Tuesday, March 24, 2009
:: Posted by Singapore
Community Cats
True story of a vegetarian
stall's cat called Lin-Lin ::
SingaporeCommunityCats
Photos taken on 9th March
2006
The stallholder and the lady employee of a
vegetarian stall in a HDB coffee-shop love cats. They brought the
cats in the vicinity for sterilisation. They were especially fond
of one particular tortoise-shell cat that came to reside in the
stall.
Perhaps this being a coffee-shop in an old mature estate with a
higher percentage of residents, the cat was well tolerated, not
only by the other stallholders but by the coffee-shop's
customers.
The stallholder was aware that Lin-Lin would be rounded by the pest
controller if just ONE customer complaint but he was prepared to
bring Lin-Lin home then.
A year since the photos above were taken (2007), the coffeeshop was
closed as a result of en-bloc. The stall relocated to another
coffeeshop within the estate but a far distance away.
Lin-Lin adjusted to the new location.
Then this coffee-shop was closed for refurbishing for some weeks.
The stallholder, who lives in another town, decided to bring
Lin-Lin.
Unfortunately Lin-Lin escaped from the carrier upon reaching the
stallholder's block.
Despite searching for hours every night and occasionally catching
glimpses of Lin-Lin in the drain, who seemed to be gradually losing
weight, Lin-Lin didn't seem to recognise the stallholder out of
fear and disorientation. A pet taxi guy was engaged to trap Lin-Lin
but many attempts failed.
Today is 2 years since Lin-Lin was lost.
I stopped by this stall this late afternoon.
The lady employeer recognised me after a while as I have not
patronised this stall for a year. She then exclaimed that Lin-Lin
was found. She said that on a rainy day, Lin-Lin just appeared in
front of her boss, the stallholder! He just carried her home!
Lin-Lin was skinny by then. A year has passed since that eventful
day and Lin-Lin is now a fat cat enjoying life in a safe
home!