tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-242350372011-06-08T14:37:57.660+08:00If we had a calling-card for what we do outside of the moola-getting stuff, it'd likely read: ARMCHAIR advoCATS & HUMANITY CYNICS @ Kitty-Grub Delivery * Feline Mojo Robbery * Cat Rehoming (outsourced foster-care) * Home-Slacker Coddling * Petition Signing * Bureaucracy Rattling (Part-time) * Word Spreading - Because People Need To KNOW @ Members of "Listen To The Earth - We are not Cassandras for telling you there's only one Earth!" (Powered by mental-brainjuice of 2 two whacked-out sibs)purrsNswipeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16722692968330782857noreply@blogger.comBlogger2481100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24235037.post-1150857816839317122006-06-21T09:34:00.000+08:002006-06-21T10:49:38.713+08:00

Hi to friends, and regular readers! (We keep getting a steady, if teeny, number of hits throughout this blacked-out period, so I figure an update's in order, because even though I cuss readily, my cuss ratio is situational, and being a cusser doesn't mean I forget my manners.) To state the obvious, we've been out of commission. Before we go on, a very very brief update on the gangs: there's been

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Simple is as simple does, and what could easier to understand than this: Take away cat mating = cat boom stop = piggy bank safe from being broken by cat food bill (protection against other causes not covered). Here it is in pictorial form, courtesy of Dawn: Scenario A Scenario A : You start with two cats & Sterilise Sterilisation stops breeding Scenario B Scenario B : No Sterilisation Scenario

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The Body Shop, in the general public's eye, has represented a commitment to promoting community trade, non-animal testing and environmental friendliness. The Body Shop was, in short, a godsend to women who were aware and sickened by the horrors of animal testing in the beauty trade, and didn't want the guilt of needless deaths on their vanity. In short, they did not want to have blood in their

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[photo pending] Cassie is a slender 6-8 month old female black and white kitten, with a perfect tail. She is gentle and quiet, but very affectionate. Cassie has been sterilised-she turned up with a tipped ear. Her vaccination and litter-box training status unknown. If you or anyone you know is interested to take away Cassie's bewilderment, and give this affectionate young girl a home, please

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More phone cam pics taken on 30 May. Samia and Izzy, sharing grub with Cari. Izzy and Samia - tucking in together Izzy, after food Samia's beautiful side profile (don't mind the food) - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate

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Phone cam images of Cari on 30 May, while she was dining with Samia and Izzy. At food Covering all bases Attacking with gusto Finally, rest! All in a day's eating - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate Relationship with

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So Cari didn't show today. If she continue to be a no-show, we'll see if we can find her over the weekend. - Meet the Street Gangs - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate Relationship with Trap-Neuter-Release Management - Check out the

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ANGEL is a friendly female, about 1 yr-old, with classic black and white patch patterns and a perfect full-length tail. She is sterilised, vaccinated, and litter-box trained. At an age where she's more sedate than kittens, but still young enough to adapt quickly to new situations, she will make a great house-pet. She is suitable for single or multi-cat families. Will you consider giving this

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In the last few weeks, going to the CWS adoption board could have you think it was a kitten nursery. There were postings of kittens, kittens, and more kittens. In the best of situations, even tweenagers stood little chance against the boisterious, irresistable, littel furries, what more mature and older cats against a whole horde? Our lot's adoption notices were pushed off rapidly. And since,

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Though Roly poly isn't cute, unless you're a whale stocking up for summer, never allow your cat to starve/fast, unless under a vet's instructions, for example in cases of diarrhea, soft stools or in preparation for surgery. Why? Because of the risks, like hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver disease), where the liver starts to function abnormally. This might result even after just a day or two of not

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Just now, a new kitten popped up at the Street Gangs' Areas 1 and 2 buffer zone as btmao was getting around to dinner service for Area 1. She was probably about 4-5months old, wearing a white coat accented by grey tabby patches, and a short clubby tail. We've named her Cari. Cari is very friendly and loving. btmao lured her to Area 1 proper and served dinner to her, and the resident Wunder Duo,

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Salvi - 17 May 2006, PM (Phone Cam) First sighted in the night of 8 Jan 06, in the Street Gangs' buffer zone between Areas 1 and 2, Salvi was estimated to be between 6 mths to less than 1 yr old at that time. She was very thin, and wore a worn red collar with a bell. Bt she was not interested in food - dry only, wet only, dry and wet... nothing interested her. We assumed she was a

