This is not an invitation to abandon kittens outside our store!
innocent
However, about a week ago, a box was found outside out store with a terrified mother cat with four newborn, and i mean NEW born kittens. The wee things still had thier umbilical cords on and their eyes were and are still sealed shut. Naturally, we took them in.
I suspect she was someone’s pet because she is in good health, clean and arrived in carboard box with kittens. However, I’ll withold assumptions and we’ll say someone found her with her kittens and didn’t want her to suffer. That’s really noble. But it would’ve been better if they had taken it upon themselves to help her. I’ve named her Erela which means Angel, Messenger in Hebrew.
Erela
Let me explain.
In Malaysia, people love to moan and complain about what is wrong with…everything. The government, work, traffic. While we have many strengths, getting on with things and DOING something about what upsets us is not our forte.
So when it comes to animal welfare, we curse SPCA for putting animals to sleep. The next day, we go and buy a purebred shih tzu from the pet shop or a domestic longhair aka doll face persian. This type of hypocrisy really does no one any good!
Here’s a little action plan that can and will change animal welfare.
- Neuter your own pets.
- Promise to neuter four random cats or dogs a year.
- IF you come across and mother cat/dog with kittens/puppies, help them by feeding mum (and later the youngones) until they are over 1.5kg, then neuter them all at KLINIK KEMBIRI! After that you can continue to feed them if you want but at least they won’t mulitply.
- Don’t buy from petshops. So many people tell me they rescued their pet from a pet shop. This is ultimately a lie because if you think your pet had a shitty life in the petshop, spare a thought for your pet’s mum and dad in the ‘mill’.
- Don’t expect SPCA, PAWS, FFF or other organisations to do it all.
- If you really cannot care for mum and young and you need to pass them on to a shelter, don’t just dump them there. Ask if it’s OK. (In our case, we would’ve taken mum and kittens in because we sadly lost four young cats to various illnessess).
- ADOPT your next pet from a rescuer or shelter.
To be frank, I think it is not fair to leave a negative vibes towards those who loves purebred furry friends.
I myself have bought a dollface Persian (his name is Kojiro, love him to death), because I have this quirkiness of having something different. However, I also have a domestic short hair kitten (her name is Michi, love her to death too~~~!) rescued from my backyard.
I would love to take home those stray cats at the back alley of my home, (and also those friendly active cats of Pet Epicure, Melawati), but I don’t have the luxury of space in my home.
What I can do at the moment is buy extra bags of catfood whenever I buy one for my two kittens so that I can feed those stray cats who are brave enough to come near my door. (And I can see that some of the neighbours are very annoyed of me attracting those cats to the compund).
I also keep this habit of putting some cash in your ‘tabung’ at your counter whenever I buy stuff from Pet Epicure.
To end this rant, I would like to ask, is it ok if I occasionally visit Pet Epicure, just to pet some of those friendly cats you have for adoption?
Thanks!
We are not against people who love purebred animals. Olivia is Malaysia’s only Ragdoll breeder
We are against people who dump their pets. We hope people will think before buying from a petshop or dealer because it omadvertently supports kitten and puppy mills. We are against people who cannot see that domestics and purebreds are EQUAL in every way.
If you love you Kojiro and Michi equally, then you are a hero!
and of course you’re welcome to visit