Entries from April 2008

April 30, 2008

ST forum 30 April 2008: Rat Problem – Town Council shld be more responsible

Sarah:
There’s a letter to the ST forum today. Basically, the writer is complaining about a rat in her house, and the reactions of the town council. Apparently, they informed her at first that the rat was in her house, and therefore her concern, not theirs. The writer, of course, commented that the rat came from [...]

April 30, 2008

Looking back and looking forward

Michelle, President of CWS:
The first three months of 2008 proved to be a challenging time for the Cat Welfare Society because of a number of organisational changes that took place, most significant of which was the resignation of Dawn Kua, our Director of Operations and only full-time staff. As a result of these changes, we [...]

April 30, 2008

A hundred thousand candles

Sarah:
The thing about cats is that you take them for granted. They drop into your life and then become your life. You get used to them, get used to shaking out the litter tray, get used to tripping over little furry bodies that twist around your ankles just when you’re running for work. You get [...]

April 30, 2008

One at a Time

Li Tin:
The life and death of community cats in Singapore – that could be our primary concern as the members of Cat Welfare Society, more so if we are committee members.
However, that cannot be the case. We look at the bigger picture and try to fill in the gaps by means of education, mediation and [...]

April 30, 2008

The reason I pat stray cats

Aliah:
There are many reasons why I stop and pat a stray cat when I’m walking down the street. One, I love animals. Two, like humans, cats need a sign of affection, a mere reassurance, to let them know that
everything is all right.
Living on the streets can be dangerous at times. Especially with animal abusers lurking [...]

April 30, 2008

Our almost-first meeting as a new committee!

Ivan:
We had a good 3 hours meeting a kosher coffee cafe that our Vice President recommended. We managed to reach several objectives even though the meeting time was limited. Some issues covered were plans to redesign our website, start sending out newsletters again, standard operating procedures for communications and formation of sub-committees lead [...]

April 21, 2008

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