of mammals, birds, snakes
and other animals to stamp out the source of SARS,
officials and state media said Wednesday.
Overcrowded Bangladesh zoo plans to free lions and
tigers
Utusan Express, 29
May 2003
DHAKA
(Bangladesh) - A state-run zoo plans to release 10 lions
and seven tigers into forests, complaining that it no
longer has room for the big cats.
Wire-snared elephant gets treatment at Malacca zoo
Sharanjit Singh
NST, 28
May 2003
MALACCA, May 27: Misery and pain is written all
over its face as the seven-year-old baby elephant
hobbles about weakly at the Malacca Zoo.
Animals maul
each other as zoo cannot feed them
The Star, 28 May 2003
BEIJING: Hungry tigers and lions have been attacking
each other at a Chinese zoo that says it cannot afford
to feed them due to a slump in visitors amid SARS
fears.
Malacca zoo treating
injured elephant
BY LEE YUK PENG
The Star, 28 May 2003
MALACCA: A young
elephant, caught in a wild boar trap at a forest reserve
in Rompin, Pahang, has been sent to the Malacca Zoo for
treatment.
Animal
lovers save over 2,000 strays from government cull,
plans to send felines to neighbouring Malaysia
Utusan Express, 28
May 2003
SINGAPORE - Cat lovers are rescuing stray felines from
Singapore's streets and sending them to an animal
shelter in Malaysia to save them from being killed in a
government cleanliness campaign aimed at fighting SARS,
an animal rights activist said Tuesday.
Canada
battles dual threats of SARS, mad cow disease
Utusan Express, 28
May 2003
TORONTO May 27 - Canadian officials welcomed good news
in their battle against mad cow disease on Monday but
regrouped to contain a SARS epidemic, which rebounded
after seeming to be under control.
China's
Guangdong province to ban eating, trading and raising of
wildlife
Utusan Express, 28
May 2003
BEIJING May 27 - China's southern Guangdong province,
which has traced SARS to civet cats, has decided to ban
the consumption and trading of wild animals in an effort
to stop the spread of the disease, officials said
Tuesday.
Baby
elephant safe under care of Melaka Zoo officials
Utusan Express, 28 May 2003
MELAKA - A seven-year-old baby elephant, which sustained
serious injuries on its justify fore leg after being caught
in a wildboar trap in Pahang, is now safe under the care
of Melaka Zoo officials.
Australia drought puts kangaroo war in cross-hairs
Utusan Express, 28
May 2003
SYDNEY - Starving kangaroos have been terrifying
drought-stricken Australian communities for months,
gathering in school yards, invading towns and risking
bullets from angry farmers by raiding gardens.
New
measures at KLIA to clamp down on illegal wildlife
trade
Deborah Loh
NST, 27 May 2003
KUALA LUMPUR, May 26:
New measures are being
implemented at the Kuala Lumpur International
Airport to prevent it from being used as a transit
point in the billion-ringgit illegal wildlife trade.
Alive and
well in Taman Negara
By HILARY CHIEW
The Star, 27 May 2003
When
a research team led by a tenacious Japanese scientist
went into uncharted terrain in Taman Negara for the
first ecological study of tigers in Malaysia, little did
they know that they would be in for a gruelling
expedition that stretched them to the limits -
physically and mentally. Many adventures and almost
three years later, they emerged from the woods bearing
good news: our national park is a relatively safe haven
for the endangered tiger.
By NG SU-ANN
The Star, 27 May 2003
IT WAS a fun and
educational outing for 100 students who attended
Penang’s first one-day camp on pet ownership organised
by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals
(SPCA).
Beastly
language
By HASMITA CHANDER
The Star, 26 May 2003
ANIMALS have contributed to much more than our ecology,
nourishment and means of livelihood; they’ve also
contributed to language. Since ancient times, humans
have been closely connected withthem - domesticating
some for self-protection, hunting more for food, and
raising yet more for their milk and meat. Humans watched
them and thought that mules were stubborn, foxes were
sly, and peacocks were proud.
PLANS to convert
commercial chicken farms in the state into enclosed
farms would help to lessen the problem of stench and
flies, said State Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural
Development Committee chairman Datuk Azhar Ibrahim.
SARS anti-bodies found in
five animal traders
The Star, 26 May 2003
GUANGZHOU: Researchers in southern China who traced the
virus that causes SARS to the endangered civet cat, said
SARS anti-bodies have been found in traders of wild
animals who did not develop the symptoms of the disease,
according to press reports seen yesterday.
