SOS: Oppose South Africa’s elephant culling

“How much like us do elephants have to be before killing them becomes murder?”
Here, we work to oppose kitty culling
In South Africa, elephants who had been safe from this arbitrary and terminal judgment on their right to live, are once again threatened by culling too. Elephants are highly intelligent and social animals. Culling disrupts their [...]

Looking for caregivers in these areas

Are you feeding responsibly or otherwise working TNRM in these areas? If so, we want you!

Chinatown
Ikea Alexandra
Bedok North (near Chai Chee hill)
Bt Batok
Toa Payoh
Woodlands or Sembawang GRC/Yishun

We’re posting on behalf of some kind-hearted people who would like to do TNRM work within their respective communities, so if you’re a caregiver or know of responsible caregivers [...]

Snugglecore: Are you guilty as charged?

All ye purveyors of kitty and poochie cuteness, read this and search thy soul.

… cute as a new kind of pornography, cuteness exaggerated, cuteness fetishized until the tiny, scrunchable mammals—along with the occasional adorable snapping turtle—portrayed on Cuteoverload.com, Kittenwar.com and an ever-expanding menagerie of copycat sites exist as little more than mere objects to be [...]

Shrink-wrapped miao

Recognise this furry?

Introducing the budak’s Shrink-wrapped miao (click to see all her shrink-wrapped glory) aka Angel miao.

Visit: Dharma (Melo) and Sanga (Sufi)

Right after visiting with Mango and AC, we went to visit Dharma (Melo) and Sanga (Sufi), and their mum DB, and dad, IB. This was also a first visit, since they were adopted last March. DB made some lovely apricot crumble and treated us to a very nice jasmine tea.
The loan camera we borrowed from [...]

Visit: Cassie/Mango

We paid a visit to Cassie, aka Mango, the first since her adoption since last November. She’s settled really well, and AC was all praises for her adaptability and her easy-going nature. It was good to see her Cassie again, and we were heartened that she seemed to recognise us, especially btmao (though AC did [...]

April wanted

April’s adoption notice would have read:
Long-haired female adult cat, 5-8 years old, seeking home. Has curly fur that matts and requires attentive grooming. Does not like other cats and does not like to be groomed. Also has the tendency to fall sick and may require regular medical attention. Serious adopters willing and able to provide [...]

Maggie sighted after a fortnight of absence

We had thought her gone or chased out of the area as it’s been nearly 14 days since we last saw her. But this morning, she was there for breakfast again.
We do need to work out Maggie’s schedule. However, she seemed to have been settling in well. btmao reported that she’s no longer so gaunt, [...]

Minion talk

With all the hue and cry, advocacy messages, and my footprints leaving ridges on the soapbox, perhaps readers may form the impression that us minions, or least me the blogging one, are no-nonsense stiffnecks.
But really, in private, btmao and I are not all scowls and frowns. Humor and levity pepper our conversations – making light [...]

Why so like that (Selective compassion and apathetic ignorance)

In Dawn’s latest blog, she wrote about her thoughts on the sudden flurry of help for a few unsterilised cats whose lives are threatened by complaints and the lack of responsible caregivers in their community.
Dawn said:
While I am glad so many people are taking an interest in these cats and wanting to rescue them, it [...]

Ah Meow adopted

Great news! Foster Mum’s homeseeker, Ah Meow has been adopted over the Chinese New Year holidays.

Ah Meow: It’s about time too! 

Stanley… again

After the Sunday evening drama, last night was an almost rehash of the face/off in Area1.

Ivan
Ivan, who was being lovey-dovey with btmao’s slippers, suddenly turned macho and bristled while she was laying out his dinner. We turned around to see Stanley about 5 metres away.

Stanley
While I watched over Ivan, she quickly lured Stanley away. She came back [...]

Stanley got away again

Last night, as usual, we went to serve dinner to Ivan and Carlie, and to see if we can spot Cara, who has not been seen for the past 6 to 8 weeks.

Carlie

Ivan
I had to clean up at home, and so btmao set off first. After serving Ivan on the ground floor, she went up [...]

Radio silence

This period of silence was not intended… well, not as much as the previous attempt. I had hoped the long Chinese New Year weekend would afford some time to catch up with tec updates. The urgency was also partly fuelled by my lack of daytime email acces for this workweek.

Bam Bam: Double D’oh!
But well, [...]

Need to work out Maggie’s schedule

After her second breakfast, Maggie missed the weekend breakfast services. We were beginning to think she might just be passing through the area, but this morning – the first day of work since the CNY holidays – btmao spotted her again. She’s still ravenous, so we are still sticking with our theory that she’s newly [...]