Cats who teach me to fly…

After conducting survey yesterday evening, I went straight to Hougang to feed the strays. I was so happy to see Queenie again. She ran straight to me and greeted me. I stroked her and she rubbed against me. She was hungry, so I fed her with the food that I brought. As for the limping cat, I shall name him ” Amazing B”. He was hungry as usual. There were two other cats that look like Queenie. I wonder if they are siblings. Oh, there was this very tiny kitten. Guess the kitten is less than two months. The last two times when I fed him, he was with an adult male black cat. What interest me was, the black cat actually takes care of the kitten. When I offered the black cat food, he would stand beside the food pretending to eat and the kitten would rush over to eat with him. When the kitten was eating, the black cat would walk away and let the kitten eat. After the kitten had his full, the black cat would walk over and eat. This black male cat seem fatherly to me. He loves the kitten.

The kitten was there yesterday but I did not see the black cat. I left the food and walked away so that the kitten would eat. The kitten always runs away when I get closer. I hope the black cat is somewhere safe.

I always make sure that Queenie is busy with something before I leave the place. I don’t like her to see me go.

I drove back to my car park around 9.30pm. When I was driving up the multi-storey car park to find a lot, I saw a cat under a vehicle, I didn’t see it clearly then. I told myself to feed the cat after I parked my car.

After parking my car, I went down to find the cat. When I got nearer, I realised that he wasn’t playing, he was actually knocked down by a car. It was the car that he was lying underneath that hit him. I saw a pool of blood, dried blood and he was still alive. I recognised the cat. The black male cat was often seen roaming near the car park and I don’t know why he was at the car park last night… I fed him once before… Just once…

I was in a state of panic. I thought of calling lady J and ask what I should do. At the same time I also told myself I can handle it without her. Immediately, I took out my ipad to search for pets ambulance. I quickly dialled the number when I got the first search. The person on the other end told me to call SPCA as there was no vet at his end. I dialled SPCA and told them about the situation. After 5mins, i saw a man with uniform holding a plastic bag walking towards me. I asked him if he was from SPCA, he said he was from NEA to remove a dead cat. I told him immediately that the cat was still alive and begged him not to remove him and give him a chance to live. He agreed to it. He told me that he received instruction at around 6 plus in the evening to remove the cat. I was totally pissed off, the person who hit the cat could have called SPCA instead of NEA. He could have save the cat.

People like the driver are getting sick. What is wrong with people now? How do these people sleep so soundly at night?

While waiting for SPCA, I heard the cat struggling and making loud noises. There was nothing i could do but to tell him to stay calm and I am with him. I told Miemi to give him strength to hang on while waiting for SPCA to arrive. i kept saying prayer.

The SPCA staff arrived twenty minutes later. Since the cat was under the car, the rescuer had to use a hook and gently pull him out. I was disappointed that SPCA did not prepare a stretcher for the injured cat but a cage to carry it.

I wanted to ask the rescuer if they were able to update me with his condition. When he began to answer me, I stopped him and ask him to drive the cat to the hospital right away. To me, every second and minute are crucial to me.

I knew I wouldn’t get an update from them. So I called the emergency line again to tell the receiver that if the injured cat survives, I would adopt him and I meant it.

About half an hour later, SPCA called me and told me that the black cat died on his way to the hospital. I was sad…

The black cat could have been saved if the driver who knocked him down called SPCA instead of NEA. Things could have been different…