MPKj confirms matter, Vet Dept issues notification letter for dog, says Kajang police chief

Closer cooperation between govt, enforcement agencies also vital to combat animal cruelty

PUTRAJAYA, May 11 — Malaysia has remained free of anthrax since the last reported case to the World Organisation for Animal Health in 1976.

KLANG, March 29 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (MAFS) is looking for ways to help restore pig farming that has been impacted by the African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak, particularly in Selangor.

JOHOR BAHRU, Oct 26 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is urging owners of pets, like dogs and cats, in Sarawak to get them vaccinated, to curb rabies in the state.

KUCHING, Oct 21 — The Sarawak Brigade General Operations Force (GOF) seized 657,050kg of frozen food products without permits, valued at RM13.3 million, and detained two local men aged 55 and 70, during Op Taring Bravo yesterday.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 23 — Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa has confirmed that no Nipah cases have been detected in Malaysia since the last case was recorded on May 27, 1999.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 23 — The World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) has reinstated the African Horse Sickness (AHS)-free country status to Malaysia on September 15, after it was suspended in August 2020 due to an outbreak in Terengganu.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has taken various actions to prevent and control the spread of rabies, as well as to eliminate the disease and prevent it from re-emerging in the country.

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 — Malaysia has lifted the temporary suspension on the imports of live cattle and buffalo from Australia effective immediately, said the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — Police are tracking individuals believed to be involved in the case involving the discovery of tens of cat skeletons, organs and carcasses in a condominium unit in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, here, on March 11.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — The Malaysia Animal Association has urged the Veterinary Services Department (DVS) to conduct a thorough investigation into the discovery of tens of cat skeletons, organs and carcasses in a condominium unit in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, on March 11.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 — The 2023 subsidy application for poultry farmers and egg producers for 2023 is still closed, the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) said today.

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 9 — State Veterinary Services Departments (DVS) can consider applications from relevant parties in states that have recorded African Swine Fever (ASF) cases to transfer live pigs to slaughterhouses in other states.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 — African Swine Fever (ASF) infections in Negeri Sembilan are under control and there are no more reports of deaths relating to wild boars or commercial pig farms, said the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS).

PUTRAJAYA, July 7 — Small-and-medium-scale chicken breeders are allowed to take advance payments of chicken price subsidy as one of the ways to ensure the supply of chicken in the market remains stable, Tan Sri Annuar Musa announced.

ALOR GAJAH, June 18 — The shortage of sacrificial cattle for the Aidiladha celebration is expected to be resolved by early July, including the quarantine period for the entry of imported cattle, which has been shortened to only 14 days.

SERDANG, June 4 — The current shortage of chicken supply is expected to be resolved in a month, said Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) director-general, Datuk Dr Norlizan Mohd Noor said.

PUTRAJAYA, May 10 — The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) will be enforcing some regulations cited in the 2021-2030 National Animal Welfare Strategic Plan (NAWSP), including one related to pet or animal abandonment.

PUTRAJAYA, April 11 — The Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) has activated surveillance and sampling to detect rabies in stray dogs in an area of one-kilometre radius from the index case following the death of a man in Petaling district, Selangor, confirmed from rabies, last April 4.