Three
more cattle farms quarantined, search for mad cow source
continues
Utusan Express, 26
May 2003
TORONTO May 25 - Agricultural officials said Saturday
three more cattle farms in the western province of
Alberta were quarantined as they had been linked to the
sole Alberta cow confirmed to have mad cow disease.
Sarawak
to expand agricultural sector through Agropolis concept
Utusan Express, 26
May 2003
KUCHING May 25 - Sarawak hopes to further develop its
agricultural sector and capture the global market with
the implementation soon of the Agropolis concept by
incorporating livestock, aquaculture and agricultural
development.
Civet
cats and raccoon dogs, the new culprits in the SARS
epidemic
Utusan Express, 26
May 2003
GUANGZHOU (China) May 25 - As soon as civet cats and
raccoon dogs were named as likely suspects in the SARS
epidemic, they began disappearing from the crusty
markets on the outskirts of this southern Chinese city
as traders tried to stay ahead of a government ban.
Perilous
annual British cheese chase called off
Utusan Express, 26
May 2003
LONDON - This year, ankles will go unbroken and heads
will go ungashed, because the perilous cheeses of
Gloucestershire will, alas, go unrolled.
Guangdong issues bulletin
on
civet cats
NST, Utusan, The Star, 25 May 2003
GUANGZHOU: Southern Guangdong province yesterday
issued an all points bulletin on the endangered civet
cat, most recently determined by medical scientists as
the likely source of the SARS epidemic.
Kampung life by choice
Datuk Shazryl
Eskay Abdullah and wife Toh Puan Ramzah Kassim were'nt
kidding when they decided to `balik kampung' in 1997, as
RACHEL PHILIP
discovers
NST, 25 May 2003
Few things
spell status like residence and address. In the Klang
Valley, Damansara Heights, Taman U-Thant and Putrajaya
Precinct 10 don't just sound grand, they yell success.
Properties in such locations, moreover, usually come
visibly well-accessorized with three, four --- or maybe
more --- well-polished, neatly displayed luxury cars on
the driveways.
Singapore starts culling
stray cats
NST, 25 May 2003
SINGAPORE, Sat.
--- Stray cats are being culled as part of
nationwide clean-up campaign sparked by the SARS
crisis here, a spokesman said.
Lessons from the world of cats
People learn so much about their own humanity when they
reflect on the behaviour of those graceful animals
By IBRAHIM AHMAD BAJUNID
NST, 25
May 2003
CATS'
special relationship with Man began in ancient Egypt.
These animals had a special religious significance as
guardian of property or abodes.
Miniature dogs chase off German flasher in wood
Utusan
Express, 25 May 2003
BERLIN - A
German flasher exposing himself to a woman in a
forest was forced to run for cover when she set
her three small pug dogs on him, police said on
Friday.
80,000 strays to be
culled
The Star, 25 May 2003
EXPECT to see fewer stray cats, if any, roaming the
neighbourhood.
Act now for
welfare of animals
The Star, 25 May 2003
SAHABAT Alam Malaysia lauds Tan Eng Seong for his
comments and for highlighting the plight of some dogs in
his housing estate, “Act to prevent abuse of pets” (Sunday
Star, May 11).
Dogs help children to
read
The Star, 25 May 2003
ONCE
a week, second-grader Brian Grab meets with Buster to
work on his reading. Buster doesn't concentrate on the
words very much, but just by being there he helps Brian
improve.
Dog's best friend? You
Why
doting on your pet is as good as it is for you
Malay
Mail, 25 May 2003
DOGS have
long been known as man's best friend. But scientists
have come up with the first proof that the feeling is
mutual.
IF your dog
chases his tail you may have thought he was just having
a bit of fun, while a cat which likes nibbling your
clothes would probably be passed off as simply naughty.
Researchers:
Civet cat likely source of SARS
The Star, 24 May 2003
Southern Guangdong province vowed Saturday to stop the
trade in endangered civet cats, believed to be the
likely source of SARS, as the Chinese capital expressed
confidence it can beat the disease.
Ban on
pork out of respect for Muslims
Utusan Express, 24
May 2003
MELBOURNE - The Hume City Council, north of here, has
ordered staff to stop serving ham and pork at hundreds
of community events out of respect to the area's large
Muslim population.
