Help needed: Lim, feeding her cats, says she dipped into her EPF to help care for the strays.
GEORGE TOWN: Local animal shelters are finding it hard to make ends meet after a drastic drop in donations due to the present movement control order.
Meowy Cat Shelter Penang founder Pauline Lim, 56, said it was hard to pay the cost for her three shelters in Balik Pulau, Butterworth and George Town.
“I need at least RM4,000 a month to pay for the shelters’ rental, and another RM4,000 for the food and the medical bills of the 200-odd cats, ” she said when contacted yesterday.