Who stands up to the whale killers? (If you find this post informative, you might like to check out these.) The Cove speaks about dolphins and the horrific things we do to them for our selfish ends. But it is not just the dolphins or bluefin tuna. And now once again we are in the vast and remote Southern Oceans in search of the [...] くそっ、私の黒鮪刺身はどこにありますか？! (If you find this post informative, you might like to check out these.) DAMN, where’s my bluefin tuna sashimi?! くそっ、私の黒鮪刺身はどこにありますか？! (Kusou, watashi no kuro maguro sashimi wa doko ni arimasu ka?!) From the Mediterranean to Japan, the bluefin tuna is being fished and eaten into extinction. There are a few species of bluefin tuna, and all of them are in [...] Weekend Movie Choice: The Cove The Cove: an evocation of peace, quiet, a secret paradise. But this particular film, an award winning one no less, shows the world the secrets a cove in Japan harbours. It is about life and death – the blithe living of wildlife and a nonchalant greed that not only kills but destroys families in the process. The review in TODAY sums it up well: Director [...] Comment on Cat litter – An experiment in silicon gel by Eric Helling Dear lovely Cat Community. My cat Isreal (Russian Blue) used the silica crystals for his whole life. A few years back he began to have full on grand mal seizures (kinda Scary to watch). When we switched to another type of litter specifically the kind for auto scooping boxes and his seizures have stopped it has been months. So While he may have epilepsy which is common in pure bread cats the silica dust is the trigger. I know this is a little off topic but I hope it helps someone freaking out about the health of their cat I know I was after the first one. Something to note is that a seizure in an epileptic cat is of little consequence to the overall health of the animal but its scary and the cat seems worn out tired almost like he had been beaten up. Don’t just assume that is is epilepsy have the blood test first!! Ok that is it hope this helps someone. Eric Comment on Meet the real captive-bred white tiger by 1022: General Coonery - Page 5 [...] [...] Comment on Mum, Dad, why am I itching? by SITI ALL MY 3 CATS ESP THE 4MNTHS KITTEN HAS FLES…I,VE TRIED SHAMPOO AND POWDER BUT IT STILL THERE…. WAT DO I DO….SEND IT TO THE VET…IS IT EXPENSIVE…I HAVE 3 ON MY OWN… Comment on How to sterilise stray cats? by SITI I HAVE 3 PET CAT AND WOULD LIKE TO STRERILISATION BUT COULD NOT AFFORD DUE TO THE EXPENSIVE PRICE.. I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE SUM SUBSIDISE FOR MY 3 CATS. CURRENLY MY CAT IS PREGNANT AGAIN AND DUE TO DELIVER IN FEW DAYS TIME.PLS HELP ME…. Comment on New Paper 20090214: Serial Cat Culler Denies Being Cat Murderer by You can’t keep the cats swiped off the streets of Singapore « Tipped Ear Clan [...] can’t be legislated away, spreading the word is vital to get people to SEE. Some people will refuse to see, and in fact, take pleasure in perpetuating their misconceptions and …, sometimes even tag-teaming, but why should they be the only ones to shout out their [...] Comment on Tyke the elephant, and her fellow victims of Captive Animal Entertainment by Wanda After learning how the circus’s have treated their animals, my heart is turned inside out. The circus Chimpanzees were sold to research labs after they became too strong to handle. It is no wonder the elephants turn on their trainers, what do they expect after a lifetime of beatings, chains, and intimidation? My family and I will never got to the circus……. Comment on Choa Chu Kang: Cat Killing Fields by Amanda should have put a warning about the picture. i did NOT want to see that. Comment on BEWARE Hartz tick and flea control products by Jake So, is it just the drops that are causing the problem? A few days ago a flea infestation popped up in my house and i got the flea and tick powder from hartz. I put it around my room and am making sure my cats stay outside until tomorrow after i vacuum it all up. So is the powder as dangerous as the drops? or am i OK as long as I keep my cats outside while the powder is out? Comment on BEWARE Hartz tick and flea control products by calsifer Jennifer, Thanks. I’ll just respond to your question on the fleas =) Frankly, I believe you probably need to look at the source, and perhaps change the way you’ve been dealing with it. It might help to speak with your vet too. Comment on BEWARE Hartz tick and flea control products by calsifer Yorkshire, How exactly does your lack of trouble negate the suffering and loss experienced by those who posted their less-than-troublesome experience with Hartz? Look through the comments again – is it more common to see problems with Hartz or arrogant Hartz users with lucky yorkshires? I’ll compose a song based on the pin drops while you do. Yorkshire, your dismissive attitude speaks for itself. Take your own advice and get a life. You can’t keep the cats swiped off the streets of Singapore Natural attrition and the vacuum effect. These are very important concepts relating to TNRM for kitty minions. The reality is that there will always be people on both sides and the silent majority on the fence, taking the butt-poke, well, silently. But there is always the question of information and awareness too. Marty, old-man-of-the-rails. 