A group of animal lovers were spurred into action when they sighted a cat apparently trapped and in danger of drowning in a canal.
A video of the cat in the waterway was posted on the Gowhereforsg Facebook page and showed the animal iunable to get out. It wasnt clear how the cat had landed in the canal. The 55-second-long clip was taken at the canal near the Jalan Besar Community Centre.
The caption says that it all began with one man who tried to rescue the cat using a dustpan. As the frightened cat started meowing loudly, passers by joined the rescue bid.
The next rescue attempt seen in the video shows a man using a contraption with several poles attached with USB cables to the base of an umbrella. The rescuers also tied poles to the dustpan and lengthened this rescue aid.
Using both these makeshift cat rescue tools, the animal was rescued. It was scooped into the umbrella and held in place by the dustpan.
Not all encounters with stray cats in Singapore have positive outcomes.
In Sembawang, a resident raised a stink about cat droppings raising a stink in the area. In a Facebook public group, Complaint Singapore, the resident 家蓁郑 said that a stray that has been sheltering under a neighbour’s air conditioner has been fouling the air and the floor with its droppings.
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