Lest you didn’t know, stray cats that linger around your neighbourhood are also called community cats.
And very often, there would be people feeding them. In fact, I know of a neighbourhood that has at least six different people feeding a group of void deck cats that have all become overweight.
These people are known as cat feeders, and they bought the food with their own money.
You’d never see the food traces because the feeders would ensure that they use a disposable bowl, and would clean up the areas after feeding the cats.
In other words, every single cat you see in your neighbourhood has an “owner”, which is why if you think you can get away with harming one, you’re wrong.
Someone will be after you.
Someone Cut Off a Community Cat’s Tail in AMK for No Reason
Over in Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, a cat feeder posted this image to Facebook group Cats and Kittens For Adoption in Singapore (post seemed to have been removed, though):
Someone just chopped off the tail of a community cat.
According to the post, it was found around Ang Mo Kio Ave 1, near the Sheng Siong supermarket. The post then mentioned that all the resident feeders (the cat feeders mentioned above) are now looking for the cat.
Cat Found & Taken to SPCA
Thankfully, one of the feeders found the cat.
Although I’d think the cat found the feeder because community cats would run towards their feeders once they are nearby #truestory
The feeder handed the cat over to Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) and they promptly sent the cat to a vet for treatment.
SPCA is investigating the incident, with their Executive Director Dr Jaipal Singh Gill saying, “SPCA picked up the cat on 10 Mar 2020 and our Community Animal Clinic is currently treating the cat’s tail wound. We are unable to determine the cause of the injury from the vet examination.”
While we hope the perpetrator would be caught soon, here’s a question that might be bothering you: how serious is it for a cat to lose its tail?
Cats with no Tail
If you’re worried about the furry creature in Ang Mo Kio, don’t worry; it’s most likely going to be fine.
Cats might injure their tails that require amputation (e.g. car accident), but after treatment to prevent infection, a cat can live a normal life without a tail. After all, you’d realise that there are cats without tails or with a short tail.
So the cat’s going to be fine, though it might need to be sterilized as well because a look on the images show that its ear isn’t tipped, which means it’s unsterilised.
If you’re a feeder, you might want to read this article.
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