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Social Justice
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Vegan Stores
Est. July 2019 a fully vegan grocer that provides a variety of vegan and organic products. Range includes vegan meat and cheese, biscuits, cereals, snacks, and nutritional supplements as well as personal care products and even pet food. No dine-in service
Animals
Located in a small town of Kundang, near Rawang Selangor is the green and spacious no-kill Animal Sanctuary. The 1.8 acre Furry Friends Farm is home to 500 or more animals. Dogs, cats, a goat, chickens, rabbit, ducks and geese - as for the farm animal they are rescued from the destiny from ending on dinner plate.
The dogs and cats came from the street, either strays, abandoned, neglected, sick and injured. The objective of the Sanctuary is to provide quality lives to the residents who are mostly seniors, disabled, sick and unadoptable.
Run by a vegan duo (assisted by a team of committed volunteer), their main duties are to alleviate sufferings and to spread love, compassion and kindness to all species, not just dogs and cats. Furry Friends Farm is also working towards to be a Vegan Sanctuary/Farm - when its well funded and capable and when the number of animals are manageable. The financial constraint is one of the reasons that is holding them back when getting affordable good quality vegan kibble in Malaysia, is almost impossible !
Dedicated to providing a sustainable future for the critically endangered orangutan species through rehabilitation and conservation of orangutans and their rainforest habitat.
We are striving to protect the remaining wild population of orangutans by providing support and funding for projects across Malaysian and Indonesian Borneo; and by raising awareness of the plight of this great ape across the globe.
In support of Sepilok we identify specific needs there, which we then adopt as projects. Each project is funded and managed by the Appeal, with goods, services and labour sourced locally wherever possible.
PAWS (PAWS Animal Welfare Society) is a non-profit animal shelter in Petaling Jaya that has been in operation since 1987. We receive the surrender of unwanted dogs and cats which we will vaccinate, deworm, neuter/spay, and put up for adoption. Currently, there are over 250 dogs and 250 cats under the care of the shelter. The shelter and all costs involved in running it are entirely funded by the generous donations of the public as well as proceeds from charitable events. The PAWS team consists of three office staff, a number of part-time veterinarians, one vet assistant and seven kennel workers. PAWS is a registered Society under the Registry of Societies of Malaysia that is led by an elected committee.
SPCA Selangor is an integrated animal welfare organisation in Ampang Jaya, Selangor and is a registered charity under the Registrar of Societies. It is a well-respected and trusted non-profit organisation. Over the years, this organisation has gained tremendous goodwill, recognition and support from animal lovers all over Malaysia. All donations to SPCA Selangor are tax-exempt.
Stray Free Selangor: The Humane and Compassionate Way (SFS) was launched in March 2017 by Royal Patron Duli Yang Maha Mulia Tengku Permaisuri Selangor, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin. SFS has a vision of a home for every soul, and for strays to be treated with compassion.
SFS focuses on Humane Education, High Volume Spay/Neuter, and Government Lobbying for effective, sustainable and humane ways to control the stray animal population.
Elephants
The Asian elephants face extinction for years now. Numbers in Malaysia (including the Bornean Pygmy sub species) are estimated below 3.000 in total. There used to be large numbers of elephants in Malaysia, but that amount has dropped enormously over the last 25 years. The biggest threat the elephant population in Malaysia faces is the massive clearance of the rain forests. Elephants used to have many thousands of sq km2 of rain forest where they could roam free. Now Peninsular Malaysia is developed with many roads, villages, cities and especially palm oil plantations; which limits and destroys the elephants' natural migration path.
As the natural habitat of the elephants grew smaller and smaller, numbers of conflicts between human and elephants were on the rise. In an answer to that Malaysian authorities set up the Elephant Management Unit in 1974 under the authority of the Department of Wildlife and National Parks. This unit is located at the first and biggest elephant sanctuary in Malaysia; the Kuala Gandah Elephant Conservation Centre. People there have become highly specialized in elephant relocation, moving elephants to the eastern Malaysian states of Kelantan, Terengganuand Pahang where there is still a large amount of forest, some of which is protected as part of the vast Taman Negara National Park.
Currently two main elephant centers can be visited by tourists; the very popular Kuala Gandah elephant center and the Sungai Ketiar center. Kuala Gandah is very popular among tourists; mainly because it is only a two hour drive from Kuala Lumpur by rental car. Sungai Ketiar is less popular due to its remote location northwest of Lake Kenyir in the state of Terengganu. Both sanctuaries respond to elephant alerts and relocate captured wild elephants to their new habitat within the big national parks (mainly in the center of Peninsular Malaysia). The people that work at the sanctuary (most of them are volunteers) also track down and capture hunters and poachers to bring them to justice (a dangerous job); though unfortunately local laws are not severe enough to really make a difference. Here are links to two Elephant Sanctuaries.
Borneo pygmy elephant
The Borneo Pygmy elephant is the smallest sub-member of its species, possibly due to the ‘island effect’ where an animal can get bigger or smaller over generations as a consequence of its interaction with its environment. DNA analysis indicated that this species separated from their cousin, the Asian elephant, some 300,000 years ago, and has undergone several changes in isolation. As a result, they are smaller (less than 2.4m) and gentler than other elephant species. Today, they can be found in forests situated on flat lowlands and in river valleys in the northern and north-eastern parts of Borneo.
Responsible Ecotourism
Tourism is one of the biggest industries in the world, with a global economic contribution of over 7 trillion US dollars. With the rise in eco-conscious travellers, and as our world becomes more connected, responsible or sustainable ecotourism is a vital part of the solution. This could help generate much needed revenue for the conservation of the pygmy elephant, or any other endangered species. With every social media post or picture of the trip to the wild can actually help to raise a species profile which is a valuable asset when it comes to protecting endangered species.
Community-led tourism could become an efficient business model that could shape the ecotourism of the future. This would give the local community access to better employment opportunities, education, health, and overall, a better quality of life. More importantly, this would help to foster community-led conservation initiatives since the community will be aware of the economic and social value of their natural and cultural heritage. This would give them a sense of purpose, pride and responsibility.
There is no denying that we are an integral part of nature as are other life forms, evolved over time, in many different shapes and sizes. And all have their own stories to tell. Perhaps, we should learn to listen, share, and protect these stories and story characters of the wild.
Orangutan
Last year alone, up to 3,000 orangutans were shot as a result of human-wildlife conflict. I want to join the people working on the frontline of orangutan conservation, who implement a proven solution that I intend to support to become more widely implemented, documenting this story in a film so those of us across the world can take action to save them too, but I need your help!
My film is for my MA in Wildlife Filmmaking so they host a screening for us to be picked up by commissioners. I will also be submitting it to film festivals and running my own independent screenings as well. My film is being made with a small, grassroots NGO. It is not about palm oil or deforestation. It is about the local community and human-wildlife conflict mitigation. The ranger team I will be filming with run workshops in different villages around the border of the national park. The rangers are all ex poachers.
The message is that we need to change our consumption habits in our daily lives + when supporting conservation, instead of donating to say rehab centres which receive thousands of pounds each year, donate to community-focused initiatives which actually help to mitigate the conflict in the first place (removing the need for rehab)
Also, eco-tourism is not always the answer, especially where I’m going to be filming in Bukit Luwang, there are a lot of problems with so called eco-tourist projects; with lots of them luring wild orangutans out of the trees for tourists, making them more susceptible to contracting diseases, and less afraid of humans, putting them at risk of poaching / capture for the illegal pet trade. It’s all so complex. Which is why education is so so important ☺️🙌