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This is positively the final installment in the Animal Rights/Animal Welfare debate of the day. I managed to hear a recording of the segment. It was... interesting, and of course showed that there's still work to be done to make people AWARE of what's wrong with the current situation. Dawn has also, once again, put into succinct words, her thoughts in the aftermath of the radio segment:

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Really, only marine mammals, like whales and walruses own the bragging rights to blubber-bulked physiques. Otherwise, like humans, overweight animals are prone to health risks. Some interesting reads about the situation elsewhere: Porky pets warning for British "Feeding your pet full English breakfasts, chocolate, chips, burgers and too much pet food may make you feel like a kind and loving

calsiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300302802931707601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24235037.post-1148973127230846332006-05-30T15:08:00.000+08:002006-05-30T17:18:38.306+08:00

I figured some things deserve trumping... so here's the day's trumping: VeggerBLOG aka blogs by vegans/about veganism. Just added them to our BLOGwatch on the sidebar (scroll down, and down a bit more). Filched them from Cat, so Kam Siah, Girl! Saved us some work. - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats -

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Dawn blogged that Some people are more offended by this ... Then by this Where else would a cat, a sterilised one too, minding its own business be deemed more offensive than the other thing? - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate

calsiferhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00300302802931707601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24235037.post-1148962165347849662006-05-30T12:17:00.000+08:002006-05-30T12:11:16.353+08:00

The more I think about it, the more I like how Buddhism is non-judgmental nor exclusive, as A 'meeting of two religious streams' shows. As I've said in Transcendence, or maybe not, I'm a agnosatheist, but I do find myself leaning very much toward Buddhism. - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body

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After that bout of meta/science kitty thoughts Schröedinger's cat evocated, I find it apt/coincidental/providential to find this on vegancat's blog: And with that understanding can come contentment, even joy. Extract from A 'meeting of two religious streams'By LOUIS SAHAGUN, Los Angeles Times, May 26, 2006As the world's leading Buddhist, the Dalai Lama, likes to say: If there is a problem and

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Cat's compilation of the Laws of Physics awoken a strange little kitty that's been having a permanent siesta in the back of my mind. Schröedinger's cat. A famous little moggie, in the human physics/quantum physics realm anyway. He/She is probably the most famous modern day feline nobody has ever seen. The beauty of his/her existence? View him/her as you will: heavy, in-depth, light, lay,

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vegancat made a vid of Tiger, who is one lucky cat, in spite of his disability. Kudos to his family for rescuing and caring for him. He reminds me very much of Debbie, who is under Foster Mum's meticulous care. I just saw her on Saturday... no pics as the cam batt flatlined. *ARGH* Debbie's loving and as friendly as ever. I just wish she could get her wheels soon. - Go to Pawprints: TNRM -

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LOVE these truisms! Laws of Physics Kudos to Cat. More Cat-ffervescence: Sneezes of Laughter - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate Relationship with Trap-Neuter-Release Management - Check out the purrsNswipes Adoption Guidebook - Meet

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Okaaaay, so I couldn't resist sending this email last night to the hosts of the 93.8 program that's running the radio segment at 12.20om today: Is Animal Rights Activism a waste of time and resources? I did get carried away.. just a little. Hi Melanie, Eugene, This is going to be an interesting topic, but I just wonder how many people do appreciate the real meaning of Animal Rights, or are

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There IS a difference between the two. Just that most people lump them as one. That's why I didn't go on about it in my "Radio segment on Tue, 30 May: Is Animal Rights Activism a waste of time and resources? " No point crowding the issue. But Dawn's thoughts on Animal rights versus animal welfarism, after receiving my email alert, is short, sharp and to the point. Very worth a read or 3. -

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Just got to know about this, and wanted to let everybody concerned know. Whether you rescue wildlife, or do TNRM, or is aware and gives support in other ways, we're all doing our bit in different aspects of Animal Rights activism. Please consider calling or writing an email to weigh in on this topic, Otherwise, the public might get to hear only from those who don't get the importance of Animal