Bomb-sniffing dogs guard Bogota's posh brides
Utusan Express, 24
May 2003
BOGOTA - Want to walk down the aisle as a chic Bogota
bride? First order the long white dress, book a band -
then line up the bomb-sniffing dogs.
Theories
abound for mad cow disease in Canada
Utusan Express, 24
May 2003
WASHINGTON May 23 - As Canada raced to determine how a
cow in Alberta contracted mad cow disease, scientists in
the United States offered four theories.
Canada
expands frantic search for mad cow cases
Utusan Express, 24
May 2003
CALGARY (Alberta) May 23 - Canada's frantic search for
more cases of mad cow disease spread beyond its biggest
cattle region on Thursday, as inspectors sealed off
several farms and more countries banned Canadian beef.
Manpower, sniffer dogs, know-how, tools pour in to
quake-stricken Algeria
Utusan Express, 24
May 2003
ALGIERS May 23 - Aid in all forms poured in to Algeria
from a host of countries and international organisations
Friday to help the north African country cope with a
devastating earthquake which has killed more than 1,400
people and justify thousands injured.
BACHOK,
Fri. --- An elderly farmer was injured after being
attacked by a beruk (long-tailed macaque) at
Kampung Tawang, on Monday.
Turtle hatchery in Johor the
most successful
NST,
24 May 2003
MERSING, Fri. --- The turtle conservation programme
carried out at the marine park here is arguably the best
in the country, judging from its 65 per cent success
rate in hatching baby turtles last year.
Cockatoos
need proper environs
Metro, 23 May 2003
IN
our last article we promised an in-depth look at some of
the more serious points of rearing this exotic bird. We
shall look at the correct way to house them and
important aspects of managing and caring for this
appealing and delightful pet.
Breeder’s
persistence pays off
By LI EE KEE
The Star, 21 May 2003
DAVID
Wong Kee Kong’s tenacity and determination have brought
him a long way from the days when he first ventured into
commercial rabbit farming.
Australia
bans Canadian cattle imports due to mad cow fears
The Star, 21 May 2003
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian quarantine
officials on Wednesday had tracked down all Canadian
breeding cattle imported into Australia and banned
further imports after a case of mad cow disease was
discovered there.
Canadians
try to minimise damage from mad cow disease
The Star, 21 May 2003
TORONTO (AP) - A case of mad cow disease in the heart of
Canada's cattle country has authorities scrambling to
trace its origins while contending with a U.S. ban on
all Canadian beef imports.
Chimpanzees should be classified in same genus as
humans, researchers say
Utusan Express, 21
May 2003
WASHINGTON May 20 - Chimpanzees are more closely related
to people than to gorillas or other monkeys and probably
should be included in the human branch of the family
tree, a research team says.
``Cattle
car syndrome'' offers SARS insights
Utusan Express, 21
May 2003
NEW
YORK May 20 - Packed into cattle cars, young animals
destined to be fattened up in feedlots get a disease
called shipping fever. They develop cough, pneumonia and
drip mucus from their eyes and noses.
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AHMAD Musa (R) holds a bird
caught in his trap near Kampung Charok Kudung.
Ahmad, together with Awang Bet (L) and Ramli Ahmad
(C) have found a profitable hobby in bird trapping,
May 19. - Bernamapix.
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KUALA TERENGGANU,
May 20:
Three raids by the State Wildlife and
National Parks Department revealed
the seriousness of poaching of a protected
migratory bird and the use of
illegal fishing equipment.
Dog
neutering campaign
Sarawak Tribune,
20 May 2003
KUCHING - A subsidised dog neutering campaign will be
held at the MBKS lobby area on May 25 from 9.30 am to 3
pm.
Doggies’ day
out
By
K. Anuradha
Metro, 20 May 2003
 THE
relatively quiet atmosphere of Kota Kemuning was broken
one holiday morning by barks and yaps of many dogs all
converged by the lakeside.
Oxen choose
to eat mung beans in ceremony
The
Star, 20 May 2003
PHNOM
PENH: It seems Cambodia's royal oxen may have
also heard the rumour that recently spread through the
country that eating specially-prepared mung beans can
ward off the deadly SARS virus.
Friends
forever? Woman sues to stop zoos from separating pair of
elephants
Utusan Express, 20
May 2003
KNOXVILLE (Tennessee) - Animal lovers are going to court
to prevent the break up of what they say is a beautiful
elephant friendship.
