Cats who teach me to fly…

Every morning before I start my day, I would feed the cats first. First I left clean water and food for the cat/cats below my block. Next I go to Jalan Tenteram.

These are the cats at Jalan Tenteram. I believe they must be hungry the whole night. Unlike our cats at home.

These are not all the cats. There are still many cats out there.

In the evening. I would feed the cats at Hougang.

There are a few out there too.

After feeding them, i would go to Jalan Tenteram again.

Beside feeding them, i sterilised them. I sent them to the vet when they were sick or injured. I nursed and released them. Those that were missing, I reported to AVA and SPCA. If anyone was absent, I would find them and call out their names. Hopefully none of them miss their meal cos I don't want them to go hungry. If I can't find them, I would leave food on a paper bowl for them. These are the little things I do for them and I don't leave immediately after they had finished their food. I would stay on for at least another 15mins to pet them.

I believe many cat, dog and animal caregivers do the same thing and they even do more than I do. We put in so much heart on it. Our money, time, effort and love…

I have come across a 70+ year old lady, kicking their food away while the cat was eating. A family who has nine cats at home and they only love their cats but not the strays around their area. They too threw their food away right under my nose. They threw things at the strays and shoot them with ball bearing.

Today, when I was feeding at Jalan Tenteram. An 80+ old man urinated intentionally at the place where I left the food and water for the cats. When I saw it, I was boiling at a very extremely high temperature. I yelled at him. I asked him why must he do this. I told him to stop doing all these and when I turned my head to look at the cats, Sunshine and Daisy, my heart sunk. They didn't seem to know anything. I was extremely upset by the whole thing. Why must animals be treated like that? Why must human being behave disrespectfully?

I threw the food and water as well as the water container away and cleared the urine stain with clean water. I replaced a bowl of fresh dry food and clean water for them and placed it on the other end instead…

At that moment, I was wondering how far can an animal, cats and dogs lover go and how much can we take these? There are so much anger and so much sadness.

With the effort and love we give to the animals, AVA and SPCA would just simply put the cats and dogs that we caregivers care so much of to sleep without us knowing. Town council and the member of the public would just simply relocate the cats. Have they ever fed them? Have they ever cared for them? Have they ever nursed them? Have they ever done anything kind to them? Have they? So on what ground and in whose name do they have the rights to just put them to sleep and to relocate them…?

How much can we, caregivers hold on? We can hold on, we definitely can hold on till our last breathe cos we have an extremely big heart.

Those who have abused, ill treated or/ and killed the animals would have to face the consequences they brought upon themselves. I can't help them and no one can…

This is Daisy. Sunshine's mummy.

And this is Sunshine, picture taken a few days ago. She was looking sick. I brought her home and nursed her till she got well and released her.

Everyone should love animals and people just like we love ourselves. I have stopped consuming eggs. I still have chocolates in my fridge. These chocolates are given by my friend as a gift. Once they are finished, I am a vegan.