Malaysian shelter rescues 120 cats and dogs from floods

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KAJANG - Volunteers at a animal shelter in one of areas worst-hit by floods in Malaysia staged an eleventh-hour rescue of 120 cats and dogs in lorries as waters rose around its premises.

More than 60,000 people have been displaced and at least 17 killed in floods across eight states in Malaysia, followingRising waters around the Arusza Animal Shelter in Selangor showed up on CCTV cameras installed after animals died in two previous flooding incidents when the shelter was unmanned, volunteer Juanita Izzudin said.

"At least now if there's heavy rain, we can see movement, we can see the water, we can see everything, because we don't want the same mistake to happen," she told Reuters.

 

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