Cats – some love them, and others pretend to love them because they fear death.
Cats are undeniably cute, and watching videos of them doing the most mundane things never gets boring.
Just like dogs, many of these furry creatures are dependent on humans for food and water, especially if they’re stuck on the streets.
So, if a cat is neglected or mistreated in any way, you can bet your cousin’s toaster that there will be an outcry from outraged netizens.
Kranji Primary School Reveals They’ve Removed a Community Cat Living in the School During CB Period
On 14 May, Facebook user Diana Lee uploaded a post to the group Singapore Streets Cats Welfare about a cat that was removed from Kranji Primary School at Choa Chu Kang.
According to Lee, the cat, named Angel, was caught by a trapper and relocated to a park. Several other posts made the same allegation.
Lee also shared pictures of Angel in the park, along with images of a police report.
I think the witness, Angel, wasn’t there to provide a statement.
In the police report, which was presumably lodged by Lee, Lee says that she first saw Angel in a picture of a cat in a cage that was posted on the Facebook page Singapore Street Cats Welfare.
Lee later discovered that this was Angel, the same cat she had been feeding for the last eight years.
Angel had reportedly been living in Kranji Primary School this whole time, but was allegedly removed because it was “urinating everywhere.”
Wait, it wasn’t urinating before that?
Lee’s attempts to contact the schools’ vice principal were fruitless, but she managed to get in touch with an admin staff member who confirmed that the school hired someone to remove the cat.
To Lee, leaving a stray cat like Angel alone in a park with nobody to feed her is tantamount to murder.
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“I thought there is no trapping during this Covid season… We can get rid of trespassers. But if there is a chance to help an animal in distress, and we do nothing, wouldn’t it be condoning murder?”
Many other netizens were infuriated and lambasted the school for removing the cat from its premises without any care for its survival in its new ‘home’.
School’s Response
Three days later, the principal of the school responded with a post on Facebook.
Mdm Goh Meei Yunn, principal of Kranji Primary School, explained that there had been “increased instances of cat faeces found in the school compound, including at food preparation areas.”
“Damage to equipment and property had also been observed,” she wrote.
Mdm Goh did not explicitly admit that they removed the cat, but said that they wanted to maintain “high standards of hygiene in the school even during the national circuit breaker as there is a small group of students, teachers and staff who return to the school during this period”.
She said that the school was “not aware of the public’s interest in the cats.”
“We came to know of the interest when a few members of public contacted us on 14 May 2020.”
The principal added that they’ve been in contact with those who complained about Angel’s relocation, and that the school will “continue to engage with interested members of public in future, even as we look after the health of our students and ensure that the school premises remain a clean and hygienic place for all our students and staff.”
Lee, however, is not convinced:
Quite true about how cats defecate. They’re unlike dogs that DGAF about where they discharge their chocolate cakes.
According to a member of the Facebook group Sayang Our Singapore’s Community Cats, the vice-principal of the school revealed that Angel was relocated to Bukit Gombak Park.
But it’s unknown if the school is actually doing anything to help Angel at this point.
While the health of students, staff members, and teachers in Kranji Primary School should be prioritised, they could certainly have picked a better place to leave Angel.
Hopefully, the poor cat will be taken care of.
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