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  • Monthly Visits To Cat Hoarder/Breeder

    Monthly Visits To Cat Hoarder/Breeder

    Residents’ Committee members will pay monthly visits to a woman who kept 94 cats in a two-room flat at block 470B Fervale Link to “check on the situation, as well as her condition,” MP for the area Lam Pin Min said on Tuesday (Jun 27). Dr Lam, who said he learnt of the issue last week, added that grassroots organisations are helping the woman to clean up the flat. It is understood the woman in question lives in the flat with her mother. “We have referred her to the Family Service Centre and Social Service Office for further counselling and assistance,” the MP added.

    The said unit reeks of a strong smell of urine and faeces hung in the air and two women were seen disposing of soiled furniture and other items at the void deck. Neighbours said an elderly woman and her daughter lived in the flat with the 94 cats. The two women moved in at the beginning of this year, although neighbours barely saw them, they said, adding that they were not aware that there were so many cats in the flat as well. One neighbour, who declined to be named, said: “The house has always been very smelly. I have never seen the cats come out, but the smell was still unbearable.” So bad it was that they could smell the stench from within their rooms, even when their doors were closed. “The few times we encountered the smell from the house, we suspected it was maybe the smell of a dead cat or that the elderly lady had passed away also,” another neighbour said.

    Two neighbours first complained about the cat issue to the Housing and Development Board in May this year. HDB officers paid a visit to the woman and informed her that cats are not allowed in HDB flats, and that she would have to find new homes for them.

  • Cat Heroes Recognized By Cat Welfare Society And Pet Lovers Foundation

    Cat Heroes Recognized By Cat Welfare Society And Pet Lovers Foundation

    Mohd Eliyas, 42, a taxi driver has attended to about 30 cases of cats that were abandoned or injured, tirelessly rescuing and rehoming them whenever possible. Mr Eliyas was one of six “cat heroes” whom the Cat Welfare Society (CWS) and Pet Lovers Foundation have identified under a new initiative to recognise the work of volunteers who have risen to the call of rescue duty. Other recipients include the anonymous pair who reported the Tampines cat abuser to the police; Ms Janet Sum, who helped to rush a cat caught in a glue trap to the veterinarian; and Ms Law Mui Eng, who saved more than 20 cats from a cat hoarder.

    Yesterday, four of the six were each given a certificate and a S$100 gift pack containing cat food and a cat scratcher, among other items. CWS and Pet Lovers Foundation will continue this initiative every six months to commend individuals who have helped out in rescue cases. Speaking to TODAY, Mr Eliyas said he has carried out three separate cat rescue operations along the expressways this year. Among all the cases he has handled, the most unforgettable one involved a black and white kitten named Valentini, he said.

    Mr Eliyas spotted the kitten in the middle of the road on the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway on the eve of Valentine’s Day. However, because he had a passenger on board, he could not check on the kitten, which had scurried back into the bushes along the road divider. At around midnight that day, he began his rescue operation, walking a couple of kilometres to reach the location where he saw the cat. When he found it eventually, he noticed that its lower body was paralysed, and it was dragging itself around by crawling. Mr Eliyas brought the cat home and sent it to the vet the following morning. But during the check-up, the cat’s bladder burst and it had to be put to sleep. That incident made him more determined to continue with his rescue work, Mr Eliyas said. In separate cases at East Coast Parkway and the Pan-Island Expressway in April and May, for instance, he spent several nights engaged in rescue operations.While he sometimes tries to raise funds or find a home for the rescued cats via social media, Mr Eliyas said he is not always successful.

     

    Source: Today