Our first spaying!

We are very proud to say that we have just completed our first spaying of a stray dog from the TTS/UNMC community, thus launching our TNR (trap-neuter-release) programme!

Blicky!

‘Blicky’, who recently gave birth to a litter of 7 puppies (originally 9, but 2 died shortly after their birth) who have been looked after and adopted out by an amazing group of UNMC students (more on this soon), was spayed this Wednesday, ensuring that she doesn’t contribute any further to the stray dog population in TTS/UNMC, and in Malaysia more generally. She has been returned to her existing territory within TTS (Edusquare) , and is being monitored to ensure that her healing process continues to go smoothly. She was also vaccinated against canine distemper and canine parvo virus, to ensure that she remains healthy and continues occupying her territory and thus prevents more non-spayed dogs from moving in and breeding. We have her marked with a collar/tag to indicate that she has been spayed, although we hope to move to ear-notching as a more permanent marker in future operations.

Her ‘boyfriend’, named ‘Puppy’ by the students in the area Blicky and he occupy, is very happy to have her back, even though we have blocked his ability to become a father to any more of her puppies! He was very upset when we took her to the vet. Blicky and Puppy are looked after and fed by the kind boss of the Edusquare guard team, and in return, they act as guard dogs for Edusquare community.

This spaying operation was made possible by the generous donations made by a number of UNMC staff – THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR SUPPORT! We currently have enough funding pledged for at least 6 more spaying operations, but we need more to make a real difference. If you would like to pledge money towards our TNR programme, please let us know – drop us a comment, or email us at unmcaw(at)gmail.com – and please spread the word about and support for us. We are currently taking pledges (promises of funding), and collecting money gradually/as we use it for operations, until we get a bank account sorted out for the group.

Related:

Blicky (Spay Profile)

Blicky’s Babies

Puppies, free to good homes…

We currently have a litter of 7 puppies who need homes. See the Puppies for Adoption page for more details and lots of cute pictures…

 

Outcome of emails to UNMC Mangement re: dogcatching

An update on the outcomes of the emails Sengtat and I sent to UNMC management:

• Perhaps most importantly, we secured an agreement that any dogs spayed and clearly marked as spayed by this group, will be relocated to TTS if they are caught by dogcatchers on campus. So we can start establishing a population of spayed dogs.
• On this note, campus boundaries are being secured further with key-card gates at TTS etc. Students must not enable dogs to get through these access points or over fences. I really doubt any of you are doing this anyway, but just to pass this on. I personally don’t think the dogs need any help getting in, the fences aren’t that high, and dogs, especially stray ones, can climb.
• The UNMC dogcatchers being used are NOT from the Kajang Council, and UNMC are well aware of the bad reputation of MPKJ. They have been trained to catch dogs humanely#, and dogs are being relocated “somewhere appropriate”* while puppies are being taken to shelters as they have a higher chance of adoption.

* I don’t know where this is, or what this means. I personally have trouble imagining anywhere “appropriate” for both humans or dogs, given that it won’t be a shelter as they’re already overcrowded.

# This doesn’t, of course, mean that they shouldn’t be monitored. If you see any UNMC dogcatchers behaving in a manner you think is of concern, please take photos or video and report it to the group.