In yet another deplorable episode of community cat abuse, a feline was reportedly thrown off an HDB block in Hougang recently.
New cat in the community
According to Jasmine Tan, who is an administrator of the Hougang Community Cats Facebook group, the tuxedo cat was just spotted in the vicinity of Hougang Avenue 8 in May 2023.
As the name suggests, tuxedo cats are bi-coloured cats, usually black and white, with a distinct white-coloured patch on their chests akin to the pattern of a tuxedo suit.
Tan found the tuxedo cat wandering around the area and wrote a May 8 Facebook post hoping to locate its owner.
Image screenshot from Hougang Community Cats Facebook group.
She noted that the tuxedo cat seemed skittish and hungry.
The tuxedo cat can be seen eating some wet feed in her photo.
Cat was named Tuxy
The post apparently did not receive much response and no one stepped forward to claim the cat.
It was later named Tuxy and became one of the several community cats familiar to feeders in the area.
Found dead
In a May 22 post, Tan said Tuxy was found dead at the foot of Block 614 Hougang Avenue 8.
She suspected that Tuxy was thrown from height from the aforementioned HDB block.
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Tuxy’s lifeless body can be seen in Tan’s photo, lying sideways and on top of a drain cover at the open-air car park.
Blood splatters can be seen around Tuxy’s carcass, which seemingly reaffirmed Tan’s suspicions that the feline fell from height.
Image by Jasmine Tan from Hougang Community Cats Facebook group.
Blood stains still visible
When Mothership visited on May 23, the blood stains, while cleaned, were still visible.
The HDB at Block 614 Hougang Avenue has 12 levels.
The common corridors of Block 614 were directly above the area where Tuxy’s body was found.
Image by Mothership.
Image by Mothership.
Image by Mothership.
Appealing for witnesses
Tan said she has reported the incident to the National Parks Board’s Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS).
She is appealing for eyewitnesses and/or those with dashcam footage to come forward.
Mothership has reached out to Tan and AVS for comment.
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Top image from Hougang Community Cats/Facebook and by Mothership
