Special Appeals

From time to time, a dire situaton arises that warrants a special effort on our part. The Society does its best to provide aid in these situations, but as a small organization, we often find that we cannot go it alone without appealing to the public for help. These appeals are listed here in the hope that they will come to the attention of those with the heart and the means to help. Please read on.

Please Help The Lady in Joo Chiat - Posted on 7 Oct 2008

Recently fire broke out at a unit in Joo Chiat Road. Animal Carer, Mdm Teo was almost burnt to death in her room.

 Cat With Rectum Exposed in Toa Payoh - Posted on 4 Oct 2008

An urgent appeal from a volunteer Janet:

Janet saw this cat in the vicinity.  As you can see from the picture, his rectum and part of the intestine is sticking out!  A surgery (maybe a few) is definitely needed save this cat.  And the hospital stay is probably going to kill all of us financially.  Can you please help us post this on the CWS Appeals page so we can save this cat?  This looks very painful. :(

An extremely sad case of obsession and abuse - Posted on 17 Aug 2008

An urgent appeal from the volunteer:

A hunched-back old lady in her 70s are hoarding about 30 cats and 2 dogs in her 3 room HDB flat.  Her kids have abandoned her because they could not deal with the sight of her living condition.  The flat hasn't been cleaned in 4 years.  It's smelly, dirty and there are cat faeces and urine everywhere.  The walls are blackened with stain and the wall crevices are breeding cockroaches and all kinds of household pests.  The place is littered with soiled newspapers, decomposed raw chicken heads (cats were fed raw chicken heads) and maggots.  Lots and lots of maggots and cockroaches!

The cats are all terrified and cowering in corners and under old furniture because they probably hasn't seen daylight in eternity.  They are not sterilised, most are sick and infected because of the contaminated environment.  Kittens are dying everywhere.  We found a dozen of kittens with serious eye infection but only managed to smuggle 2 to the vet.  One little persian baby has lost her eyeball, which was protruded about 1 cm out of her eye socket (see attached picture).  Another kitten has 2 protruding eyeballs from her eye sockets, and was bleeding but the old lady refused to let me take her to the vet.  She ties the cats and kittens in bundles to tables and chairs so that they don't run far.

Anyway, you can read more about this place, as well as see the pictures on my blog : http://babywail.multiply.com/journal/item/54/To_Hell_and_Back...

The dog, Mei Mei, is tied to the bed permanently.  Only once a week, when the volunteers go down to clean the place, then will Mei Mei get to run around freely.  Contacting the authorities is not an option because she had previously attempted to kill herself when approached by authorities so they just left her alone.  She also has asthma and can get asthma attacks when agitated.  Now that the volunteers have gained her trust slightly, this is our plan to help her :

1.  Clean up the place - bring in cleaners and painters
2.  Evacuate all the cats and put them in foster care temporarily until the cleaners and painters are done and we'll move them back
3.  While the cats were evacuated, send all sick ones to the vet.  Healthy ones will be sterilised.  And try to rehome as many as possible.
4.  When clean-up is complete, move remaining cats back to flat. Ensure all cats are sterilised, vaccinated, and healthy.
5.  Same goes for the 2 dogs.

We appeal to all of you to please help if you can, and if not, please help to pass this on.  We would love to be able to collect the following for the Old Lady and the animals :

For Old Lady :
- Milo, Cereal (Oats)
- Biscuits (w/ container, e.g. Khong Guan)
- Bread
- Toilet Paper and toiletries

For Animals :
- Old Newspapers
- Plastic litter boxes (Daiso has cheap ones?)
- Plastic shelves (Toyo or Carrefoure)
- Drinking and feeding bowls (Big salad missing bowls or stainless steel bowls)
- Rags and old towels (Clean ones)
- Dry food (No wet food, no more maggots!  *Shudder*)
- Medicine & supplies (Antibiotics, Vibravet, Lacto-bacillus or Bene-bac, saline eye wash, Chloramphenicol eye ointment or any antibiotics eye drops)

We also appeal for funding :
- Temporary Boarding (cost unknown yet.  If you can foster a few cats, we would greatly appreciate.)
- Cleaning & painting (around 300?)
- Vet bills (I don't even want to imagine.  If you have SPCA sterilisation vouchers, please donate to us.)

One final note - for those who have contributed for Whitty's medical bills, we have more than enough.  Thank you so much and God bless your souls.  After covering Whitty's medical bills, I hope you don't mind if we channel the balance of the funds towards this project.

Finally, please help to pray for the Old Lady.  We sense her sadness because her kids do not care about her.  She therefore diverts her attention to these animals, wanting to love them and protect them by keeping them close to her and tying them near her or to her body.  But she's refusing medical attention because she thinks the vets will put the cats to sleep.  But by keeping them sick and in such unhealthy living conditions, she's killing them faster.  It's a thin line between obsession and abuse...please pray for her and the animals.

My sympathy goes out to her and the animals.

Heavy-hearted,
Lynn

ps*
for more updates, please go to http://babywail.multiply.com/journal
kindly email Lynn at crystal.chakra@gmail.com if you can help in some ways or another.

Thank you!

Whitty needs your help - Posted on 06 Aug 2008
[Case closed - enough funds raised. Thank you to all those who helped! You made a difference!]

Background of her injury:
This beautiful kitten fell from the 4th floor. She is having some trouble urinating on her own and her bowel movements are also a bit out of control. Her caregiver, Penny, has to help Whitty pee and poo all the time.

Whitty is currently undergoing accupuncture treatment at per session. It is estimated that she will need at least 10 sessions in order to recover.

This is the message on behalf of the caregiver:

" A kitten named Whitty (pics attached) needs your help. Whitty has been injured and now she could not walk.. Whitty had been sent to the vet for medical attention but she has not able to recuperate well enough. The caregiver is planning to send her for accupunture Chinese treatment since there has not been much improvement via western medicine.

We are seeking sponsorship.  At the same time, we hope to look for a home for Whitty. She needs full time attention. She needs to be massaged to help her pee and poo or she will pee blood if her bladder gets infected.

if you wish to sponsor some of the vet fees or adopt her, please contact the caregiver at kong_jaime@yahoo.com.sg .  Thanks."

THIS APPEAL IS NOW CLOSED - THANK YOU TO ALL WHO HELPED. 

On the 30th of January 2007, a female cat with newborn kittens of about a week was found to have a broken right hind leg. The person who is putting up this appeal managed to send the female cat to Mt Pleasant Animal Clinic and the 5 newborn kittens are now in a foster home. they have paid a deposit to the clinic and the vet has informed him that the cat needs surgery. Estimated cost for this is SGD1500.

The person sending this appeal says :

"I have done whatever is financially able for me but to finance the surgery is tough on my pockets. I am seeking the help of CWS or anyone out there to assist me with this as there is nothing else that I am able to do but to seek your help."

The cat will be fostered till it can be adopted, or otherwise will be adopted by the person putting up the appeal.

For more information on how you can help, please write to us at info@catwelfare.org.

CWS received this appeal from a member of the public and we hope that you will be able to do what you can to help this cat. Please note, however, that while CWS does its best to verify appeals before putting them on this board, the message is provided by the rescuer/caregiver. CWS cannot therefore be liable for the representations made here.

Thank you for giving.