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adopters are police officers,” she says. couraging her friends and adopters
“They support this policy too but un- to work in cats neutering and become
fortunately, they do not have the pow- volunteers in the CCCP. “It is essential
er to investigate into these cases.” to start the education from cat popu-
To improve the current animal lation management and then work in
policies, Olausen thinks giving more neutering,” she says.
freedom to animal rescue volunteers Recently, she has started to reduce
is the best solution. “The government the number of cats she takes home as
does not have to implement any spe- she is preparing to move to Malaysia
cific measures. It is more than enough later this year in order to provide her
if officials support our voluntary family and cats with a better living
work,” she says. She adds that it would environment. Though the culture and
be a win-win situation since the gov- religious practices may be different,
ernment does not need to bear the Olausen hopes to continue her cat res-
cost of human resources, while volun- cue in Malaysia. “Cats are my genuine
teers can protect the animals. companions. I will not give up easily,”
Speaking of her future plan, Olaus- she says.
en says she would like to extend her
career further to educating the pub-
lic about animal welfare. She is now
promoting animal protection by en-

Edited by Sam Kwong
& Valerie Wan

A warm and cozy home for Olausen’s cats