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Dear Sir,
I am a Malaysian and my hobby is the shama. I would like to
visit you sir at Singapore to learn more about shama breeding.
Here in Malaysia I am in the fruits and honey business. I have
a papaya plantation of about 5 acres on which I make my living.
I am serious about breeding the shama. I have bought 4 males and 2 females at
a total cost of Rm16 K. I have also
invested in building a compound of 20 x 40 ft in which I have an initial 4 (5 x
6 x 6 ) breeding compartments.
Here in Malaysia, I can’t get much information about
breeding the shama and I need some expert to help me with
my program.
I first got involved in the shama in Sept 2013 when
I bought my first shama at a cost of RM1,800. I received advice from some people that I
should not get involved in the shama hobby because the
Malaysian government requires the owner of a shama to have a permit to
keep it. Because of this, I tried to
sell the shama with 9” tails that had been caught in July through the Singapore
shama group website. However, I then did not know the rule that
we Malaysians can’t easily sell birds
to Singapore without proper document. I therefore decided to
keep the bird and to apply for a permit to do so. I have visited Jabatan Perhilitan (Wildlife
and National Parks Department) and I have managed to acquire 3 permits to keep
shamas.
Now that I have the permits, there is no need for me to give up the
hobby and I am very interested in going deeply into shama breeding.
I have an ongoing discussion with Perhilitan regarding breeding
shamas. Its officers have visited my
area and they acknowledge that I have 6 shamas for this purpose. My understanding is that the officers are in
favor of approving a breeding permit for my program.
I give thanks to god that, based on the information on your blog, I have been
able to convince Jabatan Perhilitan that the shama can be bred.
Thanks again to you sir for successfully breeding the shama and making
the information available for reference on your blog. I can assure you that without your
efforts, the shama hobby is a dead end in Malaysia
because to acquire a permit depends on luck (only 100 permits
are given a year for each state) and as a hobby we cannot depend on luck to
fulfil our desire.
Lastly but not least many of my friends
and relatives ask me a question, “Why Mohd do you get involved
in this hobby, which is very difficult to maintain and requires a lot
of time to be spent? The answer from me is that the hobby gives me natural
peace for my inner self. My heart is far from world gimmicks where
people get crazy with clubbing, drinking sexing, etc etc and I get
self-peace from bird-keeping.
Still as a shama lover, I am very sad deep in
my heart that I have been selfish for my happiness, that I
have bought and caged this beautiful wild bird. This beautiful god
gifted animal is the first animal in heven to inspire prophet Adam for
a life partner as a lover.
Therefore I have set my mind not to buy much more wild-caught shama and
this led me, as a bird lover, to breed captive birds in future.
Please reply and thanks
Truly Sincere
Mohd Anuar Amin
Hi Mohd,
You need to be aware that I don't have a bird farm. I am
just a hobbyist with a few birds for my own enjoyment. Much of what I
have to say about shamas is already on my blog so there may be limited
usefulness in visiting me. If you nevertheless think that it may be
useful to meet and exchange ideas, you are welcome to visit.
Your email is very informative. May I have your permission to to publish it on my blog.
Best regards,
David
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Dear Sir,
A very thank you for the reply. Regarding my email, you
have my permission to publish it on your beautiful blog and I am
so happy for our friends out there.
Yes I have been through your blog and its very informative. As mentioned in my earlier email to you, without
the information of your experience which has been put into your shama
blog, it would have been so difficult for me to convince Jabatan Perhilatan
that the shama can be bred successfully. I did mention to pengarah (director) myself
about your best efforts for shama lovers out there.
But let me tell you this sir. I felt seriously unhappy and guilty
in my heart using all your information without asking permission from
you and that's why I need to meet you and thank you.
Sir you have been a teacher to all shama lovers and we must respect you
as a teacher. To meet you in person even without exchanging a single word
means a lot in my heart.
We, as shama lovers have benefitted from your loss (afford
time money thinking etc).
For that I Thank You Teacher.
Truly from my Heart
Mohd Anuar Amin
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