Hi Everyone,
Shahrul from SPCA has kindly invited Ezer and me to join them on their latest Pulau Ketam trip. The activities for this trip included neutering animals, free vaccination, educating the public, providing obedience training demonstration and rescuing strays.
We gathered at the Pulau Ketam jetty at 7+ am, and together with their team of 20 volunteers, set off to the island by ferry. The community hall was converted into a spaying/neutering center, and owner's pets and stray animals were placed in cages there awaiting their turns. The residents seem to be very cooperative, and they were seen chauffeuring their pets over by bicycles, while some owners assisted us in catching the strays at their houses.
The volunteers worked extremely hard while lazy Andy & Ezer were lepaking around the streets, exploring the area taking photos and gobbling down food like busybody tourists.
This trip is certainly an eye opener for me, and I hope that the teams and residents there can keep up their excellent efforts.
Below are some photos I took... enjoy!
Arriving at the Pulau Ketam jetty at Port Klang, 7:20 am
Happy Wei excited about the trip
Workers loading up our ferry with goods to be shipped to the island's shops. Lots of bread and Malboro.
Our 30-minute ferry journey to Pulau Ketam
Here we are, at last!
An arch marks the entrance to the village
An SPCA banner promoting the day's event
2 rows of shops make up the town area, mostly restaurants and grocery stores
Everybody travels around in bicycles, no motorized vehicles used
Duke, one of the obedience training performers
Ellie, the cute doggy of Jo Ann
Chatting over some beer and chinese tea
Scruffy demonstrating tricks to earn himself some treats
Local produce - lots of salted fish and dried cuttlefish
The first thing Wei bought - a RM3.40 hat
Residents registering to spay/neuter their pets and get free vaccination shots
A scared doggy arriving by bicycle
Lining up waiting for their turns to be neutered. The big, brown one was calm while the white one was madly yelping away.
Owners checking on their pets
DVS representatives providing the medical expertise
Cute kitty labeled V1.. Version 1 of some cyborg experiment?
An adorable snow-white V2 kitty
"Uh-oh... I have a feeling I'm gonna lose a thing or two between my thighs... gulp!"
V1 and V2 naughtily playing around while waiting out their turns
Stray cats captured by volunteers
On our way to help catch some stray puppies from an owner's house. These mostly-wooden stilt houses are connected by plank pathways.
Finding our way to the owner's house. Every path and house looked the same to me.
The low tide reveals quite some rubbish scattered across the land.
Yay, we found the owner's house!
Wei caught the cutest puppy of the day. Such an adorable little sweetheart! This cute little puppy calmly slept as Wei carried him back to the center.
2 stray puppies that Ezer and I caught - both are extremely panicky and put up a huge struggle, peeing and pooping as we grabbed hold of them
Dedicated SPCA volunteers leading us around the place
Shahrul of SPCA who kindly invited us to the trip
Good way to shade your head from the sun while cycling
Trying out the local food - La La Jian.. fried oysters in omelette.
A big Buddhist temple
No, these tortoises are not for neutering
This friendly girl is a stray dog that was spayed a month ago during SPCA's earlier trip... she came back to pay the team a visit, how sweet!
Trying out their delicious sweet & sour and Kam Heong-style crabs.
SPCA Pulau Ketam Trip Photos - 2009-07-25
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