Sunday, June 20, 2010
Caught in the act: ABANDONMENT of a pet cat!
Residents who volunteer to care for their neighbourhood's cats are called "caregivers".
They will trap cats and bring them to a vet for sterilisation.
The neutered cats with a surgical cut on their left ears are released back into the neighbourhood.
The caregivers continue to care for these cats by feeding them responsibly, i.e. not leaving any leftover cat food that will be considered as litter.
They will also provide assistance to the property officers of the town councils to resolve feedback about cats. Most if not all town councils's property officers are poorly equipped with knowledge about cats to provide effective solutions. The only "solution" that these officers can offer is what has been handed down by their precedessors, i.e. CULLING (this is really KILLING) that has been proven to be ineffective and a waste of public fund!
Read http://singaporecommunitycats.blogspot.com/2009/09/where-do-cats-go-when-they-are-rounded.html
Most of the cats in Singapore are due to abandonment such as from the home of the kid in the above youtube video clip.
When caregivers are able to trace the source to abandonment to such homes, they will speak to the family to persuade them to neuter their cats and to keep the cats indoor by putting meshes on their window and door grills. Sometimes the caregivers even pay for the neutering and the purchase of the mesh.
Stubborn irresponsible cat owners are a nightmare to any caregiver as any "new" abandoned cat or kitten jeopardises a successful "cat management or TnRm". In such cases, the caregivers can seek help from the SPCA that will send an inspector to counsel such families. Sometimes an "official" visit can be effective.
As HDB bans cats, some HDB officers are not willing to help the caregivers to counsel such families. The property officers of the town councils are NOT able to help in such cases as cats within a flat is NOT with the purview of the town council. However if cats from such irresponsible cat owners are dumped out of their flats, then it becomes the problem of the town councils if any resident were to complain! The property officers will then pressurise the caregivers to resolve to cat problems to appease complainants!
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