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Sara aka Mocha, who got sick and had to see the vet a number of times soon after going home with her parents, is now well! YH, Mocha's mum's response to my email on Thu, 25 May: Hi calsifer, _Mocha is fully recovered and doing very well now. She's even put on a bit of weight! Cheers, YH My reply sent today: Hi YH, That's wonderful to know! Thanks. YH, we also want to thank you and your

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Orli's homecoming - Day Two. SMS update from his mum: Hi Orli is getting 2 know me... he snuggless n sleeps w me on bed. But he goes 2 his cage/house 4 the nite. Will keep u informed. Good progress, don't you think? btmao and I are WooHoo-ing. - Meet our homeseekers - Check out the purrsNswipes Adoption Guidebook - Go to Pawprints: TLC for cat minon requisite education - Go to SOS and see

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Orli, current record-holder of lengthy-stay at Foster-Mum's has a home!!! At last! Is there such a thing as quiet euphoria? Because it seems like we're overwhelmed, happy, relieved, anxious all at once. And tired - it's a high-strung business to be chaperoning potential adopters - due to our low success rate. Now, after waiting for nearly 16 months, Orli has finally gone home with Theresa

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So what's the REAL truth behind Edward Munch's fanous painting - The Scream? Cat unearthed it... here, and it's meowsome! More Cat-ffervescence: Sneezes of Laughter - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate Relationship with

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So, I got a response to the repartee I left on Cat's Reality TV for the Meowies blog entry... and got really amused and bemused all at once. While I had thought there was a debate going on, the other party was, apparently getting hot and bothered, framing the idea that she was being flamed. It is interesting to to note there's been two mentions of flaming at this point, and both by the other

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So on Cat's Reality TV for the Meowies blog entry, which I mentioned previously, I was engaging in an energetic debate with another of her readers, who called my views one-sided. Thus far, it has culmulated in this post by moi - and the feature debut of another personal bugbear - the White Tiger Fraud being propagated by zoos and entertainment acts worldwide. Here's the whole hog if you don't

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Alaska’s Cook Inlet beluga whales are in serious trouble. Facing pressures ranging from pollution to increased ship traffic, their numbers have dropped by half in the last decade. Now, this isolated population of white whales may disappear forever. Click here directly to take action Please also consider checking out the Defenders of Wildlife's Take Action page, and signing up for alerts.

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Cat (who took a hiatus from the blogosphere) added this news about a US pet food maker exploiting shelter cats and reality TV to her blog. She said: Don't know how you feel. In my books, reality tv just crossed the line. I don't want to repeat so here's the comment I left on it: Yikes... crossed the line indeed! I do think it's a despicable thing petstuff manufacturers do, when they tout or

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There are some great souls out there. Like Lynn, who among other wonderful and commendable things she's doing, tried to help little Cookie find a home. But sometimes, things aren't just meant to be. Cookie's story reminds me very much of Angel and her babies - out of 5 babies, Aidan died very soon after going into foster care, the 4 were rehomed successfully, but of these 4, another 1, Ariel,

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Like humans, cats may suffer brain damage, from head trauma or high fever. Trauma may of course stem from accidents or abuse, and high fever is often caused by diseases like Feline Infectious Enteritis (FIE) (aka feline parvovirus (FPV)/feline panleucopenia) I just got to know about a kitten who suffered brain damage from fever after being vaccinated. Again, like people, vaccinations do

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From Silent suffering (AVMA Animal Welfare Forum addresses pain management in animals): "The scientific evidence is overwhelming that animals do feel pain," said Dr. Sheilah A. Robertson, opening speaker at the 2001 AVMA Animal Welfare Forum, held Oct. 14 in Chicago. "What we need to do is now move on and discuss the more important topics like how can we help them." ... between 17 and 20

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From the Nana Roxy Mama Suki Lala blog: Like how cats that are black-and-white with white/pink noses are prone to squamous carcinoma caused by lack of pigment (melanin) at their noses and they will start to nosebleed. Apparently, it's treated by tattooing the nose so sunlight won't get to the cells. Amazing ... (* A Wildlife Veterinarian *) squamous carcinoma (disturbing pic of cat with bleeding

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After all that weighty TLC talk, I figured a little levity is in order. If you're able to follow this chat excerpt between 2 long-ago Jap lang students, AND appreciate the drift, I feel sorry for you. Taihen desu ne. L: my hotmail is acting up again! me: ditch it lah L: we still likes hotmail me: does you precious L: i'm on the hotmail beta version, 2 GB L: it's buggy me: sou desu ne L: hahah..

