This was published in July 2017 and we would like to republish it in view of our new policies in Dec 2018.
It is now almost 10 years that AnimalCare has existed and we are heartened to see that we have helped to build a large community of caregivers of street animals who do neutering work, which in turn has increased the public’s appreciation and acceptance of neutering.
Even so, we believe it is timely for AnimalCare Neutering Fund to tighten our policy and deploy our limited funds more efficiently to those who need it most, i.e. new caregivers who are starting out and who are constrained by the lack of funds, experience and support because they are working in isolation.
While we are by no means suggesting that experienced caregivers need less funds, we believe that they are in a stronger position to seek alternative sources of funding. Consequently, we would like to encourage them to move on so that we have a larger pool of funds to benefit caregivers with little or no experience.
To the experienced caregivers and especially those who have organised a small team of friends with specific duties, please do consider registering yourselves as a society so that you can raise your own funds to sustain your long-term rescue and neutering work. This would be so much better than depending on organisations to fund your work.
Indeed, it is our earnest hope that those whom we have helped will some day donate to AnimalCare to help the newcomers do neutering work. With more people involved in neutering work, the burden can be shared by many instead of being borne by just a few.
Finally, we would like to take the opportunity to stress that AnimalCare is a charity founded on life-affirming principles. As such, applicants who share our values will be given priority in the assessment and approval process.
To clarify, we do not endorse the putting down of sick or infant animals without giving the animals treatment or care, nor do we encourage rescuers who focus on just getting an animal neutered and released but then fail to follow up with the necessary medical treatment or care.
CNRM starts with “Care” and ends with “Manage”.
All creatures – be they young, weakly, sick or elderly – are precious and deserve to be cared for as best as possible, so our larger objective is to promote and grow a community that not only rescues and neuters street animals, but is committed to their long-term care and wellbeing.
Thank you for your interest and understanding in helping us achieve this.
Please take note:
Due to the scarcity of funds now:
(1) Effective 1st December 2018, the claim per week per applicant is restricted to a maximum of RM200.
(2) Effective immediately, there will also be a maximum total claim allowable for each applicant (from date of 1st claim). The applicant will be given one month’s notice before this maximum is reached after which we will not be able to help him/her anymore.
However, clause (2) is subject to fund availability so the applicant may write in from time to time to enquire if we have enough funds to help him/her again. Please do so with photos, statistics and sufficient justification of why he/she still needs to apply for our funds.