Stop to help if you knock down an animal
I REFER to the letter 'Cabby runs over cat but drives on' (The New Paper, 24 Feb).
27 February 2009
The SPCA thanks Mr Elson Wong for promoting kindness to animals by highlighting this case, and for carrying the dying cat to the edge of the road.
If Mr Wong could contact the SPCA at 62875355 ext 9, we would like to find out more particulars about the case.
Anyone who accidentally knocks down an animal should, if possible, stop to render assistance if the animal is injured, or at least report it to the SPCA immediately after at the same number mentioned earlier, so that the animal can be rescued (day or night).
MS DEIRDRE MOSS
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
THE SOCIETY FOR THE PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS (SPCA)
| Taxi driver runs over cat but drives on |
| I SAW a taxi hit a cat on Tampines Street 43 around 10.45pm on Sunday. |
| 25 February 2009 |
I SAW a taxi hit a cat on Tampines Street 43 around 10.45pm on Sunday. It may not have been the driver's fault, but he could have stopped to see what he could do for the poor cat. As a passer-by, all I could do was to move the cat from the road to the pavement and call the National Environment Agency. I then had to stand there helplessly and watch the cat die. Though the cabby did not stop, at least there was one other driver who did, to ask if I needed help. People should have the decency to stop and try to help when something like this happens. Animals deserve to be treated better. FROM READER ELSON WONG |
