"David Sing (E-mail)"
Looks like the government organisations are not so keen to loaning out cat traps to members of the public due to protests from cat lovers.
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See this page for cat traps available from Australia
http://www.traps.com.au/cat_traps.htm
Scroll down the page to see comments by person called "Chinky" advocating use of Cat Stop and Scarecrow rather than the conventional cat traps.
http://catwelfaresg.wordpress.com/2008/07/21/the-new-paper-report-about-cat-town-in-jln-pemimpin-near-bishan/
Cat Welfare Society
http://catwelfaresg.wordpress.com/traps/
CWS loans out traps to the public (see below), but is also appealing for donations as they say they need to buy these traps from the US
Traps For Loan
Need to borrow a trap? We can help you out there.
Charges:
We require a $75 deposit. It's fully refundable. We accept cheques made out to Cat Welfare Society, or cash.
What to do
Write into info @ catwelfare.org . Let us have the following information:
1) Why you need the trap
2) Your area.
3) A contact number.
We will get back to you and arrange for you to get a trap from one of us
Seems the cat-trap you mentioned used some years ago, belonged to AVA.
I hope AVA had discontinued using those inhumane cat-traps with hooks, as proposed by Animal Lovers League few years ago.
Here is an article pertaining the cat-traps with hooks, from Animal Lovers League newsletter - Bulletin dated June to December 2002 :
http://groups.msn.com/singaporecats/general.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=8482
Cat traps
A case was reported to us about a stray cat caught in a cat-trap from the AVA.
While the cat was reaching out for a piece of meat (used as bait) attached on the cat trap by a hook, it got its cheek caught in the hook instead. None of the diners at the coffee shop called the AVA or SPCA.
As it struggled to free itself, the tear on the cheek worsens. It was nearly 12 hours later that the case was reported and AVA collected it and put it to sleep still hooked by the cheek, bleeding and screaming. Thank God for that, as it would have caused more pain to the struggling cat if they tried to unhook it first. We received the call after AVA had collected it.
On this note, we therefore advise that for those who need to use cat-traps, please refrain from using the old traps with the hook. We are now proposing to AVA to discontinue the use of such traps.
The above article is taken from Animal Lovers League newsletter - Bulletin dated June to December 2002.
Hi Blue Mistz,
AVA had modified the sharp hooks in their old cat traps.
Instead of sharp, pointed hooks, the hooks are now blunt, and would not injured trapped cats.
AVA also having new type of no hook cat traps similar to Cat Welfare Society cat traps. I understand people wanting to loan cat traps from AVA, are given a choice of what type of cat traps they prefer - subject to availability.
http://groups.msn.com/SingaporeCats/appealsforhelp.msnw?action=get_message&mview=0&ID_Message=15155&LastModified=4675665177960415905
From: MSN NicknameMiow-miow3 (Original Message) Sent: 3/19/2008 7:40 AM
A friend who was at AVA recently to renew a dog's licence, saw a couple putting a cat trap into the boot of their BMW. Presumably it was another intolerance of the presence of cats into their "precious property".
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These traps are loan FREE, courtesy of taxpayers. The cats then are killed FREE, courtesy of taxpayers. So you as taxpayers and even if not, as citizens and residents, have the RIGHT to PROTEST!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2007
AVA replies
We got a reply from AVA about a few things we enquired about.
First of all, they DID send out letters to the town councils to express MND and AVA's support for sterilisation. They felt that sterilisation and killing the cats were both necessary components of a community cat programme.
The AVA also encouraged the town councils to work with caregivers and mentioned that the AVA was prepared to give a sterilisation subsidy and whom to call for more information. This letter was apparently sent out to all the town councils in April!
I'm certainly delighted to hear that the AVA is willing to sponsor sterilisations, and perhaps even more importantly, to support sterilisation AND working with caregivers. They've asked the town council to approach them for more information on the programme and for further information on the subsidies. Now the ball is really in the town council's court. Caregivers can (and should) speak with their TCs about getting this programme on the road!
Secondly, the AVA felt that it would be a breach of confidentiality to give out the details of complainants in private estates whom borrow cat traps. What we asked was that if someone borrows a cat trap, that they sign a form saying that they are willing to speak with caregivers if there is anyone there so I'll write to clarify this.
Thirdly, they mentioned that they would be willing to consider handing out the brochure on alternatives to killing cats for people who borrow cat traps. However, they wanted CWS to have a brochure that mentions alternatives to trapping AND killing.
We're clearly not going to do that because we're trying to provide alternatives to having the cats killed. Clearly also if someone borrows a cat trap, they KNOW about the killing - plus it's not a solution to solving the nuisances, so we're going to write about that too.
More at http://catwelfare.blogspot.com/search?q=ava+cat+traps
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