May that cat rest in peace
Thursday, December 13, 2007
10:01 PM
Baby, his mom and I walked out of the house and got into the car about to go to the Caltex nearby while I turned my head to the right and saw this cat laying in the middle of the road. I asked baby to horn and wake the cat up but it still laid there. We got out of the car to check on that cat and realised that it may have been hit by a car. Then, this Rover was approaching so we stopped the car to prevent it from running over the 'already down' cat. At that time, one of the neighbour's Schnauzer approached to check the cat out but we chased the dog away in case it decided to attack that poor cat. baby's mom moved that cat to the side of the road because there were many cars coming this way. There were so much blood on the road. I searched online for any cat welfare groups to see if anyone could help. Unfortunately, they only take in non-emergency cases. In the end, I had no choice but to call SPCA (which I was really disappointed with 10 years ago). I was surprised that they took in my call so quickly and the gentleman on the line said he will send someone over to check the cat out. Maybe SPCA is really different now. When baby and his mom came back from the petrol kiosk, I went out to check on that cat again but there was already no more breathing. I called SPCA again to inform them.
This incident reminded me of an article I read in the newspapers a few days ago. The journalist mentioned about Singapore being a pragmatic society. I couldn't agree more. Many of them say they 'don't know' or is it that they simply don't care?
I wonder who was the driver that hit the cat. Why can't the driver find out who can he/she call to help that cat?
I hope people who see any injured animals or animals that need help will call the following numbers:
Please, save these numbers in your mobile. You will never know when you may need this numbers. Who knows, you can help save a life?
You may also wish to click on the names of the societies above to know more about them. More animal societies website can be found at
http://www.spca.org.sg/links/links.asp