Hurricane Irene has been leaving a trail of destruction, here are some images to give you a idea of the damage. Imagine knowing that destruction is around the corner and you just have to wait for it to come sweep away your life’s work.
Facts About Animal Cruelty
27 August, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We hear about animal abuse so much and its good to know of the different kind of abuses that happen around the world. Its like piracy as well, when there is a demand, there will be a supply so be aware of the products that you use or consume and try to make a effort to not be a contributor to elements that promotes or gives the culptis a reason to go on with their business.
Stuff like Orangutan being made prostitutes is shocking but there is much more happening and we should be aware of this so that we can put pressure to stop it!
Below are facts that are very America centric but its good to know
- In many circuses, wild and exotic animals are trained through the use of intimidation and physical abuse. Former circus employees have reported seeing animals beaten, whipped, poked with sharp objects and even burned to force them to learn their routines
Please SHUT DOWN Saleng Zoo
21 June, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Its a scary image of a dead tiger, frozen isnt it? Well this happened right here in Malaysia!
Saleng Zoo is located beside the Johor Zoo. It is home to several species of animals and some of them are rare like the Tapir and the Bengal Tigers.
I read this shocking article about the rubbish that goes on in this Zoo and i think its about time the authorities shut down this zoo once and for all. The article on the WWF-Malaysia website gave me the insight into the poor dead wildlife that was found, possesion of wildlife without permits and the way the animals are used makes me furious!
If the Zoo does not have permits for the wildlife and they even use the wildlife as show pieces in “roadshows”, it makes me wonder what else is going on in this Zoo?
Here’s the big one, PERHILITAN discovered 21 dead tiger cubs in its freezer in 2008!
Other offences :
Zoo’s other previous offences is possession of wildlife without permits including a baby elephant, two slow lorises, a Tomistoma and a number of pythons and storks which were seized by PERHILITAN in various raids. The zoo owner also claimed in an interview in December 2008 that PERHILITAN has seized more than 20 animals from his zoo in the past six to seven years.
Pure madness! While Perhilitian is doing a good job in raiding the zoo’s and the NGO’s like MyCat and WWF-Malaysia are exposing such wrong doing’s, the ones with the real power should step up the legal system that controls these guys and they should face very heavy fines or even shut them down when they cross the line!
I hope that this Zoo gets shut down and act as a example to the other Zoo’s.
Small Fine for Big Damage
18 June, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I saw this report about how farmers have encroached 30% of 6908ha of peat swamp which is a forest reserve. What amused me was the fine’s that are put out for such offences. Check out the below which was taken from the report
Under the Forestry Act 1984, Yussainy said those found encroaching into forest reserves could be fined up to RM10,000 or jailed up to three years or both if found guilty
The profits raked in by the farmers amount to thousands of ringgit and they are willing to take the risk of being jailed or fined.
The money that they rake from the crops like banana, soursop, papaya, sweet corn, tapioca, sweet potato, turmeric, lengkuas (galangal), ginger, serai (lemongrass) and chilli is just too good. Some of these farmers are millionaires,’’ he claimed
Its crazy how there is efforts to rehabilitate but there isn’t strong enough laws to put off these offenders?! And they can tell us that some of them are millionaire’s. So they know what is happening and yet not enough is done to put them off their spree.
Read Full report from The Star [Read more...]
Governments & The Environment
30 May, 2011 By 3 Comments
I was browsing through environmental events and i stumbled upon the Australia Department OF Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Community. What was cool is that they have documented all the events that take place and support the causes, even those that are driven by NGO’s
Even Earth Hour is on it! Malaysian government, watch and learn!
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