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What is FIP? FIP is a viral disease of cats that can affect many systems of the body. It is a progressive disease and almost always fatal. It is found worldwide and affects not only domestic cats, but many wild ones as well, including cougars, bobcats, lynx, lions, and cheetahs. Which cats are more likely to develop FIP? As you would imagine, the cats most likely to develop FIP are those with the

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What is feline leukemia? Feline leukemia is a cancerous disease caused by feline leukemia virus (FeLV). FeLV causes diseases other than leukemia including immunodeficiency and additional cancers. Cats may not start to show signs of disease for months or years after being infected with FeLV. Infection with FeLV is a major cause of illness and death in domestic cats. FeLV causes very similar

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Yes, cats do get cancer too, and like humans, a compromised immunity system makes them more suseptible too. Like humans, cats may get cancers of many differnt kinds too. Milly, tested FiV positive at age 2.5, died from multi-cystic intestinal lumphoma at age 3.5. It's important to note: Intestinal lymphoma is now the most common form of lymphoma in the cat. The average patient is an elderly cat

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Does FIV look familiar? Reminds you of HIV doesn't it? That's because FIV, Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) is AIDS, feline AIDS. But like the human variety, it is transmitted in the same ways, but does not mean an immediate death sentence. Cats testing positive for FIV may still lead healthy long lives. Our Milly, who died on Oct 25 2005, and Rheilly, tested positive for it, but Milly did

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Bam Bam, resident evil, is a renal failure cat. You would'nt know it looking at him, but he was diagnosed with acute renal failure (instead of chronic, which we understand, is a little of blessing - he was almost curable). Now he gets the foie gras feeding treatment each night: we got to get a half-Fortikor pill in him to help blood flow through those damaged cashews of his. How did we know he

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A bit of help in making some sense out of the mambo jumbo. But remember, and this VERY important, ultimately, you should be getting the details and other relevant information from your vet. Lab tests for cats and dogs - article on Pets.ca - Go to Pawprints: TLC for cat minon requisite education

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WE got to know about FiE because of our pet food supplier, J. A kitten she rescued (J does rehoming and does not sell live-pets , which is why we're proud to buy from her) got horrendously sick, and it was FiE - which nearly killed the little one too. J has decided to keep the little one, and named him Sunshine. Sunshine was lucky. FiE is more of a kitten disease, like FeLV and FiP. So please

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Ass-dragging, or scooting, is not just a harmless quirk. Neither are offensive smells from 'there'. If your cat does one or both, then he/she might have anal-sac disease. The little mystery of ass-draggin had us mildly confounded but not worried since we had no idea of the possible implications. For us, we've seen frequent scooting from one of the Street Gangs - Marty, and two of our own -

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An chat excerpt - Agent Smith doing goof in my head. The things that Monday Blues cause... L: stray animals in singapore are so pitiful L: when i visited the spca in san francisco....i was like 'wow' L: each cat has their personal room L: each room is called a "cat condo" me: yah... i am SG anti-spca now L: inside has comfy bed, nice huge cat tree, all kinds of food, tv & vcr! me: 100 cats

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G mentioned this aww-inspiring site. I wonder if this shot of Joey awww enough to send in? - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate Relationship with Trap-Neuter-Release Management - Check out the purrsNswipes Adoption Guidebook - Meet our

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between btmao and I, we've got a number of dreams we cherish, some in common. But it always seem like reality gets in the way, and you chuck stuff on the smothering backburner. Well, yesterday we met G, a newcomer to TNRM in our town. In her usual life, she works in an arty enviro, holding down a full-time job she seems to enjoy, running her own clothing label, dj-ing (alt/rock no less, not that

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Sweet Charlotte (2005) I want to cry for Charlotte, but I am too angry to be able to shed tears. Charlotte, the first community cat btmao and I ever sterilised, in 1998-1999, was the founding member of the Street Gangs. Charlotte, the sweet old girl, died this morning at about 8am. She was still weak and emaciated from battling a mysterious bout of jaundice that would have claimed her life

