Goodbye, Little Ms Ginny (the dangers of rat poison, a sharing by Wong Yoke Mei)

This is really sad.

The thing is, if people would only remember what they learnt about biological control in school, the presence of cats will keep the rats away. So, if we allow cats to remain in our community, most likely, there will not be rats. Then, there is no need to use rat poison at all, which not only endanger unsuspecting  and innocent animals, but also the environment, the water we drink and the plants we eat.

Goodbye, Little Ms Ginny. May you be in a happier and safer world now, free from cruelty and dangers.

From: Yoke Mei Wong
Date: Tue, May 6, 2014 at 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: Little Ms Ginny looking for loving home
To: Chan Kah Yein <chankahyein@gmail.com>

Hi there Kah Yein,

I bear a heartbreaking news of Little Ms Ginny. Last Saturday, after having breakfast, i came home around 11.30am to see Ginny yowling in my back garden laying flat on the grass. I knew at that moment that she could have ingested rat poison. She was drooling and her bottom was soiled. She couldn’t walk or comprehend what’s happening to her. Immediately i yelled for my husband to get the car ready as we need to rush her to the nearest Vet clinic. She was yowling and having seizures while in the carrier on the way to the Vet. I prayed that she will be ok. We reached the clinic 15 mins later, i got down from the car and ran for life to the clinic and i screamed “emergency! emergency! i think the cat has eaten rat poison” at the receptionist. Bless the Dr, he immediately called us in, and they started to give her injections and putting her on the drips. I was silent the whole time, as i didn’t want to disrupt the Dr’s flow. They tried their best, but she did not make it. Dr came out half an hour later to say, Ginny has passed on. I was speechless. We both went to see her and told her it’s ok now, no more pain for you Ginny girl. There weren’t any tears, and i don’t know why. Maybe it’s her time, her fate.

In the last 2 months, there were 2 adult cats which died in the neighbourhood and they picked my home to die in. Both were found at the same spot, near the roof. Both had a pool of blood oozing from their mouth. The 1st cat i saw, i thought it was some disease or some fight injury, as i didn’t know better. When the 2nd one was found, the condition was the same, pool of blood oozing from the mouth. That was on the 1st of May 2014. These 2 cats have not been seen loitering in my part of the road before. Then on the 3rd May 2014, the same fate befalls Ginny. It must be someone putting out rat poison to kill the rats and these cats, innocently thought it is food and have eaten them. Immediately, i printed out flyers to address all neighbours in the area not to put out rat poison in areas that is accessible to the animals such as cats, squirrels & birds. Then i know i had to approach each and every house to create this awareness and the dangers of leaving out rat poison in the open. I found out that there were also a number of cats that went missing on the upper half of the street when this “makcik” i talked to told me quite a number of her cats have gone missing too. I spoke to a number of neighbours but none said they put any rat poison out. I just hope that after talking to the neighbours, the person who did put the poison out will remove it immediately. Else, i just have to pray that no more stray cats succumb to the same fate as Ginny.

Little Ms Ginny, may you rest in peace, run free and happy over the rainbow bridge with the rest of your friends. May you have a good re-birth.

Yoke Mei