HEALTH
Your cats are making you crazy
“Your cats are making you crazy” may sound like the beginning of a joke, but there is science behind it. Toxoplasma gondii is a parasite passed in faeces by infected cats that can work its […]
PETS & WILDLIFE
ANIMAL WELFARE
Summer job for teenage dog lovers: take Catherine’s puppies walkies
Catherine of Catherine’s Puppies needs volunteers to walk her 23 dogs. Her new shelter — it’s just four months old — is in a leafy location a hundred yards down from the catchment road high […]
PETS & WILDLIFE
Cattle that wander and sleep on roads to get luminous collars
Luminous collars will be fitted on cattle who make a habit of wandering, even sleeping, on Sai Sha and Tai Mong Tsai Roads, Carol Biddell of Sai Kung Buffalo Watch said. Getting wild cattle to […]
ANIMAL WELFARE
How to keep an old dog’s tail wagging, by mobile vet
The mobile vet, Dr Matthew Murdoch, gave a talk at The Hive last month on “How to Keep an Old Dog’s Tail Wagging”. Here’s what Matthew had to say: The keys to giving an elderly […]
ANIMAL WELFARE
Colourful doggie homing carnival needs expansion, animal activists say
Sai Kung’s dog adoption carnival on March 7 and 8 attracted hundreds of people and as many dogs, but few of them were available for homing. Most dogs were brought by visitors. Jen Chan of […]
PETS & WILDLIFE
Its April so our snakes will be slithering out, active and hungry
April has arrived so the snakes will be coming out, Snake Catcher Dave Willott says. Chinese cobras will be sun bathing, bamboo snakes will be slithering in stream beds and red-necked keelbacks will be hunting […]
PETS & WILDLIFE
Dog home fights on against officials and costs
Sai Kung Stray Friends’ battles with the establishment are dragging on as the Town Planning Board has deferred its hearing for two months, Founder Narelle Pamuk said. The latest issue raised by the Government is […]
PETS & WILDLIFE
Publicity-shy riding school: horsey set quick with brush-off
Why is the Clearwater Bay Equestrian Centre publicity-shy? At first when approached by SAI KUNG BUZZ it was, “Zis iz how you vill write za story”. When this didn’t work we got a curt “we […]
PETS & WILDLIFE
Beware of respiratory diseases in cats, Sai Kung vet says
Pet owners should be aware of the high incidence of upper respiratory diseases in cats in Hong Kong, Dr Rob Gordon of Animal Medical Clinic said. He singled out herpes virus and calicivirus as the […]
ANIMAL WELFARE
Activist academics film 60 Pangolins in Hoi Ha
Prince William put it well: “The pangolin runs the risk of becoming extinct before most people have heard of them.” At least 60 pangolins are believed to be living in the Hoi Ha area, based […]
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