A successful cat-catching attempt at Pantai Hillpark

From Koo:


As per our appointment, I arrived at 7.30pm sharp yesterday (Thursday,
7 July) to the guard entrance of Sis Nui’s apartment block in
Kerinchi.  Along the way, I noticed there were many food stalls (no
shortage of food supply for the cats) along the road, heavy (foot and
car) traffic (constant danger to the strays) everywhere which is
likely the result of a concentration of high-rise living quarters.

I was waiting at the guardhouse for Sis Nui to fetch me when I
observed a curious scene.  The guards were playing with kittens when
the security chief arrived.  He reprimand them for feeding and
allowing the kittens to mingle near the guardhouse as the kittens’ pee
and poo were dirtying the place.  Then, he made a disturbing command
to the guards to get rid of the kittens by throwing them into the deep
drain!  Of course, I cannot just stand by idly, block out what was
said and rationalise that I was only there to rescue the cats/kittens
which was way inside the apartment block.  So, I went into action and
I discovered that there was a tame mother cat and her 3 skittish
kittens.  By the time Sis Nui arrived, I managed to catch the mother
cat and one of the kittens.  The other kittens would escape through a
hole in the fence and out of my reach. Never mind, I told the friendly
and kind-hearted guards that I will be back for the remaining 2
kittens and to disregard their boss’ instruction which they were more
than happy to ignore.

Together with Sis Nui, I went to the spot where her cats and kittens
were. It was a daunting task as I anticipated.  There were parked cars
everywhere and wide open space for the cats to hide and run.  The
situation was made worse by a mother cat and her 5 kittens who were
taking refuge on the roof of a storage building which was unreachable.
 Sis Nui was worried for the mother cat who was said to be suffering
from a mouth infection.  After Sis Nui set down her food and called to
the cats, I tried unsuccessful to capture the cats and decided to stop
after an hour to avoid stressing out the cats to the point that they
may never trust Sis Nui again.  As a result, we agreed that a cat trap
has to be obtained in the future.  I hope she will have better
success.

I went back to the guardhouse while Sis Nui continued to feed the
cats.  The kittens were back out from the hole in the fence and I
tried a different trick.  I lined the fence hole with a netting that I
brought and chased them again.  Predictably, one after another, they
sprinted to the fence hole to escape but this time, they were went
straight into the netting and was trapped!

Thus, there was one success for that night. Although we didn’t get any
of Sis Nui’s cats, at least they don’t face the danger of being thrown
and drowning in the drain like the evacuated family of the young
mother cat and her 3 kittens.  Sis Nui will get the mother cat spayed
but she needs someone to foster the 3 kittens until they are adopted
or old enough to be spayed and released as community cats.  The plan
was to eventually release this family to another spot in the apartment
block but far from the guardhouse.

The cat which Sis Nui believed to be suffering from a mouth infection.

The 3 evacuated kittens which were in danger of being drowned in the big drain.



The only picture of the many I took of the captured mother cat where you catch a glimpse of her eyes.  She had beautiful and piercing eyes but she was so smart that she would close them when
I tried to use my camera flash.  I believe her breed is called Bombay cat.

Thank you and best regards,

Koo

From Sis Nui (Dr Veeranoot):


Hi Bro Koo and Sis Chan,
I like to update for the 1st animal rescue at Pantai Hillpark phase 1.
A black cat (Thongdam) with 3 of her kittens were rescued accidentally on Thursday’s night. I sent her to the vet in Puchong on Friday, the vet suggested me to quarantine her for 1 week before send her again for spay and later vaccinate. Thongdam’s health is perfect and she was dewormed. Now, she is with me (attached photos).
For 3 kittens, I managed to clean and deworm them and Julie Pek kindly offer to foster all of them. She will pick them on one of these days. I promised to provide their foods from time to time till they are adopted. They are very cute and move around my place (attached photos).
For a white mother cat with infection around her mouth, I took her photo and showed to the vet for any prescription. The vet suggested to rescue her…Bro. Koo kindly help and bring a proper trap as well.
Thank you once again.







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2 responses to “A successful cat-catching attempt at Pantai Hillpark”

  1. azie.azureEn

    Kerinchi/Pantai Dalam area sure have many food stalls along the road during night time.. and i can guarantee that one should not be worry of being hunger as a stray..

    but since i moved there 3 months ago, i've noticed that the number of stray cats there are getting lesser each day. i dont know what actually happen to them. maybe they have run away to other places, sent to pounds, being hit by cars (due to the very heavy traffic) or maybe being thrown away by the guards (hopefully its not true =( )

    so for me, i think that to rehome them on the same place where they were found, would not be a good idea.. they deserve a better place to live a better live as strays. dont u think so..? 🙂

  2. chankahyein

    Yes, I agree. Every cat and dog deserves a safe and loving home. But sometimes we cannot find any. That is why we need help in this area – to help find homes for every rescued animal.