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Maybe it's true, I know I have a mean streak running right through the core. Anyway, apparently, lefthandedness has a fancy name: sinistrality. The etymology looks a bit suspect doesn't it? I thought so too, and guess what, it is fishy! "... "sinister" is almost exactly the Latin word for left-handed. (Dexter meant right-handed.)" - Janis Cortese: Sinistrality, or Lefthandedness You know all

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Brillance of light in his eyes, burning amid his shadow cloak. Not enough to ward off sickness and pain, But beacons light his way, a path still raw. They soothed the ills, making it right. Fruitless the fires raged against eternal night, Too soon, brightness fainted into embers, and fighting wills cannot hold back the long sleep. His eyes are closed, spent coal consumed in a brief flash of fiery

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Roundups and cullings have become an inherent risk of the Singapore urban homeless cat's life, and since the local version of TNRM was scrapped, even sterilised cats are in danger. Ah Boy, was a homeless cat who faced mixed fortunes. Look at the changes wrought, and tell me there is nothing wrong with the roundup SOP. - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel

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Is the boy prescient or what? Since I announced my plan to stake him out last week, no one has seen hide nor tail of him... I think we named him too well, he's gone and executed another Yeti on us! - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate

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Are the rock-stars(pun half intended) aligned or something? Anyway, on the way out from minion-hood (aka real life job), I overhear on the radio the strange-familar riffs of U2 classic, One. I'm not a U2 aficiondo by any stretch, but I have favs from them, One being one of them. So it was a serious matter that I found the song's riffs strangey-familar. Took a moment but I realised too soon,

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Allow me this one geek-out indulgence: Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Pearl Jam with albums out at the same time!!!! It's like CNY ang bao collection time redux. WHEEEEEEE! - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to HDB bans cats - government body chronically misconceived - Go to Singapore's Love-Hate Relationship with

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oh wow... it's 9 days since this place got an update. What with the occasional downpour, I thought I'd better wave a bit and clear the cobwebs before the itsy bitsy spiders came out to play. Assimilation of Rheilly and Kheilly into slackerdom is almost complete - we're actually surprised at the relative lack of flying fur and spitting fury. More later. - Go to Pawprints: TNRM - Go to

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Well, the Home Slackers are gonig through their 4th wash in as many weeks. btmao, cat mum- extraordinaire is donig the honours of course. Why the frequent wash? Because Teddy seem to have a recurring mite/irritated tum skin issue, and the vet recommended the weekly wash over a 6 week cycle to break it. The rest are being washed too because, well, sufferance alike! Equality and all that, you

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I'm off work today, and at about 9am spotted Joe Yeti outside Area 1, same time, same spot as my mum did last week. He caught me without the camera. I tried using my phone's dingy cam function, but he's just too friendly, and kept trying to rub noses with it. I don't know if daylight brings clarity, but even though still VERY impressive, he no longer seem to trump Joey in size. In fact, he's

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It seems like more and more cases are being exposed. Does this mean an increase in incidents of animal cruelty? I don't think so, I feel that it is a matter of more people speaking up and highlighting the abuse that goes on. Check out the dicussion thread - it is heartening to see people offering to help. - Go to SINGAPORE UGLY / Casefile: Cruel Singapore. Hack-care Singapore. - Go to

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A Secondary One cat-caregiver speaks up for a homeless cat, Spot, who died on 25 Apr from a still at-large cruel assailant. "I agree with Ms Lynn Lam in her letter, "Cat-killings still a problem" (May 8). "... we need the police and people to take firmer action in animal killings."On April 25, I found Spot — a cat that we fed — with bad internal and external injuries. He was fine when I saw him

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A brave volunteer trying to nab the Old Airport Road serial cat-killer(s) speak up: "It seems that the brief jail sentence for serial cat killer, David Hooi, hasn't deterred anyone from abusing animals."Having to clear the dead bodies and clean the bloodied walls has deeply affected a poor cleaner, a cat lover himself."The cleaner filed a report with the neighbourhood police with the

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After midnight last night, or in the wee hours of this morning, depending on how you prefer, my mum thought she heard kitty battle cries in area 1. By the time I to the suspected battlescene, all's peaceful once more. I decided to survey a bit and see if I might spot the combatants. Soon I spotted Samia, cool as you pleased. Though she didn't look the least ruffled, the chance that she was half

