Guardian of the Strays

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Update

Thank you everyone for the donations! With your help, the donation has exceeded my own personal target which is RM500. Actually this campaign's, Animal's Hope, aim is to achieve a target of RM2000 and we are a team of 7 people who helps to fundraise this campaign. We each have a target of RM500. Now, since I have reached my personal target, I am going to increase it to RM1000 to hopefully boost your morale to donate even more. Of course, do check out my friends' page as well. 

Steps to explore their page is as follows:

1. Scroll all the way to the top of the page. You will see my page title which is "Guardian of the Strays".
2. Click on the blue "Animal's Hope" letter and you will be able to go to the main campaign.
3. To explore other fundraiser's page, you can scroll all the way down of the main campiagn page.

#YouAreTheAnimal'sHope

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Hey guys, I’m Wayne from Universiti Malaysia Sabah, currently involving in AIESEC (non-governmental organisation) Animal’s Hope Project to help stray animals.

We almost always able to see stray animals roaming around the street, homeless, seeking for food. Most of them showed signs of skin problem, wounded, and skinny. Sometimes when I approach them and share my food to them, you'll find that they actually have the sweet personality inside them, wagging their tail and smiling at you. I was wondering that what can I do in order to help these poor little animals until I saw this project.

This project aims to help the strays in Sibu. According to Sibu Animal Rescue Society (SARS), 900 stray animals were rescued by shelters in Sibu in 2019. The dog catching unit of Sibu Municipal Council had caught 83 dogs in January and 96 dogs in February this year. There is also a lack of animal welfare in Sibu. Some stray animals showed signs of being abused, such as legs being glued together and sellotape on the fur, before being rescued by animal shelters in Sibu. Besides that, some pet owners neglect their responsibilities on their pets with evidence that point to some irresponsible pet owners leaving their pets outside when they do not want to take care of them anymore, turning them into strays.

A large number of strays combined with poor animal welfare causes them to be possible carriers of dangerous diseases, such as rabies. On 26 March, a five-year-old girl, Abbiera Mia Alexson died due to rabies infection, as she was bitten by a stray dog at Jalan Sentosa in Sibu in early March. This case has led to the capture of 18 dogs at the place of the incident.

The goal of raising this fund is to help SARS so that they can continue help the strays by buying them food, spaying, and find them their forever home. Anyone of us can be the guardian of the strays. Small action, big affection!