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Among the four brothers who were the kittens of Lady and Dhalia, I doted on Floofy the most. The four brothers were not in the pink of health when they were born due to the horrible environment where their mummies lived in. Their flu never seemed to recover. The flu symptoms finally waned off as they grew older. One day, Floofy, whom I called him an ugly boy, dashed out from the common room. He finally looked healthy, moving towards the living room. I thought he was playing with someone but I realised no cats and no one was paying attention to him. He was playing by himself. With his not so attractive look and cute actions, he captured my heart.

In 2021, an unknown virus broke out and he was the only survivor. I’m grateful that he had another three years with us.

He had the loudest meow when he was waiting for food. If we didn’t hear him, something must be wrong with him.

I wasn’t with him when he passed on. He had the safest place to pass on and there was nothing for me to worry about.

Candles were lighted up for him, Romeo and the pigeons who were intentionally killed, for the past two days and today the third.

Floofy would often sit on my lap and hang out in the utility room.

I guess this is the only photo which he looked sweet!:)

May the merits accumulated by me be dedicated to his favourable rebirth. May the conditions that Floofy lived in be the cause for him to meet, learn and practise the true Dhamma.

When equality is cultivated, we will not feel revulsion even towards the tiniest creature.

Please support using humane measures to control the pigeon population. Below link is the petition to end pigeon culling.

https://chng.it/tWCDMhpPkf

The above photo was recorded on January 2016. He was already a big boy then. Sometimes you can’t believe that you’ve been feeding them for a long time.

We had given what Romeo needed to be given. The medication and supplements didn’t work on him. I wish some kind researchers could find a cure for FIV and FeLV cat, just like a cure had been found for FIP. To me, FIP is no longer a fatal disease.

Romeo had been a good boy since the day I took him home. He was quiet and minded his own business. Nobody bullied him and neither did he attack anyone.

Me-O…Me-O…was how I called him every time. He loved taking medicine and supplements with ciaociao treat. He had that all the time.

May Romeo have a favourable rebirth to meet, understand and practise the Dhamma!

Again, I was looking for my community cats at the multistorey carpark and I saw familiar faces from NParks walking towards Blk 196, Kim Keat Avenue. I’ve never thought that they were here to trap the pigeons again because the last trapping was done in early July. Moreover, pigeons aren’t populous here.

NParks contractors baiting the pigeons to the trap by scattering food.
Pigeons refused to walk into the trap.

I took videos and photos as usual. No matter how hard  pigeons were baited into the trap, they refused to go in.

I could see the frustration coming from NParks. Unable to trap the pigeons, NParks called the police. The police had nothing on me simply because I was only filming and I have every right to film whatever I want.

The arrival of police car.

Being unable to trap the pigeons, they shifted the trap to Blk 195.

As you can see, there weren’t a lot of pigeons, yet NParks still proceeded to trap them. This made me realise that once again, our government has fooled the public into believing that one of the reasons for killing the pigeons is overpopulation!

NParks continued to move to another side of Blk 195. There were two pigeons whom I had noticed for a few days. One with its foot entangled with string and leaf stem, and the other with a broken wing.

Instead of helping the pigeons in need, they continue to kill.

In the video, the one who tried hard to escape the trap was the pigeon with its foot entangled with strings and leaf stem. The one with the broken wing simply collapsed next to it. It was so painful to watch and I cried hard while filming, and the humans were laughing at me. This made me realise that there truly are people with unkind hearts. A heart that wants and encourages others to kill.

NParks continued to move and set traps, but only two birds approached the food. Sensing something was not right, both flew away. With this, NParks ended their trapping for the day.

Instead of leaving, I caught two NParks staff moving up the multistorey car park where our community cats rest. Are they going to poison the cats like they did at Meiling Street? I don’t know. Nothing good can come from whatever they’re planning. I yelled at them to get lost and told them they were bringing shame to their parents by engaging in such work. This was the furthest I could go to tell them off. Always reminding myself not to curse anyone, though I was very, very angry—angry enough to feel like smacking all of them. But would doing that help? Unlikely… I would only injure my fist.

Since NParks failed to trap the pigeons at Blk 196, I believe they will need to come back to complete the trapping and killing. I hope that one day, I won’t have to film such videos ever again.

Please support using humane measures to control pigeon population. Below link is the petition to end pigeon culling.

https://chng.it/tWCDMhpPkf

Treating everyone equally would include animals and all species.

We have been told that non-native pigeons are invasive and aggressive; therefore, we need to control their population by killing them. If such treatment is helpful to the environment and native pigeons, then we should really get rid of all foreign workers. This way, local workers would have more employment opportunities and fewer competitors leading to better surroundings with fewer people. It is a nonsensical excuse to kill the pigeons indeed!

Please support using humane measures to control pigeon population. Below link is the petition to end pigeon culling.

https://chng.it/tWCDMhpPkf