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Since I first wrote about Joe Yeti, he's only appeared once about a week after. We thought that he might decide to settle down in Area 1, but since then, there's no sign of tail or whisker, and we thought he had decided to move on - there are a number of established cats around the area afterall. But surprise, surprise, he's still nearby after all. My mum spotted Joe Yeti just outside the

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Well, I know I've definitely fallen, sick that is, and AGAIN too. Within 2 weeks, it's just too bad! But nevermind that, tomorrow is the big day, Singapore's polling day. For the first time in my life, I get to do my part and waste a piece of paper, and add to the amount that others have squandered on my behalf - you know, those placards, pamphlets, even personalised post cards. I am of two

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btmao feeds the Area 3 Street Gangs brekkies and dindins, 7 days a week. But when she first started, she only served breakfast, as there was another feeder who did the night rounds. This feeder, a self-styled care-giver had seemed at first to be committed. But with time, we've been inexorably drawn to a reclassification. She was not a care-giver. If any's due for mojo-removal, she notifies us,

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Basically, this entry is to offer commiseration with fellow caregivers. I was inspired to write this after going through the Mr EKAT entries by vegancatsg (Mr Ekat chronology: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10). At last, there is proof that we are not alone. Let's start at the beginning. A question first: What happens when you try to reason with people who refuse to see reason? It's like getting

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Thanks to Dawn for the headsup. Some of these stuff are also part of the TNRM workshop 'goody bag' that CWS gives out. But, you've to admit, having the softcopy handy makes it that much easier to make professional looking copies. TNRM Useful Resources On the CWS siteSetting up a Trap Neuter Return Manage (TNRM) programme in your estate TNRM Monthly reportTNRM monthly report (in English) TNRM

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Teddy Cat in a cutesy pique When it's late at night, and your eyelids droop of their own accord, and you look away from the cursed monitor and witness the resident teddy one give such a look, what can you do but obey? There is no call to tire yourself out so well that you miss such adorable invitation and friendship. No wonder all's quiet now. Maybe the weather's still above my weakened

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Look at that impressive tum-spread! Apparently, Joey Inc carries only 1 recliner model, and it has not changed much in design or features, just a change in internal-machinery here or a tweak in girth there. Who cares a hoot about Osim or Oto - can't even tell the diff between those tow pretenders to the throne. But the original self-recliner Joey, one in a million! No wonder no other recliner

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Ready for the pounce? Right after I blogged about the magnificent duo's gift of sleepful nights, Izzy missed both brekkies and dindins over the last two days. This morning, Samia missed grub-time too. btmao was upset and worried - she had thought Izzy kitnapped. Samia's absence got her more paranoid. We love for them to have homes of course, but not knowing for sure really can stress the

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Dawn spoke about another close-shave with the Bedok serial cat-killer: Vegancat and another volunteer told me that the Bedok cat killer was seen taking another cat up into his flat. I've been told that I must have misunderstood earlier and that the kitten ran out before the police arrived. This is really quite worrying but the volunteers are all keeping a close watch on him. The volunteer took

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How pathetic the 'man' who derives his machismo from terrorising small defenceless animals. more pathetic is the 'woman' who displays her alluring vulnerability by screaming for help at the sight of small defenceless animals, woh would'nt want anything to do with such irritating shrieking creatures anyway. "... A stray cat had leapt onto a seat at a vacant table in the open section of the

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Did someone hit the replay button on the ugly petshop saga?? THREE puppies from the same pet shop fell ill and died from a canine virus after they were taken home by their new owners.Both the owners complained to the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA). Their beef: The pet shop did not vaccinate the dogs - an AVA regulation - before selling them and this led to the dogs' deaths.Joy Doggy

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Bedok Nth St 3 serial cat killer, David Hooi is in good company it seems. "IN a part of Bedok South, some aunties who are taking care of stray cats, speak of a man who would bring the cats to the top to the block of flats where he lives, and throw them to their deaths."They say he has also been seen to thrust a stick into the anus of a cat causing it to have difficulty with its bowel movements.

