Press Articles : Pulau Selat Kering Rescue Mission 2009

Plight Of The Swamp Dogs : The Star, May 6th 2009

Plight Of The Swamp Dogs : The Star, May 6th 2009
Waiting to be rescued: Several of the abandoned dogs on Pulau Tengah looking wistfully at the approaching visitors. Inset: Yeap bringing an injured Hope back to the mainland. PORT KLANG: Animal activist Sabrina Yeap couldn’t hold back her tears when she saw the condition of the dogs that Pulau...

Weak End Up As Meat : The Malay Mail, May 6th 2009

Weak End Up As Meat : The Malay Mail, May 6th 2009
LUCKY: A dog being rescued at Pulau Tengah last Saturday Abandoned strays starving to death, cannibalising on each other IT is time to right the wrong done to man’s best friend. A month after news surfaced that hundreds of stray dogs were abandoned on three deserted islands off Pulau Ketam by...

Rescue Groups Swing Into Action : The Star, May 7th 2009

Rescue Groups Swing Into Action : The Star, May 7th 2009
PORT KLANG: Animal welfare groups are rushing to an island near here to rescue hundreds of dogs dumped there by Pulau Ketam residents. One of the rescue missions initiated by animal sanctuary Furry Friends Farm (FFF) saw two dogs being rescued from the uninhabited Pulau Tengah. FFF founding ...

FFF Refuses To Give Up On Abandoned Dogs : The Star, May 8th 2009

FFF Refuses To Give Up On Abandoned Dogs : The Star, May 8th 2009
Sabrina and Hope, the 1st dog rescued from the mangrove island PORT KLANG: Animal sanctuary Furry Friends Farm (FFF) are determined to rescue every one of the 400-odd dogs abandoned in Pulau Tengah, says founding director Sabrina Yeap. FFF, she added, would continue with its mission although she...

The Height Of Animal Cruelty : The Star, May 30th 2009

The Height Of Animal Cruelty : The Star, May 30th 2009
Yeap with MBPJ councillor K. W. Mak comforting a rescued dog. — Picture by DANIEL TANG The dog rescuers of Pulau Selat Kering and Pulau Tengah are returning with gruesome stories of starving dogs turning on each other and indifferent Pulau Ketam islanders. In late April, animal activist Sabrina...

Women Team Up To Save Abandoned Dogs On Island : The Star, June 1st 2009

Women Team Up To Save Abandoned Dogs On Island : The Star, June 1st 2009
Gabriel (left) and Lee on board their boat to rescue the stray dogs in Pulau Selat Kering. PORT KLANG: Two whitewater rafters’ love and compassion for dogs have prompted them to team up to rescue the abandoned animals in Pulau Selat Kering near here. A dog called ‘Hitam’ swimming back from the...

Kuning's No Coward - He's A Deep-Sea Rescuer : The Malay Mail, June 3rd 2009

Kuning's No Coward - He's A Deep-Sea Rescuer : The Malay Mail, June 3rd 2009
HIS name is Kuning and he's fast gaining a reputation as a wonder dog, helping animal rescuers bring home fellow canines from the uninhabited islands off Pulau Ketam, Klang. Indeed, according to pet rescuers, Kuning — who had gone missing two weeks ago — and his fellow pooch- Hitam are touted as...

Aussies Touched By Plight Of Pulau Ketam’s Abandoned Dogs : The Star, June 12th 2009

Aussies Touched By Plight Of Pulau Ketam’s Abandoned Dogs : The Star, June 12th 2009
KLANG: When Australians Sarah Wren and Shannon Muche read that dogs had been abandoned on Pulau Selat Kering, they immediately wanted to help. “We read what had happened when we were in Vietnam and decided that we would help care for the rescued dogs when we came to Malaysia en route to...

More abandoned dogs in Pulau Selat Kering saved with help of Kuning and Hitam : The Star, June 19th 2009

More abandoned dogs in Pulau Selat Kering saved with help of Kuning and Hitam : The Star, June 19th 2009
Kuning and Hitam leading the way to Grace, who swam from the mangrove island to the kelong KLANG: More dogs have been rescued from the desolate Pulau Selat Kering since the return of Kuning the rescue dog. According to TV Smith, who initiated and heads the Furry Friends Farm rescue team, Kuning...