February 2022

A turtle that has outgrown its bowl, a bird that has outlived its novelty, an ailing arowana, will all too easily prompt their owners to turn to the alleged curative quality of nature, to charitably return their pets “home”.

THE COLLEGE GENERAL in Pulau Tikus was a fascinating place. Probably one of the most cosmopolitan places in Penang with more than a dozen nationalities living t...

Brother Jason Blaikie, Brother Director of St. Xavier’s Institution, is practising the bagpipes when I arrive to interview him – I hear the distinctive skirl as...

SINCE THE FIRST Covid outbreak in December 2019, more reports and evidence have surfaced tracing the origins of the virus to wildlife trade, adding it to the gr...

WHENEVER I AM asked why I gave up a well-paying, full-time corporate job to start my own business, my reply is always this: because I want to work at home with...

DEEP WITHIN THE sprawling tunnels of Egypt’s “Pet Catacombs,”[1] the remains of roughly eight million mummified pets – mostly dogs – have been discovered. ...

MEET BATZMAN, a four-year-old Pomeranian. After breakfast every morning, his soft brown coat gets a thorough brushing before he heads into “work” – just like hi...