Nearly 5
million Americans bit by dogs each year
Utusan Express, 19
May 2003
WASHINGTON May 18 - Man's best friend bites some 4.7
million Americans each year - and US health officials
believe many of those dog bites can be prevented.
Sad twist in mission to
rescue goats
BY R.S.N. MURALI
The Star, 17 May 2003
SEREMBAN: Rescue workers abseiled a 40m-high boulder at
the Highway Quarry site in Labu, near here, yesterday to
save three mountain goats (kambing gurun)
trapped on a limestone hill.
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 ABDUL
Jalal Kasim (L) and Ranger Mohd Fuzi Mohd Zin show
the severed leg of a honey bear and steel snares,
which were some of the items seized from a store in
Gua Musang, May 15. - Bernamapix.
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Smuggling attempt foiled
The Star, 16 May
2003
SINGAPORE: A 33-year-old Malaysian driver has been
arrested for trying to smuggle in 1.75 tonnes of pig
intestines and parts, Channel News Asia reported.
Look who’s
flocking to Bangsar now
By Jacobus Raj
Metro, 16 May 2003
PAINTED storks are not indigenous to Malaysia but are
becoming an increasingly common sight in the skies over
Kuala Lumpur, as the size of the flock in Zoo Negara
grows bigger.
Elephants go on rampage at
orchard
Sulaiman Jaafar
NST, 15 Nay 2003
GUA
MUSANG, May 14:
A herd
of 10 elephants went on a rampage, ramming into houses
in Kampung Ingin Maju and Kampung Senduk, in Gua Musang
and forcing members of two families to run for their
lives.
Germany
confirms first case of bird flu
Utusan Express, 14 May
2003
BERLIN
May 13 - Germany confirmed Tuesday that it has uncovered a
first case of a highly contagious bird flu that has ravaged
farms in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Dead meat
By TAN EE LYN
The Star, 13 May 2003
Fears
that the SARS virus may have originated from wild game have
triggered an aversion to exotic meat in China – good news
for the world’s endangered species, writes TAN EE LYN.
The dog
whisperer
The Star,
13 May 2003
FULFILMENT is the newest buzzword among dog lovers, who
increasingly seem inclined to figure out what their dogs
were born to do – and then attempt to let them do it.
Bird flu
scare resurfaces in Belgium
Utusan Express, 13 May
2003
BRUSSELS
May 12 - Belgian authorities killed tens of thousands of
chickens at the weekend amid a renewed scare about bird flu
which has spread from the neighbouring Netherlands, a
spokesman said Sunday.
200,000
rabbits to be saved from labs under new EU tests
Utusan Express, 13 May
2003
BRUSSELS
May 12 - New drug tests pioneered by European Union
scientists will save up to 200,000 rabbits a year from the
laboratory, officials said Monday.
Origin of
SARS virus a puzzle, but many experts believe it began in an
animal
Utusan Express, 12 May
2003
NEW YORK
May 11 - Where did the SARS virus come from? Probably an
animal, many experts say. One even speculates the germ might
have come from some wild bird captured in southern China.
Taiping Zoo introduces night
safari
Malay Mail, 11 May
2003
LOW rumbles,
soft padded footsteps and the sound of slow yet methodical
flapping. In the shadows, a large figure looms. The
unmistakable huge ears shaped liked India, gleaming tusks
and a swaying trunk. An elephant, in all its glory and we
can see her feeding in the middle of the night, slowly but
surely devouring a pile of juicy stems.
Benefits of pet therapy
Loretta Ann
Soosayraj
NST, 11 May 2003 |
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ANIMALS make great
pets.
For years, cats, dogs,
fish and the likes have made incomparable companions for
humans. More recently, snakes and lizards have joined the
list. But did you know that animals offer much more beyond
just company? LORETTA ANN SOOSAYRAJ writes.
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‘Emotional support’ animals to be allowed
The Star, 11 May 2003
WASHINGTON: Airline
passengers can bring cats, monkeys and other animals aboard domestic
flights on a case-by-case basis for emotional support, but not
spiders, snakes or rats, the US government said on Friday.
Sabah food
output can be raised through better use of oil palm land
Utusan Express, 11 May
2003
SANDAKAN
May 10 - Food production in Sabah can be expanded if oil
palm plantation owners and investors gave serious thought
towards optimising the use of their land for the purpose,
said Datuk Abdul Rahim Ismail, Sabah's agriculture and food
industry minister.
