International Aid for Korean Animals

Ivan:

I was trying to find out if there was a South Korean SPCA as I wanted to write to them about some animal abuse cases (that of overcrowding), I saw during my holiday trip .  I managed to find the above mentioned agency that has an English worded website.  After reading about what they do, I was really impressed.  You can visit their website here.  Besides working on improving the welfare of dogs and bears, they also advocate for the welfare and status of the cats in the country.

I wrote to them too about possible collaboration through the sharing of knowledge about improving the welfare of cats in the two countries.

CWS engages in these international connections because cross-cultural knowledge exchange would ensure we are using the best known techniques to improve the welfare and humanely reduce the population (through TNRM) of community cats in Singapore and around the World.  Some of our current patners are: Alley Cat Allies (USA), Holyland Cats (Israel), etc.  If you do find such international or local networking work interesting, we do have a Events, Public Ed. and Outreach subcomm that deals with these outreach work.  Just shoot us an email at info@catwelfare.org or to myself (ivan@catwelfare.org) for more information.

Repeat Kitten Abuse Case in Bukit Panjang Area?

Ivan:

About the case that Sarah has posted earlier, my personal opinion is that it might be a repeat job of the Bukit Panjang Kitten abuser.  Here is the earlier case that is on SPCA’s Online Appeal Webpage (please see the last page).  Notice the bloodied mouth in both cases.  Abuse or not for the latest case, please watch out for the cats and kittens there.  If you do know of any Bukit Panjang Caregiver, please share the information with him or her.

Dead kittens at Petir Road

Sarah:
Someone found two kittens dead at Petir Road. . Warning - pix are qraphic.

So far, no one knows it’s abuse. I sincerely hope this was just an accident. SPCA has been informed.

Pasir Ris Cat Abuses

Ivan:

The serial cat killer(s) has killed more cats these few weeks but the killng patterns have become more elusive; so are the killing tactics used. Here are the original posters put up by SPCA. If you are keen to be involved in the neighbourhood watch/patrolling around the Pasir Ris estate, please drop me an email at ivan @ catwelfare.org (please remove the space in front of and after the “@”, we are doing this to prevent spamming by web crawlers).

First Pasir Ris Patrol

Ivan:

We started patrolling on 2 June (Sat) or rather 3 June (Sun) ’s wee hours of the morning.  Due to the classified nature of the patrolling operations, I will be very brief here.  Three teams covered the areas where abuse were going on.  The day ended with the few of us having panda eyes; we went back to sleep just before or about day break.  We still need people to patrol for weekday nights.  If you are staying about Pasir Ris and is keen to patrol, please email me at ivan @ catwelfare.org and I will link you up with the patrolling coordinator. A brief interview might be in place.

Pasir Ris Abuse Cases Latest Update

Ivan:

A few Pasir Ris caregivers met up with Sandy of SOS Animals and myself to have a discussion about the progress of the Pasir Ris cat abuses.  In that two hour, the team covered issues pertaining to media release of this case, how the killings got more elusive, patterns of crime activities and other logistics related issues.  

Basically, the killings got more elusive because after the first two cases, carcasses of new cases that were sent to the SPCA for veterinary autopsy reveals very limited information about how the cats died.  Thus, none of the new cases made it to the SPCA posters since SPCA cannot conclude that the cases were abuse related.  There were also two cases where the cats were attacked by stray dogs.  This is strange because stray dog attacks about this part of Pasir Ris is rare.  What we are sure is that the stray dogs are attracted to the estates by food left indiscriminately by some community cat caregivers - it is always better to wait for the cat to finish the food and clear up or make a round trip back to clear up any food remains within the hour.  This also minimise possible complains about littering or feeding by residents.

Tampines estate also saw some cats being killed but again there were inconclusive evidences of abuse.  One Tampines cat of Sun Plaza is now missing, perhaps readers of this blog who are staying around this area can look out for this cat (Sunplaza cat missing since 30th May).

Meanwhile, SPCA suggested the caregivers groups to start patrolling if possible. 

Cats in bathroom’s adoption called off

Ivan:

Referring to this case.  Lady owner contacted Aliah and me this morning that the adoption is called off as her dad has passed away.  Thus, there is no need for the cats to be removed.  Technically, the lady has an excess of 3 cats (she has 8 cats now).  Earlier, CWS has signed a contract with her that states if we help her sterilise the cats for free [caveat: CWS does this rarely and this is one of the unique case we helped. There are very strict income documentation rules that we have the person we helped submit to us], she can only keep up to 5 cats at home and the rest of to be rehomed.  This plan came up because she is jobless and she has too many cats cramped in cages in a small house.  With lesser cats, she can manage them better and let them out in the house to run about.  But at this point, it is best we leave her alone to grieve over her dad’s death.  The dad was friendly to us when we did our visits to her home.  Must be hard on the lady and her family.

Update on Pasir Ris case

(Update from the Pasir Ris Caregivers)

According to Deidre Moss of SPCA, the first case at St 21, on 2nd May, the 5-month old kittens seemed to have died from head injuries. This implies that instead of being doused with thinner or the likes, they were more likely hit with the bottle and it broke, after which that was probably what the attacker used on the mother cat.

More cats found injured/dead in Pasir Ris

Ivan and Sarah:

Three cats were found with fractured jaws in Pasir Ris. One is at the SPCA, and may still be alive.

That brings the known number of cats killed to 9 and 1 badly injured. The caregivers on the ground are working with the police to find out if there are related cases of cats found dead. The total reward offered for information leading to the arrest of the killer(s) is now $10K, supplied by various agencies and individuals.

At least 2 more known community cats are still missing from the same area where the first dead cats were found.

(Information supplied by Pasir Ris caregivers)

Cats in bathroom up for adoption

Ivan:

On Monday’s evening (19/5), Aliah confirmed with the lady owner that the cats will be put up for adoption. Of the eight cats the lady owner has, 2 will be rehomed to their previous owners. The other 6 are up on CWS’s adoption bulletin. Please refer to 20th May’s SNOWY, GINGER, BATMANS, EBONY and TABBY. I wish to express my most sincere thanks to CWS’s Webgal for making my mediocre photos look so great (the cats themselves are cute too). If anyone is keen on any of the cats, please email me at ivan@catwelfare.org. Thanks!