(Pics taken in March 2013.)
The shelter runs a long a narrow strip of land between the road and river. Pics start at the beginning as you drive in and ends at the main entrance at the end.
This is the only area that has access to the river. Once, when Pak Mie had gone to KL, the water had run out after two days and nobody knew how to operate the water pump. There was no more drinking water for the animals. Mak Intan and I took water for the dogs in this enclosure from the river here. It is the only part of the shelter where the land is low enough to reach the river. It was way too hard to walk and carry water to other parts of the shelter, so in the end the animals just had to stay thirsty till Pak Mie came back. No other system.
There are two containers to the right (not pictured). There are about 10 dogs in this area.
Don’t know if they used to live here.
To the left of this is a lottttttt of construction junk, not pictured.
Enclosure #2.
This area also has access to water, but of course only for the unchained dogs. On the left is the roofed area.
One man’s junk is another dog’s bed.
Outside, Pak Mie’s old clunker. He said he used to collect scrap metal to sell. Can’t carry much in this sort of vehicle.
People say that the place is dirty because they are poor. So you have to be rich in order to not throw your rubbish everywhere?
There are so many unused cages here. I asked Mak Intan why they don’t use them, as they are much larger than what they are using now. She said they are infested with mites.
Behind the orange tub is more junk.
These are all the dogs there are in this section. Those that are not chained will run up to greet you (previous and next pic).
Rainwater catchment thing on the left. At least the dogs here get clean water some of the time.
Rainwater thing on the right. More junk at the back. No dogs there, just junk. They did not inherit this. There was nothing here previously, just nipah trees. They bulldozed all the trees and piled earth on the riverbank. All this junk they collected from somewhere and kept here. Hoarders don’t just hoard animals, they hoard junk too. (Hoarding means
the extreme inability to throw away things that no longer serve any purpose.)
After this section is enclosure #3 (not pictured here). It is very overgrown and has a few chickens and two dogs.
Enclosure #4 is a very recent addition, donated by E. The first one with proper fencing. There are 20+ dogs in this enclosure. Mangy dogs freely infecting others. Piles of turd.
Enclosure #5, also donated by E. Many dogs here, about 40. The roofed part at rear left, is the cat room.
Cat room, donated by Z. Pics pan from right to left. They had far too many dogs, so they stuffed the dogs into this enclosure with the cats.
30+ dogs here, including puppies in cages.
30-40 cats in here.
Behind that wall of cats is this - the main area. This is the rear section of the main/entrance area.
A few sugar gliders at top left. Puppies and dogs at bottom and centre, and cats in cages, right.
Ground (pebbles) look greasy as it is sprayed with diesel daily to kill flies.
A few sugar gliders at top left. Puppies and dogs at bottom and centre, and cats in cages, right.
Ground (pebbles) look greasy as it is sprayed with diesel daily to kill flies.
At the back, the cooking and cleaning area (to the left of black water tank). Tubs of god knows what dumped behind the tank. Behind the trees is the river. About 5 dogs and 2 monkeys here.
Middle section, 12-15 cats here.
Middle section of main area. Big cages recently donated. 10 or so cats.
Cages stacked on junk, junk stacked on cages.
Behind the zinc sheet are cages with 3 ducks and 2 budgies.
Right side of main area in Feb. Chicken, rabbits, puppies, dogs. Still got some breathing room.
Same place in March.
Old pic from Feb, not so crowded yet. You can see how quickly the number of animals increase in a month.
As of March, there are about 20 adult dogs in the main area - most tied up, some free running.
Puppies there are a lot - maybe 50.
Gotong-Royong (Cleanup) Day, March 15-17, 2013. This is what the main area looks like without clutter. Won’t stay this clean for long! Behind the white rectangle are several litters of puppies. Some dumped, some bred.
All the caged animals and stuff from the main area have been moved out here. Big dogs are elsewhere. Count for yourself and see if it tallies with what you saw inside earlier:
There’s the chicken and puppies.
All puppies. Small cage on the right is sugar gliders.
Beyond the tents is vacant land used as a parking lot.
Across the river is Millionaire’s Row. Free smells and incessant barking free of charge.
Across the street, padi field. The wind always blows across the padi field (empty land). Makes the shelter nice and cool, and then blows out all the smells over to Millionaire’s Row.
Ok, end of tour. How many animals did you see?
I say 200-250 dogs, plus puppies 300 max. 100 cats. That’s 400 total, or 500 at absolute maximum.
He says he has 700 dogs and 200 cats. 900 total. And that was one month before these pics were taken. Why exaggerate by so much? So that you would donate more, duh!
