The Singapore Turf Club (STC) in Kranji will nearby March 2027.
Amid stress and anxieties surrounding the future of staff, jockeys, and horses, yet another group at the Turf Club deals with an unpredictable fate.
Cats.
Cat neighborhood increased throughout the years
The STC steady premises are home to 100 cats.
Apart from their hooved residents, each of the 20-plus stables can shelter one to more than 20 cats.
Apprentice jockey, Jerlyn Seow, informed Mothership that vets assisted to sterilize the felines, although the more feral ones were difficult to capture and reproduced throughout the years.
Free to wander the premises’ area, these furry locals have their own everyday regimen.
“The cats simply do their own things,” said Seow.
In normal cat style, they do not communicate with the horses, just walk pass them.
Those with more hunting impulse can be discovered stalking rats and pigeons.
Looked after by steady staff
The cats are likewise precious by the steady staff, who feed and animal the animals every day.
“There’s no worry of them starving due to the fact that there’re a lot of steady individuals around,” ensured Seow.
The cats likewise socialize with the staff in their toilet.
Uncertain futures
According to Seow, the weight of the Turf Club’s impending closure has be suffocating.
“[The stable staff] have actually all been feeling down and depressed, and on top of that we still need to stress over the 700 over horses and the steady cats.”
They’ve even introduced a petition to save SG horse racing.
In the meantime, the Cat Welfare Society (CWS) has actually connected to Seow to see if they can raise a few of the staff’s problem on the cat-side of things.
Seow said currently, no cats have actually been embraced.
However, the apprentice jockey is specific that the staff will be taking the cats with them when they leave, as they already see the cats as their own.
She included that if any member of the general public is eager to adopt a Kranji cat, they can drop her a message on Instagram to inspect if the staff would want to put the cat up for adoption.
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All images from @kranjicats/Instagram
