19 Dec 2020. HISTORY OF STRAY CATS IN SINGAPORE. MID 1990s To 2020. Dr Sing Kong Yuen, BVMS (Glasgow).
Singapore has a group that cares or the stray cats. They put food out for them to eat and clear the leftovers later. When the cats are sick, they are brought to the vet for treatment. In the 1980s, stray cats were commonly seen, usually at food courts and hawker centres. Some people would feed them left over cooked food and fish. Some cats would get a fish bone stuck in their throats.
Over the past 10 years, intensive culling by the town councils using pest control companies and a trap-neuter release (TNR) program run by the Cat Welfare Society and individuals have had led to an absence of any stray cat seen at food courts. More rats thrive instead.
Stray cats are rare nowadays. This 12-year-old stray cat would be one of the last of its kind in the neighbourhoods of Singapore. A kind lady brought him in to Toa Payoh Vets for treatment. Dental work and antibiotics stopped his drooling. He was back on the streets. I hope he succeeds in evading capture by the town councils and the pest control companies.
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