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.
In total, there were 76 females and 135 males sterilised this year on Spay Day itself!
That means, we will be spending more than the $8000 as estimated on the vet bills.
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.
Update on 06 Oct: Slots are all filled up. Sorry to those who didn't manage to get slots!
=== Update: Slots are filling fast! Have you sent us your applications by snail mail already?
=== Spay Day from Cat Welfare Society is now open for registration! ===
How to register:
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.
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!
These are exciting times for cat welfare volunteers, supporters and activists. In the beginning, they started websites, then forums and they blogged. Now more than ever, they have organised themselves into a remarkably coherent voice for the common community cat in our communal void decks and on our collective streets.
An article on Today which featured an interview with SPCA says that there are lesser cats being surrendered to SPCA last year. This has been attributed to the effectiveness of TNRM currently being practiced in Singapore.
SPCA could put down the animals surrendered to them in 24 hours due to a limitation on facilities as they take in more than 800 animals a month – too many animals, so little space.
This is taken from a letter published on Today, Feb 2 issue from long-time TNRM advocate Dr Tan Chek Wee.
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Ivan:
Regarding the earlier post about MUIS’s stand on keeping and treating pets, Salina has written in to them. According to her, she decided to write to MUIS directly as a milder approach, rather than addressing them through the press as she felt it might create a fair bit of negative reactions.
On the same topic, the magazine that I mentioned yesterday has a section on religion and pets too (Pg 63). However, it did not touch on MUI’s stand: if a pet causes conflict in the family, it is permissible to kill it. CWS hopes this particular suggestion by MUIS can be changed as it conflicts with responsible pet ownership which is what all the local animal welfare groups are advocating.