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09/08/2024

7 years ago, we rescued Chorny Kot from an industrial estate. He was very sick and we had to take him to the vet many times.
Just before we rescued him, we also took in Rusty, Sandy and Mandy. They accepted him as their new little brother. We believe their love help Chorny to get well.
And now 7 years later, Chorny is a happy, healthy and handsome boy!

08/08/2024

Happy Birthday Grandpa Joe!
Last year, a "rescue" group took him to the vet for PTS.
The vet saw it for what it is - convenience euthanasia and asked if we would adopt him.
Today, more than a year after he was almost put down, Grandpa Joe celebrates his 16th birthday.
To us, rescue work is about saving lives and understanding what animals need to get well. We don't have the right to end their lives.

31/07/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BL3EVUTNLFY
Our latest resue story

Joan is a cat we rescued. She has many health issues, and we are working with our vet to resolve them. We want Joan to have a happy and healthy life.

22/07/2024

Sammy is the cat who fell and broke his pelvis. We rescued him and sent him for surgery. After being discharged, he needed cage rest and was still in pain. Dillion would encourage Sammy and assure him.
Dillion had nerve generation and became bed ridden.
Sammy would stay by him and let him know everyone loves him.
Rescue work can be stressful and even depressing.
But moments like this puts things into perspective.
It is all worth it!
Sammy's story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xciSBorSQf0&t=4s
Dillion's story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0PfCkmmJ5A&t=15s

17/07/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0PfCkmmJ5A&t=187s
A tribute to Dillion. We adopted him when he has nerve degeneration. There were difficult moments but we did everything we can to make sure he is happy and comfortable.
He is a very sweet boy and if we can choose again, we will still adopt him and to love him.
In loving memory of a very sweet and special baby.

This is the story of Dillion, a Husky Singapore Special mix we adopted. He had nerve degeneration and later dementia. It is our journey with him as his condi...

16/07/2024

Gold-D FIV This is Lembu, our new rescue.
He is FIV+ with kidney failure, high blood pressure and a detached retina. It is too dangerous for him to be on the streets so we have adopted him.
We are giving him blood pressure medication and doing subcut.
The hope is for his kidney to be stable his blood pressure to go down and be stable. When this happens, we can look into surgery to rectify the retina. When his vision is restored, he will be much more comfortable.
We are very happy he allows us to medicate and subcut etc. Hoping for the best

04/07/2024

Happy 4th of July

01/07/2024

Recently, we rescued Joan. She was in a bad shape and had ear mite treatment, surgery to repair a cleft pallet, and to remove a tumour. The biopsy confirmed cancer in the tumour but very early stage and has not spread!
She needs another surgery for the cleft pallet, dental and a 6 monthly check up for any new tumors.
One step at a time but at least for now, she is cancer-free!
The tumour was removed just in time!

01/07/2024

Wishing everyone a Happy July

15/06/2024

Today is Sandy and Rusty's birthday.
7 years ago, they were born on a construction site and their mother was killed by a dog sortly after giving birth. We took them in and was planning to rehome them. But everyone wanted Rusty the ginger boy but not sandy and mandy. They just lost their mother and we did not want to separate them so we adopted all 3.
The youngest sister Mandy passed away last year so this year is the first time they celebrated a birthday without Mandy.
We hope mandy is enjoying her time with her mummy and to let her mummy know Rusty and Sandy are safe and happy.

14/06/2024

Today is Rebecca's birthday. She is Baby Gus mummy.
When she was rescued, she was also tested FeLV+. After retest she became negative and as adopted her because we want mother and child to be united.
Rebecca is a very shy and reserved cat. When she arrived, she was so stressed she refused to move. Now, she is a very happy mother cat to baby Gus. She is also extremely caring. This week, when Rabbit had to go for dental, she sat next to rabbit to assure him.

14/06/2024

We also have a belated birthday for Julie.
Julie is the only cat we successfully fought of cancer because it was discovered very early.
We are okay with her not having the ear flap. Her hearing is not affected and it is more important that she is cancer free.
Julie has been a super sweet girl since she arrived. The cats love her and when she sees new cats, she will reach out to them to make them feel assured and welcome. We love julie and we are extremely proud of her!
Happy birthday, precious Julie.

12/06/2024

Pretty smokie having a rest. She is not interacting much with the cats but there is no hissing.
We adopted her because she is very likely to have asthma.
Since she arrived, she has not show any signs so that means there are no triggers to cause an attack so we are very happy.
Her life quality will fall if she is on the street.

22/05/2024

https://youtu.be/q57rK3xxub4?si=mLELZp5AJ_6J5u3M
5 years ago today, the family was abandoned. We rescued them to prevent the from being out down.
We wanted to rehome but almost impossible to rehome 6 adults cats together.
The family is very affectionate and could snuggle and groom each other.
We decided to adopt so that the family stays together.
Mummy iris has passed away but papa Richard continues to care for his babies dot dot, bean bean, tail tail and Ben Ben.

On 22 May 2019, a family of 8 cats was abandoned. Left alone, they face great danger so we rescued them. By the time we arrived only 6 were left hence the n...

