TNRM Of Street Cats In Singapore
AnimalCare 
Apr 10, 2013 
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Singapore is one of our closest neighbours and they too faced a problem with the growing population of street cats in 2011.
Read how a family did their part in helping the street cats in their area:
http://www.anipaltimes.com/2011/04/tnrm-singapore/
Some excerpts:
My human parents run a small cat rescue group called Love Kuching Project and they do Trap-Neuter-Return or TNR, of stray, that is, feral, cats in the south east region of Singapore. In March and April this year they were conducting TNR of the cat colonies in our neighboring town of Eunos, which recently suffered a high influx of new abandoned cats.
What happens in Singapore is that when a human complains to the town councils, they send in pest control humans to trap and euthanize the strays to resolve the complaint. While Cat Welfare Societyadvocates to the town councils to allow mediation and resolution without resorting to culling, it still happens a lot, as the town council has jurisdiction. This is so even if only one person complains about stray cats.
Sounds familiar? This happens in our country too. All it takes is ONE complaint. ONE phonecall. And many innocent animals will be captured in the entire area. Here’s where we have to do our part in the following:
a. As far as possible, manage our community animals well so that they don’t unintentionally anger the animal-haters. Rehoming and adoption are ideal, but not easy. Shelters are usually full.
b. Be responsible in how we feed our animals so that we do not leave leftover food or utensils around which may annoy the human community.
No complaints, no capturing. If we want to help the animals, we have to stop the complaints too.
And this (it was written in 2011):
Singapore is going to the polls on 7 May (2011), and the different towns managed in constituencies have a chance in being managed by new policy makers. If the party elected to the constituencies are pro-cat-welfare, there will be a greater change on the legislation level with the Management aspect of TNRM in Singapore — to stop the reactive nature that town councils currently have that launches culling measures too swiftly. Platforms can have a chance to exist where mediation and resolution in a humane way can be carried out, instead of reactive culling of stray cats. We cats are hoping for change for our stray relatives!
So are we!!
Don’t give up, folks. Stay optimistic and positive. At the very least, we send positive vibes to our elected representatives to be kinder, more merciful and to please spare a thought for the animals.
Negative thinking creates negativity. Nothing good will come out of it. Only hatred, frustration and anguish.
Stay positive, but have zero expectations. That way, we won’t be disappointed!
Meanwhile, we do our part.
P.S. I heard from my friend in Singapore that positive changes were made after that. Singapore set up cat-feeding stations and in certain areas, ear-notched cats were spared from capture. More people started doing TNRM too!
Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2013/04/10/tnrm-of-street-cats-in-singapore/
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