Previously, when I was staying in SS19, I proposed the One-Street CNRM to the Residents’ Association, but they had more pressing matters to attend to at that time. However, one lady, Khadijah Shaari, a retiree, a qigong instructor and a cat-lover herself, was interested. Finally, some months back, the idea went out to some of her neighbours, and a lady by the name of Maureen re-proposed the idea to the Residents’ Association.
Now, Khadijah, Lynda and Maureen are taking it up and starting with some of the neighbourhood cats.
Here’s what they did, from Khadijah:
Dear Dr Chan,
As I informed you when I met you last week, my neighbours, namely Maureen and Lynda, and I are finally starting our cat-rescue operation. This is a personal project between the three of us, though we hope to rope in more neighbours in the future. For the moment Maureen will be our PR lady, Lynda will keep track of the funds and I will check on our potential patients and bring them to the vet.
I have negotiated with my regular vet and have sent the first cat for spaying on 4 June 2012. I will send a report in a separate email. Today we sent two more cats. The vet has given us a package for spaying, de-worming and vaccination. For the moment we will only be taking care of female strays.
We are glad to have found people like you and we are looking forward to working together with you in trying to make our neighbourhood a beautiful place to stay, both for humans and animals.
Rgds,
Khadijah
Hooray! Perseverance and patience are what it takes. We’ve got a street started now, and hopefully, more streets will follow and maybe, just maybe, one housing estate can finally declare to have “100% neutered community animals”?
Even if that doesn’t happen, it’s okay. Those who are neutered will not breed again and that’s already a bonus!
So, here is Khadijah and friends’ first cat – a Calico female. She’s already spayed, vaccinated and de-wormed and has been returned to her colony. We have subsidised RM100 for it.
Dear Dr Chan,
Here is my first stray. She is a Calico. We (my husband and I) noticed her because she comes to our house every now and then to eat from our cats’ silo. She would introduce her successive litters of kittens to us but we were not able to adopt any because we have more than a dozen resident cats of our own at any one time. We did not realise how old she was until we brought her to the vet for spaying…he said she is eight years old. I can’t imagine how many kittens she had given birth to.
According to my nephew who lives on the next road, Calico is resident at the lane behind his house. He can’t help noticing because the kittens would dirty his backyard. However she is not wild like some other strays. She would meow and beg for food when she arrives at our back door and would calmly proceed to help herself and her kittens to whatever is available. She does not disturb the host cats who would allow them to share their food. Lucky for her, and a host of other strays, that my cats are easy-going or are just too lazy to care.
When we caught her to take to the vet, she had come with three kittens, two blacks and one white and black. We decided to send them to the vet for treatment as they were having diarrhea. One black kitten subsequently died.
We set Calico free as soon as we got back from the vet and she has visited us only once since then. Actually we don’t mind seeing her around here as she has good manners…she announces her arrival before she proceeds to feed herself. We like that.
Rgds,
Khadijah
Source: http://myanimalcare.org/2012/06/19/spaying-subsidy-for-one-female-calico-cat-khadijah-shaaris/
AnimalCare is a registered society that promotes caregiving to street animals and helps in their neutering and medical needs. AnimalCare has a Medical Fund, Food Fund and Education Fund.
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