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This one is still uncaught. I only hope the authorities sit up and take these cruelty cases seriously, or else we're just going to end up with another killer-nabbed-at-long-last-released-early-to-continue-killing-spree case ala Bedok Nth St 3 serial cat killer, David Hooi There seems to be a serial cat killer at large in Old Airport Road area. He strikes every week in the night. According to

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I vaguely remember, just before I got sideswiped by bacteria in the food, I was ranting about Singapore's deplorable attitude and ignorance about the need to be compassionate for non-humans Guess what I found in my mailbox? From: Amy (Acres) amy@acres.org.sg Date: Apr 21, 2006 4:29 PM Subject: [Acres Action Alert] Help stop Canadian seal slaughter To: volunteer@acres.org.sg Dear Acres

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Since Izzy and Samia returneth, peaceful the nights are. Diminished has the threat of complaints. Either being mojo-less agrees with them or they've moved their night-time performance venue. We're hoping that it's the former. Actually, they're really pally, and Izzy-boy allows the smaller Samia to boss his bulging gut. They would make a lovely pair, but I'm doubtful about her chances. I've

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The silence trips the guilt, and my fingers itch, the keys' senseless rhythm make them twitch, alas updates denied and the weekend burned, as the runs hit, and guts churned and turned, brain cells seemed to drain out the other end, and the frontal lobe robbed of bends. Naught to do but sleep like the dead, while precious blog-thoughts fled unsaid. There! Awful poesie of the moment, call it

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Here's a poser. Replace every occurence of "American" with "Singapore" in this quote, and what do you see? The American Cat Project is a web site for people who have discovered issing kittens hiding under the porch, skinny cats begging in the coffee-shop parking lot, or feline shadows lurking in the local park. If you aren't the kind of person who can just walk away, you aren't alone. The

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Izzy is a 6-8 month old male Mackerel tabby kitten, with a long perfect tail. He was found crying, and was probably abandoned. He is extremely friendly and affectionate, and has the very cute quirk of showing his little pink tongue. Izzy has been sterilised, vaccination and litter-box training status unknown. If you or anyone you know is interested to take away the reason for his crying, and

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Samia, 20060206 In Oct/Nov 2005 on a very rainy morning, a kitten appeared as a little scaredy kitten in Bobby's place, in the east end of Area 2 of the Street Gangs. We couldn't get near, and so didn't even give the hungry, crying baby some food. I thought that was the last we'd see of the little thing, as there was no sign of tail or whisker for the next weeks. Then 1 day, btmao called me

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When a family has cats/dogs, it's rarely a one furry-creature home. In the course of rehoming, we've gotten to know a few four-legged cuties too. They ought to have a mention, if only for being the house-mates of our successful homeseekers. Mao Mao, Bobby/Bo Bo's housemateDidi Boy We know quite a few from Foster Mum's too. - Meet our homeseekers - Go to Pawprints: TLC for cat minon requisite

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Mao Mao is a seven-yr-old. Doesn't look a day over 3, does he? He's the first Associate, and what an inductee for the inaugral of the Associates' list. April and Alvin, Bobby's parents rescued Mao Mao off the streets in August last year. They started with just feeding him. But out of the generousity of their hearts, they opened their home to him. I believe it was inevitable, only a matter

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Just released on 14 Apr, the Bedok cat killer is already starting to menace the community and the cats: I spoke to one of the caregivers in Bedok and asked how the situation has been since the Bedok cat killer was released. According to her, he made a threat against one of the caregivers.Dawn's blog. More...In the corresponding comments, this one is most disturbing: vegancat said... I spoke to

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Bobby is a large handsome young adult male, 2-4 yrs old, who appeared at the neighbourhood carpark in Apr/May 05. He is a beautiful tabby with white underside, topped off with a unique white diamond covering his nose and a white crest on his chest. A majestic-looking gentleman, he is an abandoned pet cat, and though shy and reticent at first, is easily socialised. He is very friendly and

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Ivan the Terrible. How do you rob a tom with a moniker like that of his mojo? With patience, of course. Oh and load up on the gumption pills too. Ivan is a full-fledged virile Tom - big head, battle-scars and all. Where did he come from? We're not sure, all we're sure of is that he's definitely 4 yrs at least. We noticed that Ivan began haunting and terrorising the resident cats in the Street

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This is scary stuff indeed. What would qualify as a bloggie nightmare? How about this: Thousands of Blogs Fall Silent By Michelle Delio (Jun, 15, 2004)Blogging pioneer Dave Winer unexpectedly closed Weblogs.com, his free blog-hosting service, on Sunday, leaving thousands of bloggers without access to their blogs. Blogs affected by the shutdown now redirect to a generic message posted by Winer.

