Dear Friends of Noah's Ark,
On 31
January, we will be galloping into the Year of the Horse but before we do
that, we would like to thank you for being our loyal friend and faithful
supporter of Noah's Ark. It is because of your belief in us that we are able to
continue our work with the animals at the sanctuary.
Noah's
Ark will be turning 19 this year and like everything and everyone, it is
beginning to feel the ravages of age. Many of the original inhabitants that
made the trek from Singapore have crossed over to Rainbow Bridge. But for every
resident that leaves there is always another one waiting anxiously to take its
place.
We, at
the sanctuary, will always have our work cut out for us. Animals are
continually being abandoned for various reasons - many, sadly frivolous.
The tasks and responsibilities that face Raymund, the workers and our
volunteers are heavy and ongoing. Compared to the fulfillment of rescuing and
rehoming, there is little glamour in maintaining the sanctuary. However if the
sanctuary did not exist, where would our rescued animals go?
The sad
truth is that after the initial euphoria of "rescuing an animal", the
rescuer sometimes forgets that there is a lifetime of caring to be
undertaken. This is the unglamorous part - maintenance of the rescued
pack at the sanctuary. Nevertheless, it is our commitment to each and every
animal that comes to stay with us that we want it to live out its life in the
manner it ought to be able to - surrounded with love and care.
We are
always mindful that limited resources do not allow us to rescue every animal in
need. Hence, we have worked very hard to establish our spay and neuter
campaigns both in Singapore and Malaysia, to reduce the number of unwanted
litters - the only humane way to rescue our animals from needless killing. We
believe that this work has made a difference.
Nevertheless,
for 2014, we would like very much to appeal to you to help us "Build
Noah's Ark brick by brick" - many of the buildings are now more than 14
years old and are in need of repairs. All of our funds have always been
channeled to feeding and caring for the animals and neutering our strays, with
repair work at the sanctuary, relegated to the lowest priority.
The
"Buy-a-Brick" campaign will be launched at $10 per brick, which we
hope you will support. With your generosity, we will be able to undertake
some much needed repairs and rebuilding of Noah's Ark so that our sanctuary
will always be the place that our animals can call home. For more details,
please click here.
We thank
you all once again in advance for your generous and heartfelt support - Noah's
Ark exists because of all of you.
Best wishes,
Chew Gek Hiang
President
Noah's Ark Cares
Buy-a-Brick
For 13.5 years, we relied on the
generator and diesel to provide electricity for the sanctuary. Electricity
is a luxury to many of us and sometimes we take it for granted that we are
able to enjoy light and air-conditioning any time we want - not for Noah's
Ark. We have to plan and use our generator wisely when we need
electricity. Electricity is used only in the afternoon and evening when
Raymund needs to operate the clinic to attend to our sick animals or for the
vets to perform surgeries.
With the developments around our
area and having to operate the ABC Clinic, it is time that we have electricity.
Its costs an estimate S$16,000 to bring in the power cables to Noah's Ark.
The "Buy-a-Brick"
programme will also go towards the repair and painting at Noah's Ark - some
of the kennel and cattery doors, handles have given way and its needs to be replaced
due to wear and tear.
For $10 you can help to buy a
brick to provide light for the animals.
For more details, please click here
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Events at Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark Tour: 22 February
We will be organizing our
first tour to Noah's Ark on 22 February - come and gallop into the new year
with us and have a photo opportunity with our rescued horses from Singapore.
We have 6 new residents from
the riding facilities in Singapore namely: Cinzano & Prisma (ex dressage
horse from the Youth Olympic Games 2010), Boom Boom and Primus (ex riding
horse/pony), Chung Dong and Warrior (ex race horse) these are the Lucky 6
that were spared from being put down. Come and say "Hi" to these gorgeous
gentle giants and learn more about horses.
Date: Saturday, 22
February
Time: 2.00 p.m.
For more details please click
here
Noah's Ark Photography Retreat:
8 February
If you love animal
photography, you want to learn and get tips from C.S. Ling - she will
be organizing a photography retreat at Noah's Ark on 8 February.
It's a good getaway to escape
from the city and to be with mother nature in the wilderness.
Volunteers Day: 8 March
For all those who had thought
of volunteering at Noah's Ark Sanctuary but are unable to drive - this is our
first ever "Volunteers Day"!
We will be organizing this at
Noah's Ark Sanctuary on Saturday, 8 March.
What many people do not
realize that the animals at the Sanctuary want most from us (after food and
shelter) is to be touched and played with. This is our time to bond with
them.
On this special day, these
volunteers will get a chance to work with dogs, cats or horses whichever
animal catches your fancy. Part of this bonding time would require you to
groom the animals and spend time socializing with them.
All this will be briefed and
discussed further at the sanctuary with a short orientation tour prior to the
session. Our regular volunteers will be present so that they will be able to
help or assist you if required,.
Priority will be given to
volunteers who have visited Noah's Ark before and are used to working with
animals.
For more details about the
programme, please click here.
Happenings at the Ark
Vets Across the Border
January
was a busy month at the ABC Clinic - we had vets from Singapore and vet interns
from Australia attached to Noah's Ark and together they have sterilized close
to 120 dogs and cats within 10 days.
Noah's
Ark provides low cost sterilization for the community - the animals that are
brought to the clinic must be street dogs or cats. Our objective is to
sterilized as many street dogs and cats to prevent unwanted kittens and puppies
on the streets - because the street is not their home.
It
is not possible to rescue or to bring everyone back home - it is important that
that we practice Animal Birth Control.
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After
being with us for 8 months and Raymund nursed Moses back to health, we have
returned Moses into the wild to be with his troop.
It
is sad to see him go but we know in Moses' heart - he is internally grateful
for the care given to him during his stay at Noah's Ark. We would like
to than Mona and her family for contributing towards Moses medical aid.
To
read about Moses' rescue please click here.
Huggy Boy's Enclosure
We
would like to thank our generous sponsors for sponsoring Huggy Boy's enclosure
- due to the bad weather season in December, we had to put the construction on
hold. We will start the construction of Huggy Boy's enclosure after
Chinese New Year - please stay tune for the development of his new home.
Thank you for the Christmas Cookies
We would like to thank our friends for bringing Christmas cheers to our
dogs by donating Christmas Cookies - the dogs loved the cookies and wished it
was Christmas every weekend. Thank you for granting their Christmas
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