Frequently Asked Questions - Cat Rescue

Many fosterers would like to remain anonymous and often only take referral cases from people they know because of the high occurrence of people dumping cats on them and disappearing thereafter. They are then left with the burden of taking care of the cats.

We hope that people who find the cats can foster them and make use of the Adoption bulletin to find fosterers or adopters and screen for good permanent homes. The sad truth is that there are more cats out there that needs help than people who can care for them. If you can help, we sincerely hope that you can extend a hand to these cats.

There are also shelter and boarding services if it is not convenient for the cats to remain in your home:

Kittycare Haven
80 Lim Chu Kang Lane 1 (inside Globe Eximport Pte Ltd)
Tel: 97958995 (Sia Ping)
Email: siaping@yahoo.com
Website: http://kittycareservices.blogspot.com/

Mutts & Mittens
11 Pasir Ris Farmway 2
Email: enquiries@muttsnmittens.com
Website: http://www.muttsnmittens.com

We do not run a rescue operation as we are run entirely by volunteers with work commitments. If you drop us an email, we can try to connect you with a caregiver in the area if one is available.

However, sick or injured cats often go into hiding. If these cats are not caught and brought down to the vet by the person who sees the cat, there is a good chance that the cat will be gone by the time caregivers go down.

Remember that time is of essence -- every minute that is wasted deciding whether to pick up the cat may be the minute that could save that cat’s life.

If you have trouble catching the cat, you can seek help from SPCA or consider contacting a professional cat trapping and transportation service

Lingcat Feline Services
Tel: 94788285 (Rebecca)
Email: lingcat@singnet.com.sg

Professional Cat Trapper
Tel: 94897626 (Vincent)
Email: once_a_stray@yahoo.com.sg

We do not run a vet clinic unlike SPCA and none of us are licensed to treat sick animals. Please bring the cat to the nearest vet clinic instead. You can contact one of our prefered stray-friendly vet clinics.

If you have trouble catching the cat, you can seek help from SPCA or consider contacting a professional cat trapping and transportation service

Lingcat Feline Services
Tel: 94788285 (Rebecca)
Email: lingcat@singnet.com.sg

Professional Cat Trapper
Tel: 94897626 (Vincent)
Email: once_a_stray@yahoo.com.sg

We would advise you NOT to remove a community cat unless it’s in danger. Most cats are fine where they are. If you'd like to help it, do consider getting it sterilised if isn't already and return it to the area where you originally found it.

Furthermore, due to the vacuum effect, more cats will just move into the area to take the place of cats that have been removed. There are not enough homes and shelters to house them all.

So please do not take a healthy community cat away unless you plan to take it in yourself.

Please check and make sure the mother cat is really not around. Kittens need the colostrum in their mother’s milk to survive -- if you remove a kitten from its mother, chances of its survival are much slimmer. Many a well-meaning person has picked up a kitten, only to find that the kitten does not survive.

Furthermore, once you’ve touched it, your scent is on the kitten. The mother cat may see this as threatening and abandon the kitten.

Standing around in front of the kitten and looking for the mother for a few minutes is not going to accurately tell you if the mother cat is around. She may be gone for hours to hunt for food. If you are standing in front of the kitten, the mother cat is not going to make an appearance.

The best thing you can do is to walk off and check back periodically. If the kitten is still there and in distress, then you might consider taking the kitten in.

Sightings of kittens also means there are unsterilised cats in your neighbourhood. Please consider sterilising them to nip the problem in the bud. The truth is that there will never be enough homes for these kittens if the breeding doesn't stop. For more information about our sterilisation reimbursement scheme and how to go about trapping and sterilising the cats, do visit FAQ - Sterilisation.

There are many shelters in Singapore yet a majority have already reached maximum capacity. There is just not enough space to house all the homeless cats. Also, shelters do not address the root of the issue, which is breeding of cats on our streets.

Sterilisation has been effective in halving the population of stray cats in Singapore. Before sterilisation was introduced to Singapore as a national programme in 1998, the estimated stray cat population was 150,000. Currently, our stray cat population is estimated to be 60,000. Sterilisation has also more than halved the culling rate from a high of 13,000 before 1998 to 5100 in 2010. This work must be relentlessly continued to reap its full rewards and save more lives.

When they can no longer reproduce, these community cats become a more tolerable, even well-loved, feature of our community and they are able to live out their lives on the street where they are cared for by caregivers under a Trap-Neuter-Return-Manage programme.

If you require services of a shelter, you can contact

Kittycare Haven
80 Lim Chu Kang Lane 1 (inside Globe Eximport Pte Ltd)
Tel: 97958995 (Sia Ping)
Email: siaping@yahoo.com
Website: http://kittycareservices.blogspot.com/

Mutts & Mittens
11 Pasir Ris Farmway 2
Email: enquiries@muttsnmittens.com
Website: http://www.muttsnmittens.com

As they require funds for sustainability, please note that boarding fees apply.