Sacred bulls
predict thriving economy for Thailand
Utusan Express, 11 May
2003
BANGKOK -
Two sacred oxen consumed liquor, grass and rice at
Thailand's ancient ploughing ceremony on Thursday,
signifying the kingdom would enjoy a booming economy, a
bountiful harvest and increased trade this year.
Two eggs for
one kilo of rubbish
by Azam Hj Zawawie
Sarawak
Tribune, 11 May 2003
MIRI - Those taking part in
the cleaning programme of the river bank along Kampung
Wireless today will be given incentive for each kilo of
rubbish collected.
Cats farmed for their skins in EU
Malay Mail, 10 May
2003
CATS and dogs
are being farmed for their skins within the European Union,
according to the BBC.
Lose 500kg in four months on zoo
diet
Malay Mail, 10 May
2003
THIS diet
really works! Koala, a female elephant in Rio de Janeiro
Zoo, lost some 500kg (1,100lb) in about four months without
any exercise after peanuts and bread were completely taken
out of her diet and her ration of bananas was halved to just
120 a day.
Are you feeding your pet properly?
Loretta Ann Soosayraj
NST, 10 May
2003
WE may not be
a nation of dog lovers as France may be, but many of us keep
pets --- cats, dogs, fish and, more recently, small
reptiles.
First
suspected case of bird flu in Germany
Utusan Express, 10 May 2003
VIERSEN (Germany) May 9 - German
veterinary officials were to start
slaughtering 32,000 chickens Friday
after uncovering what they believe may
be the first case of a highly contagious
flu that has already ravaged Dutch and
Belgian poultry farms.
Last walk with
pet python
Malay Mail, 9 May 2003
A SNAKE
owner was parted from his pet after
walking through the centre of Aachen,
Germany, with a 3.3-metre (10ft) python
wrapped around his neck.
British nurse
trampled to death by elephant
Malay Mail, 9 May 2003
A BRITISH nurse who went to Africa to do
voluntary work has been trampled to
death by a stampeding elephant.
China targets pets
in bid to curb SARS
The Star, 8 May 2003
BEIJING: Dogs, cats and other pets of
families quarantined during the SARS
outbreak here are to be isolated or
killed for fear they might spread the
virus, police said yesterday.
Africa succeeds in
cloning record-holding milk cow
The Star, 8 May 2003
 BRITS (South Africa): South African and
Danish scientists have carried out
Africa's first animal cloning, a calf
born last month at a research institute
here, a researcher at the Embryo Plus
centre said on Tuesday.
SARS
drives owners to abandon, kill pets in
China
Utusan Express, 8 May 2003
BEIJING May 7 - Fear the flu-like SARS
virus can be spread by dogs and cats is
driving hundreds of people in China's
capital to abandon or even kill their
pets, animal rights organisations and
veterinarians said on Wednesday.
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 AFRICA's
first cloned cow named Fut (meaning
`replica' in Zulu) is shown to the
media in the small town of Brits,
May 7. - AFPpix.
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Stray dogs mess up rubbish daily
Andrew Lung of Cheras writes:
Metro, 7 May 2003
I am a resident in Jalan Indah 4/7,
Taman Indah, in Cheras for about 10
years now.
Stray cat inherits
RM2m home
The Star, 7 May 2003
LONDON: Black stray cat Tinker got all
the cream when an elderly widow justify him
his own detached house here and a trust
fund to keep him comfortable.
1,500
turtle eggs seized from smuggler
Sarawak Tribune, 7 May 2003
KUCHING -
Turtle eggs are a popular smuggling
commodity often sneaked in from
Kalimantan, Indonesia to be sold in Sarawak markets. Malaysian First Infantry Division Headquarters Public
Relations Officer Major Abdul Rais Esa
said the army seized 1,583 turtle eggs
during border checks along Serikin on
Saturday.
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 A
US soldier plays with a lion cub at
the Baghdad Zoo, May 5. - AFPpix.
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BAGHDAD May 6 - The Bible says lions
would lay down with lambs, but in the
aftermath of the Iraq war several cubs
that belonged to Saddam Hussein's eldest
son Uday are settling for the company of
dogs.
The bear
is blind, the lynx is roaming and the
lions are eating US army rations, but
Baghdad's zoo forges on
Utusan Express, 7 May 2003
BAGHDAD (Iraq) May 6 - Saedia, the blind
bear, sleeps huddled in a fetal position
in the corner of a small metal
enclosure. An angry black dog lives in
the bird cage. The lynx was last seen
roaming around a nearby highway
overpass.