20/05/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SNEix39VpA
When animals are rescued, they become part of the rescuer's value system and may end up being put down even if they can recover.
That is why this year's Vesak theme is animals as fellow beings. This means we treat the rescued animals with respect and as fellow beings. The approach is to offer them support to get well or be comfortable, not as a "rescue" that we do as we please.
This video for Vesak 2024 explains it.

To celebrate Vesak Day, our message for 2024 is Animals as Fellow Beings. We promote the idea of seeing animal as sentiment beings who has feelings, thoughts...

18/05/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpfR19bWt50&t=3s
Our first FeLV+ rescue was Rahula. He recuperated after we rescued him, he lived for another 8 months, and passed away of cancer.
When he was leaving, we told him not to worry about us and to let go of his body. We also tell him we will always love and never forget him.
So when our rescue friends rescued several FeLV cats, we decided to set up a FeLV sanctuary and we named it Rahula FeLV Sanctary in memory of Rahula. We love him and we miss him and the best way to honour him is to rescue other FeLV cats in his memory.

Rahula FeLV Sanctuary was set up in 2020. 2 years have passed by and we take a look at what we have done, our hopes, and revisit the initial motivation to se...

17/05/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wghVY8v8L4
Food for Thought goes to Nepal!
Street Dog Care is one of the groups we support in Nepal.
The founder shares her opinion on why she says "No to convince euthanasia".
Alot of respect for organisations like this.

"Gold-D Food for Thought" is a program that explores and shares insights on animal welfare issues. Each topic is represented by a donut. No to convenience eu...

12/05/2024

Our new baby. Oyen.
He is FIV+ and we suspect he is at palliative stage.

06/05/2024

Gold-D wet food and treats are all carrageenan-free.
Recently, we stopped the jelly range because the supplier of carrageenan-free ingredients discontinued it. We have found a new supplier and are evaluating it now.
We have many FIV and FeLV cats and they have a higher chance of cancer. But it is an ingredient that no animals should be exposed to because cancer is usually not reversible by the time we discover it.
We mention carrageenan-free on all of our labels.

Author Ingrid King, who is also a former veterinary hospital manager and veterinary journalist, has expressed concern over the presence of carrageenan.

05/05/2024

This is Mr. Sammy. According to our CEO Rabbit, Sammy is the most intelligent cat in the family.

01/05/2024

Wishing everyone happy May
This is very sweet Bobo the GR and Jasmin the Siamese.
Now both enjoying themselves at the rainbow bridge.
Jasmin story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9gqbV0mCwI

29/04/2024

Happy birthday Tamasan! We are so happy to celebrate her 12th birthday. Nine years ago, she was thrown out on the street and was so stressed and hungry. Our friend rescued her, and we adopted her. Since that day, she has become a very sweet, loving, and caring cat. We are so happy to celebrate her birthday today.
This was how frightened she was when rescued: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-mPMjs5VtS4

27/04/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJjn66dqRj8
This is the story of Uncle Rob. A cat who almost died of convenience euthanasia.

In Nov 2018, Uncle Rob's ex-owners wanted to euthanize him and the reason was, he is "smelly". To save Uncle Rob, we adopted him.We enjoyed 3 very happy year...

19/04/2024

Vet bills pile up very fast. But if that is what it take for them to get well so be it. Remembering Harry. He is a FIV and FeLV+ cat we took in. When he first saw the vet, it was so gloomy. He had parasites all over him, there was concern of cancer and his overall outlook was bad.
He was hospitalized for about a month before we could bring him back. Lots of love, lots of care, and he began to get well.
Harry has a very special magic around him. He makes people feel very happy. We had lots of happy moments with him. This was when we celebrated his birthday. See his happy face.
Some FeLV+ cats have a short life and we cant change that. But what we can do is to make sure his last days are always full of love and happiness.

17/04/2024

This is Sawyer T. Rabbit, our cat CEO.
Rabbit is FIV+ and a community cat. In 2019, he was found by a rescue group and they wanted to put him down because they felt he looked very sick and dying. We are against convenience euthanasia so we adopted him. It took a while before he warmed up to us and he bloom into a very adorable, happy and healthy cat.
Today, we are so happy to celebrate his 13 birthday. We got him a longevity peach, a traditional Chinese birthday pastry used for grandparents.
Happy birthday precious Rabbit!

16/04/2024

Oh we got news that Rabbit's documentary got an honorable mention for the poster design.
This is a documentary that tells Rabbit's story from the street to our home and we want his story to show that FIV+ enjoy good quality happy lives.
We are so happy and so excited so we rushed to tell Rabbit.
His reply: Hmmmmmm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncMi2w9mvR0

14/04/2024

This is a cat we adopted recently. He is FIV+ and lost his eye from a very bad flu. The changes of an adult FIV+ cat blind in an eye is very low so we adopted him.
We don't need a perfect pet but we hope to be the perfect family for him.

13/04/2024

We have a program in Nepal where we raise food, medicine and supplies to support the rescue groups in Nepal. It is very encouraging to see the work they do. Saving and transforming lives!

02/04/2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3laQlle1WU&t=28s

Real-life story: Mandy is our rescued kitten who was tested FeLV+, and she fell very sick shortly afterwards. The out look very very bad and she even showed ...

01/04/2024

Wishing everyone happy April.