Workers struggling to feed and look after 2,500 furry friends


A helper at the Seberang Prai SPCA pouring pet food into trays to be fed to the animals.

THE lives of some 2,500 rescued animals are at stake as food and funding are running dry at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Seberang Prai in Juru, Penang.

Its chairman Tan Kah Chuah said that since the movement control order (MCO) was enforced, adoptions of animals and donations have stopped but not the centre’s heavy monthly expenses of RM40,000.

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