Animals,
poultry rearing banned in residential areas
Sarawak Tribune, 6 May
2003
THE
rearing of animals or poultry including Ayam Serama is
prohibited in residential areas under the Sibu Municipal
Council's jurisdiction, says its chairman Datuk Robert Lau
Hoi Chew at a press conference here, yesterday.
Nine men
arrested for poaching bird's nests
Sarawak Tribune, 6 May
2003
KUCHING -
A group of nine people were arrested by the enforcement
division of Forestry Department for poaching of bird's nests
near Cobra Cave, Mulu National Park recently.
Patched up
By
ELIZABETH CHONG
The Star, 6 May 2003
ELIZABETH CHONG has been reunited with
her beloved Patches. PATCHES is
back! After almost nine weeks of anguish
and uncertainty since her disappearance,
I found Patches last Tuesday!
Once a
scourge, Bangkok stray dogs find new home in Europe
Utusan Express, 6 May
2003
BANGKOK -
Two stray dogs captured on the streets of Bangkok, where
thousands of errant canines pose a threat to public health,
have been flown to the Netherlands for adoption, an animal
rescue group said Saturday.
Fugitive
ostrich wrestled and captured by Swedish farmers
Utusan Express, 5 May
2003
STOCKHOLM
(Sweden) - An ostrich that roamed freely through central
Sweden for six months was captured and killed Saturday after
it charged residents of a small village, police said.
Fowl chow
By LUISA LIM
The Star, 5 May 2003
When is a
fowl foul? As LUISA LIM discovers, it’s not that easy to
tell when you’re in England. RECENTLY a friend who’s
a city lad with a penchant for country living – i.e.
annihilating anything that moves faster than a stalking
amble – dropped by with a present wrapped in a white,
none-too-clean plastic bag. He’s shot too much than he and
his wife could possibly consume, he explained, offering us
some of the fruits of his bloody endeavours.
Act needed to protect animals
The Star, 4 May 2003
SAHABAT
Alam Malaysia fully supports a recent call by the Consumer
Claims Tribunal for the issuing of guidelines to dog
breeders and traders.
Canada hopes to feed demand
for halal food
By HAH
FOONG LIAN
The Star, 4 May 2003
THE
United States has predominantly been a big market for
Canada, but the latter is now looking at other countries
especially in South-East Asia, including Malaysia, to export
their agri-food products. In their effort, some Canadian
producers are even exploring the Muslim food market, a
venture that will inevitably raise the matter of halal
certification.
First it's
cloned sheep, now it's sheep with non-shrink wool
Utusan Express, 4 May
2003
SYDNEY
May 3 - The shrinking woollen cardigan may become a thing of
the past after Australian scientists announced Friday they
have found a way to breed sheep with near shrink resistant
wool.
Beijing
feeds zoo animals vitamins, Chinese medicine to ward off
SARS
Utusan Express, 4 May
2003
BEIJING -
Animals at the Beijing Zoo are being fed vitamins and
Chinese medicine as zookeepers explore all methods to
protect them from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS),
zoo officials said Thursday.
Six pet health products
recalled
BY
MICHAEL CHEANG
The Star, 3 May 2003
PETALING
JAYA: Six pet health products have been added to the growing
list of Pan Pharmaceuticals Ltd products recalled by the
Australian authorities.
On-going drive needed to
protect unwanted pets
The Star, 3 May 2003
DESPITE
campaigns to remind the public of the need to neuter their
pets, numerous unwanted kittens and puppies are being dumped
and the poor animals face the prospect of an early death
because of the dangers they have to endure.
Chengdu to build giant panda
theme park
The Star, 3 May 2003
THE city
government of Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, said it
would build a giant panda theme park in its northern
suburbs.
Dutch Lady
expects slightly higher turnover for 2003 from 2002
Utusan Express, 2 May
2003
PETALING
JAYA May 1 - Milk and dairy products maker, Dutch Lady Milk
Industries Bhd (DLMIB), expects to register a slightly
higher turnover this year from the RM357.2 million recorded
in 2002, said its managing director, Cornelis HM Ruijgrok.
Public should
value SPCA for its services
NST, 1 May 2003
May 1:
AS a
frequent visitor to the SPCA Se-langor animal shelter, I
have many opportunities to observe the interac-tion between
the staff and public.
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