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Wow, what a bit of whinging can get you. Remember my mini rant yesterday about being slapped with word-verification when posting? Guess what landed in my mailbox this morning? From: Blogger Support Date: Apr 20, 2006 4:24 AM Subject: Re: [#457756] Non-spam review and verification request: http://purrsnswipes.blogspot.comHello,Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use

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From the singaporecats msn group, David Hooi is now released back in the community since 14th of April. If you would like to give moral support to the care-givers who helped to nabbed him, leave your email address here and I will connect you to one of the caregivers. The caregivers appreciate help in sponsoring the sterilization of the community cats so that there will, hopefully, be no more

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Purge your tummy, and hold tight to your barf-bag. Ready? Here goes: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/humannuisancesingapore/show/ How much Singapore dirt and grime can be really pinned onto the favoured scapegoats, the cats, dogs, crows. Even the rats would sue if they knew how! If you have a similar story, caption and upload your evidence of "human nuisance" to www.flickr.com and tag as "

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Now, whenever I publish an entry, I've to do word verification too. Seems like some blogger sentry has decreed that we've got spam-blog characteristics - due to the linkies population explosion. DUH. Is it a crime to suffer from Archiver's Syndrome? What's wrong with healthy doses of links? How else can I interest readers to find out more without them doing the work? Now i've to wait for the

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Well, it's been a month since our bloghood initiation. Actually 1 month and 1 day. How amazing! And I've yet to finish up with getting all the reference stuff in. SIGH. Still, it seems like I've gotten some headway in... on with the slog.

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Sara/Mocha was sent to the vet, here's the update from her mum I saw this morning, and the subsequent exchanges. I'm so relieved the vet doesn't consider her case serious. Definitely appreciate YH's updates! Hi all, Some update on sara/mocha's condition after a trip to the vet: She is suffering from a bacteria infection in her stomach, which is causing a slight temperature and the diahorrea.

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What an interesting way to put it! Toothpaste and pillows Dubbed Nafanua, the cone is made from large pillow lava, a type of rock that forms when hot magma spewed by underwater volcanoes or cracks in the Earth comes into contact with water and congeals into large blobs, or "pillows.""Imagine a replica volcano on your tabletop and somebody squirting toothpaste out from underneath," said study

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I'm still thinking about 5-cat Style's post "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly ", specifically: The Good (made up mostly, but not exclusively, of cat-lovers) ... a man, who isn't a cat-lover, was interested in finding out more them after reading the many forum letters in the newspapers about the ban of cats in HDB flats... he was also keen to understand how he could help if he saw pest control taking

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What is abandonment if not cruelty? 7.10pm: Carol said she saw a nervous whitish kitten running to hide a car while walking to the carpark where I was waiting to drive to the vet clinic. She thought it was a "new" abandonee.7.30pm: We arrived at the clinic and picked up the two boys sterilized yesterday. The calico girl was eating well and so we left her to recuperate till Monday. One of the boys

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vegancatsg and I have been in communication with Sara's mum, YH, due to her on-again-off-again third eye-lid syndrome, and a few red spots on her skin that's causing her new parents to worry. Now Mocha, she will be seeing the vet this weekend. I am hoping it's nothing serious. Also, YH sent these pics on the night of Sara's adoption - 9 Apr, but the photo upload thingy didn't work til just now,

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When you're new to blogosphere, it never hurts to check out what the romans are up to. So, in addition to the informative "Did You Know" cat segment on the 5-Cat Style & The Flyer's sidebar, I took the liberty of checking out the sidebar footer, and BINGO! A link to allow people search this blog and see who else's linkedA website where readers can subscribe to your blog - saves them checking

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btmao and I are vegetarian for moral reasons. We don't label ourselves vegan because really here in Singapore, the high standards of veganism is not easily achieved, and is a bit beyond us at this point in time. We do try to reach for it, and herein lie a dilemma of catastrophic proportions: Do we feed the mobs veggie diets too? The question, for us, is not whether we should impose our beliefs

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Well, I don't know if anyone's noticed that I've been messing around with the blog layout. I'll say one thing though, the stupid preview button doesn't work nuts for any custom regions you create. For example, the top navigation bar I made, for the life of me, I could'nt figure why the preview show me the text, but not any of the styles I applied - I thought I was that worthless in html. For some

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