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The proliferation of stray animals in our communities is a human-created problem. They are here as a direct result of human-driven activities - a thriving live pet trade, irresponsible breeding and pet abandonment. Isn't it time we face up to the root cause?

Singapore, 10 February 2010 | For Immediate Release

The Cat Welfare Society, together with the Post-Museum, is hosting a week-long art and advocacy event from 21 - 28 February 2010.

The provocatively titled "Tiger Show" welcomes the year of the Mighty Cat in celebration of our humble Community Cats. It will bring together people from all walks of life that have a passion for animal welfare, and most certainly, a soft spot for our feline friends - to gather, to share, to learn and to party!

Dear CWS members,

We will be capping the amount of sterilisation reimbursements to $500 per member, per month, starting 1 March 2010.

While we do want to encourage our members to sterilise as many cats as they can every month, the cap is meant to discourage the growing occurrence where sterilisation receipts are accumulated by one member from many caregivers, which puts a strain on our finances.

(Photo courtesy of Marcus Ng)

We at CWS are very pleased to report that a total of 210 cats were sterilised out of the 211 sent in (as one cat had fever and couldn't be done), which was an increase of about 34% more than the number of cats sterilised in 2008.

Tomorrow is a big day for all of us at CWS. It's our annual Spay Day 2009 and we are really excited to mass spay our beloved community cats at no cost to the caregivers, islandwide.

We have roped in many vets who have kindly set aside spay slots on this particular day for us (which usually happens around Halloween each year) and CWS will be footing the bill of the surgeries afterwards.

Last year, we spent about $8000 to spay 157 cats, and this year we are looking at even more cats being spayed.

Update on 06 Oct:
Slots are all filled up. Sorry to those who didn't manage to get slots!

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Update:
Slots are filling fast! Have you sent us your applications by snail mail already?

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Spay Day from Cat Welfare Society is now open for registration!

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How to register:

Step 1:
Download the Spay Day consent form here.

Cat Welfare Society has had a solid month of fundraising with the LPN Cat Day at Suntec City, the Cat’s Night Out “In Search of the Most Beautiful Domestic Cat” at Jurong Point and that unforgettably tongue-in-cheek STrip “What’s New Pussycat?” campaign.

Besides raising funds for stray sterilisation, these light-hearted occasions gave us a rare chance to let our hair down with other cat groups, volunteers and with the public.

Now the fun is over, it is time to get back down to the serious business of cat welfare.

Engaging govt agencies

Perception and policy are barriers in the fight for animal rights in Singapore

Suffer the little critters
Tan Dawn Wei, Straits Times 21 Jun 09;

When stray cats in Bayshore Park condominium started falling ill nearly two weeks ago from what looked to be a case of mischievous poisoning, cat lovers and animal welfare groups sprang into action.

Cat Welfare Society teams up with Strip - Ministry of Waxing and MimiPong for a cheeky fundraising affair for the welfare of community cats all over Singapore!