The Morning After

Kuning has got P.L.A.Y. & M.U.S.T. L.O.V.E. M.E written all over his forehead. He was a part of our tentbuilding trio although grabbing poles and pulling bungee cords are all he knows. Hitam displayed an alpha male stance, constantly keeping Kuning in check if he as much as gets out of line with his puppy-like behaviour. Hitam has a P.L.E.A.S.E. L.O.V.E. M.E. on his ebony crown. The small 12 metre square open deck including the kitchen where the fish farm workers sleep, turned into a circus as we wrestled the dogs to put up our tent.

Er Win & Chris decided to sleep outside as they wanted to see stars but what woke us up at 3am & two more times afterwards would break your heart. One of the dogs howled. A sorrowful, sad howl that lasted about a minute. That must be the most helpless one minute of my life. We couldn’t sleep much thereafter. We surveyed the island with three powerful torches. The howl seem to come from within the roots. Was the doggie trapped? We don’t know.

It’s amazing how some people can attribute the prohibition to land on private property to us who purportedly had been renting the place. Yorg who came with an entourage of more than 30 people, including the Director General of the Department of Veterinary Services, S*CA president, TV Crew & dog catchers, believed that we have a written contract with the fish farm owner to prohibit others to occupy the space. I want to clarify that there is no such agreement & the owner has consented to us using his property for the purpose of dog rescue. He also has the right to refuse anyone especially if he feels unhappy that his house-rules had been broken. We have no jurisdiction of that nor do we have the power or authority to influence that decision.

The mainstream press has been writing a lot of us lately, some truths, some inaccuracies & some biased views but the public can decide for themselves to see what’s going on if they really want to know the truth. It benefits me nothing when I assist in this operation & to think that some people can live with themselves for telling the public not to be duped into giving money to a ‘private company’ (FFF) which is solely run by Sabrina Yeap herself. A condescending letter had been sent to various VIPs with the intention of toppling Sabrina’s work & possibly even Furry Friends Farm. We would like to work for one objective which is to get the dogs out but all these work of sabotage only convince us that keeping to ourselves is the way forward. We can’t work with parties whom we cannot trust especially where our lives are at stake in a remote area out there. We don’t wish to interfere in anyone else’s mission to save the dogs, we don’t want to be part of that effort which we hadn’t agreed to & we also wish that others would do the same with their effort. We have never told any party how the mission should be executed and after all this time Furry Friends Farm had been formed as a sole proprietor, there hasn’t been any help at all from the mainstream animal shelter & government so why all the interest to collaborate now??? I really don’t understand.

Furry Friends Farm is a sole proprietor as mentioned in the FFF webblog. We don’t hide that fact & there are no other shareholders involved. She raised 80 dogs & more on her meagre tutor’s wages. I want to help her & I don’t care what she calls her farm, be it Furless Friends Farm, Fearless Friends Farm or Free Our Friends Farm, I will still help her because she is Sabrina. You can decide to do the same. We have one mind & one vision to help the animals & we are working with ALL THE INDEPENDENT ANIMAL SANCTUARIES in Malaysia to help the Pulau Ketam residents REMOVE & REHOME their stray dog population. As an act of commitment from the residents, at least one bag of rice (they can donate however many bags they wish) is to be given for one dog caught. Our mission to rehabilitate the dogs to be friendly once again is an uphill task & without the public’s support, it would be very difficult for Sabrina.

The rescue mission goes on. If any party wants to stop, it would not be us. Thank you once again for your patronage. Every one of you contributors, volunteers & supporters of FFF is a patron.