8 year [...] Timely refresher: TNRM and how it can work Of course this is no guarantee that following what Dawn said guarantees your TNRM to work, but having positive contributors to the situation surely add that much potential for success than disincentives. But well, it can be rather discouraging and sometimes feelings of indignation, injustice and wasted effort and hopelessness wells up. Especially following the [...] Weekend Movie Choice: Food, Inc. Movie choice: Food, Inc. (Credit to the woman of myanimalfamily) Available at a GV screen near you, a movie generates food for thought. If you don’t regurgitate and think about food after watching this, then you’re probably a card-carrying Darla-head who would watch Finding Nemo and made Nemo’s nightmare by joining the hordes who stampeded the aquariums [...] Appeals Help needed (click on each picture to read the full story on pawpledge): 1 poor lady, 48 cats, and 1000 cockroaches!!! 3 Deaths in 2 Days Our Saturday Visits to 2 Shelters Suffering in Silence… [NOTE: Comments disabled. Please go direct to pawpledge for enquiries and clarifications] Posted in Advocacy, Animal helpers online, Animals, Cats, Singapore, SOS Singapore Tagged: . animal hoarders, animal rescue, appeals, [...] HDB’s cat ban elicits incredulity Popular local blogger Mr Wang blogged about his brother’s art exhibition in Hong Kong. The interesting thing is its his “brother’s sixth exhibition of cat paintings, all of which are inspired by his real-life pet cat”. If this cat minion were in Hong Kong, this would an exhibition I’d go to. I was particularly piqued [...] SOS: Animal welfare action-EU Animal Experimentation Directive From the animalsasia site: Animal welfare action EU Animal Experimentation Directive The European Union Directive on the protection of animals used in experiments is currently being reviewed, Please click here to find out more and to read a copy of our letter to the UK Home Office in support of the European Coalition to End [...] Homeseeker: Cody (Must read: Cat care refs.) A friendly and affectionate male kitten. Little Cody is 3-4 months old, an agouti tabby and the REAL Kuching Singapura. However, he is shy and timid with strangers and will need time to warm up to new friends. Cody is litter-box trained and vaccinated. His adopter must commit to sterilize him when he reaches 6 [...] Area1: New baby on the block Late on 2 May, we came home from our granddad’s 88 birthday celebration, all tired and eyes drooping. But trust btmao to spot a small dark shape slinking along the pavement and entering the common rubbish chute at the bottom of our block, which was of course open. With the tell-tale pointy ears and kitty-creep, the [...] Foster Mum’s homeseeker: No-no (Must read: Cat care refs.) No-no is an adult male tabby.Affectionate, easy to handle, he in fact loves to be carried. He was found abandoned but ever the calm cat, has taken his predicament in stride. He is litter-box trained, vaccinated and sterilized. He’s patiently waiting for the special someone who he will devote his affection to. Will you [...] Click! Social Cause Please do help click the badgey to the right of blog posties, near the top. It’s for a cause. The bestest wordpress initiative: socialvibe Don’t forget there’s more you can do: Click@Daily Good Deed Posted in Advocacy, Environment / Going green / Conservation, SOS, Ztuff Tagged: free click donation, social responsibility, socialvibe [...] Appeal: Please help Fat Fat, the now paralysed cat. [EDIT 20090603: Fat Fat @ Blessing Home now] Please help Fat Fat, the now paralysed cat. She’s an absolutely adorable and super affectionate from the Old Airport Road Killing Fields. Though her spine is broken in three places, she’s still a loving kitty with undampened spirits. Please read about her story here and see how you can [...] Appeal: Cat hit by car in Jurong area [EDIT 20090519: Received update on Sunday, 20090517 that the cat has passed away.] Just got this in the mail. Please help spread the word. Thanks Subject: Cat hit by car in Jurong area Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 02:57:58 +0800 Attached are the photos. On the 8th May 09, a cat was hit by a car at Jurong West extention [...] Local Animals Worried Fanatics Will Take Over SPCA (source) This is so funny it’s not even cute when you think about the foundation it is built on, because there may just come a day this comes to pass, ala the AWARE saga. Fanaticism and the self-righteous drive to make everybody convert or perish is not something new to me. I have passing awareness of the [...] AWARE Saga: Post-mortem What’s a post with a sequel but lacking a sequel’s sequel? There’s a ton of information and blogs in cyberspace touching on it, so instead of saying what’s already carried all over the net, I’m going to link to choice sites/posts. But before that, let me jot down a few IMOs, which points are all supported [...] Aware Saga: COOS and the curious case of disingenuous-seeming platitudes My bit of rambling on the AWARE saga seemed fated to get a sequel. By now, it should be well-known that Pastor Derek Hong of the Anglican Church Of Our Saviour (COOS), which seems to be the unifying demographic in the collective profile of the new AWARE exco and then some (pdf alt), has raised a [...] A bit of rambling on the AWARE saga Strictly human affairs aren’t featured on tec for the simple reason of it being a minionly blog. But there are hiss spats, and then there are hiss spats. This is one of those that demands a bit of attention. It also requires more thought but I am pressed for time since the AWARE EGM is [...] Ms Fix-It This too too cute for words (URL source) I’m particularly taken not with Kitty’s handymeow credentials but rather her penchant for standing up… much like Prairie Dogs (phot source) or Meerkats (source) [EDIT: I am rather taken with this non-standing phot too] and Mongooses (source) Seems like this peculiar trait is specific to Japanese cats: Japanese Standing Cats Cats have always been very popular in Japan. 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