Updates from
http://www.mycen.com.my/rescue/updates.html
Sat, 09/05/09:
FALLING TOGETHER
Friend and state assemblyman YB Edward Lee (right) stressing to the media the stress me (center in
Picture 1 below) and fellow rescue members face daily.
The animal lover was accompanying us to see our challenges first hand. He offered some valuable advice and promised to resolve some outstanding issues. Notice we have a bigger boat and life jackets now?
As we got closer (
Picture 2), we keep hearing eerie and gut-wrenching barks from dogs stuck inside the swamps. Volunteer Pummkin was dispatched from the 'mothership' to scan the edge of the island on a sampan.
They have an inflatable kayak to get even closer. Volunteer Hew Er Win was inside water when this picture was taken. It is full moon and the tide is high and fast.
Rescued Chantek in
Picture 3 (named by YB Edward Lee) is weeping silently on a back seat. She of course is not aware she is on the way to a better life and won't be put down. She was so terrified and was almost frozen when rescued. Can you blame her and the other thrown-away dogs for fearing and not trusting humans ever again?
I like to salute the dedicated Klang volunteers like Connie and Donald for using their cars to transport the maggot -ridden animals to their homes and taking care of the rescued dogs for a night.
Usually, when we return to shore at night, the nearby vets are already closed and we do not have vans or trucks to transport the animals back to FFF's sanctuary in faraway Kundang.
Last night, rafting specialist Marjorie Gabriel of Tracks Adventures in Antaresland) and Hulu Selangor councilor Karin Lee also brought in 2 dogs. River Goddess Marjorie (as she calls herself), constructed a clever pontoon to leave food for the dogs.
We have 8 now and will bring more home.
Updates and pics by TV Smith