Retired nurse cares for stray animals now
Winnie Lau runs an animal shelter for about 200 dogs and cats in a Negeri Sembilan jungle.
Story by: Sheela Vijayan
Shot by: Bani Jamian & Tinagaren Ramkumar
Presented by: Theevya Ragu
Edited by: Aisha Husaini
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Story by: Sheela Vijayan
Shot by: Bani Jamian & Tinagaren Ramkumar
Presented by: Theevya Ragu
Edited by: Aisha Husaini
Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2024/03/09/retired-nurse-cares-for-four-legged-children-now/
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Transcript
00:00 In the jungles of Negeri Sembilan lies a small animal shelter known as Cherish Life Home.
00:06 This shelter is run by Winnie Lau, a 67-year-old retired nurse.
00:11 Where once she cared for patients in a hospital, today Lau cares for almost 200 dogs and cats at this animal shelter.
00:24 They are all strays who have nowhere else to go.
00:28 For Lau, it all started when she agreed to a simple request by a security guard in her housing area.
00:34 Later, when he resigned, he asked if she would take over the job of feeding the strays in the area.
00:54 And once more, she agreed.
00:57 Besides feeding them, she is also a part of the Traff Neuter Release Program,
01:01 but it was the abused and injured ones that distressed her the most.
01:05 She rescued some of them and placed them in an animal shelter where she volunteered,
01:10 before starting Cherish Life Home in 2010.
01:15 Life is also precious, you know.
01:19 And I was thinking like, if we are to rescue and all that, let people know we cherish them also.
01:28 So I was thinking like, cherish, cherish a life.
01:33 So that's why I named it Cherish Life, and then it's our home.
01:40 Admittedly, running this home is tough.
01:43 Having sufficient funds for food and medicine is a constant worry.
01:47 Yet, she finds her fulfillment in seeing the animals thrive within the safe confines of the shelter,
01:54 away from the dangers of the streets.
01:56 Here, the cats and dogs live in spacious, partitioned spaces,
02:01 have dedicated playtimes, and enjoy the clean air and lush greenery.
02:07 I prefer not to have my location out,
02:12 because if they start dumping dogs or cats or whatever, it's dangerous.
02:20 Because this is a forest, jungle area, there's no body around.
02:27 So if you dump your dogs here, or even puppies, they will get killed, you know,
02:34 by wild dogs and wild boars.
02:38 For Lau, the animals of the shelter are more than just rescues.
02:43 They are all my children. They are all my children.
02:48 Very cute, aren't they all?
02:50 Once, she nursed ailing humans, but today Lau is devoted to caring for these animals.
03:00 Be kind to all living things.
03:04 Not only to stray dogs or stray cats.
03:09 They are also part of the community.
03:12 Divya Ragu and Sheila Vijayan, FMT Lifestyle.
03:17 lifestyle.
03:17 (upbeat music)
03:20 (upbeat music)