URGENT: Severely Emaciated Cats Dumped at Tampines Requiring Funds for Medical Treatment, Food, Fostering
A total of 10 severely emaciated cats were found at Tampines. These were apparently dumped by a young man who has not been identified. As of 4th July, we managed to rescue 5 of the cats, and are currently housing them.
These cats were sent to the vet on 4th July, but are in such poor conditions at the moment that proper medical procedures cannot be done and will have to be postponed. They can't hold food in at all, and therefore need to be given constant care 24/7. Their claws, teeth and skin are falling off and flaking away, all are anemic and expelling food, urine, poo and blood. 2 of them were sent again to the vet on 6th July because of suspected fever (for one) and a deterioration of bleeding from the anus (for the other). The first was sent home for observation; the second had to be put on intravenous drip because her temperature had dropped below normal and her body no longer had the energy to fight infections.
Photos of the cats and scanned receipts can be viewed here:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=188705&id=99555921064
UPDATE:
THIS APPEAL IS NOW CLOSED.
Thank you to everyone who has very kindly donated to the cause. We have reached our target amount. We will continue to post updates of the conditions of the cats and the situation at hand on our Facebook page, so please keep a lookout for these there. Any remaining funds will be channeled to long-term rehabilitation of these cats, as well as sterilisation efforts.
Once again, a big thank you for all your support, kind words and donations!
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We understand that someone has called up our vet The Animal Doctors to confirm the veracity of the Tampines cats' case. The vet can confirm that these cats are in severely emaciated conditions, and at the point of admission, all required urgent medical treatment, amongst which 1 continues to need daily hospitalisation (intravenous drip).
Please note that all enquiries will be directed back to us at Cat Welfare Society - should you have any queries, please feel free to contact us as well.
The appeal amount we had requested for is to cover for the long-term medical treatment of these 5 rescued cases (including consultation, hospitalisation, medication, necessary blood/stool/urine tests, etc.), as well as food, expenses related to boarding and all other rehabilitation-related expenses. All vet receipts will be posted up on our Facebook page and donors can contact us to get scans of receipts for expenses incurred as well.
Thank you once again for your kind support!
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We are urgently seeking funds to defray the medical expenses, boarding and food supplies for these cats. They will need a steady supply of food, medicine like Falkamin, as well as more vet visits and blood tests.
Based on our estimate and incurred expenses to date, we will require at least SGD3,500 to rehabilitate these cats. A breakdown of these expenses can be email to donors upon request.
Should you be able to assist, please send your donations to Fareena Mehr Omar at POSB Savings Account Number 186-07289-8.
Please also drop us an email at melissa@catwelfare.org, with the subject heading EMACIATED TAMPINES CAT APPEAL, indicating your name, donation amount and transaction number for our documentation.
Please help if you can - and please spread the word. Thank you very much.
