Gail's Email 7/22/2014 12:24 PM
I forgot to mention that in Sibu I will
also be attending a funding raising campaign for a spay/neuter program
for cats and dogs. A Malaysian friend who visited me last year was so
taken with my many happy cats that he went back to Sibu and, with a
little $ help from me, started the "Love Our Animals" project. So far,
they have "fixed" more than 800 animals, a drop in the bucket, but at
least it's a start. The hardest thing for me about going back is seeing
all the unwanted and homeless cats and dogs and this program is a
"first", at least in Sibu. I hope it spreads.
Regarding animals, I am happy to report that my farm will
become a "Safe House" for animals that the local SPCA rescues. We're
calling it a safe house because everyone needs to "shhhh" about its
existence, less the average irresponsible public citizen decides to
leave his animal here. Our first residents are a mother dog and 6
puppies. We are remodeling the old loafing shed that used to be the
bedroom for the dairy cows. And all this is being coordinated with the
Foothills Land Conservancy which will use the farm as an educational
center and my house as their headquarters after I am "late" (as in, the
late Gail Harris).
One last piece of information ( I'm sure you're thinking this is already too much), I am hoping to visit Niah Cave in Miri, on the Borneo coast after graduation and the funding raising event. This cave is famous for the discovery of a 40,000 year old human skull; a discovery that added to the information scientists have been collecting about the migration of humans out of Africa. Read Chris Stringer's book, Lone Survivors, for more detail about our ancestors.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Vance G ....@gmail.com [class59] <class59@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
Life goes on
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