City Cats Cubao

20/09/2024

These kids did this act of cruelty to a cat so they can post this on social media. This is the result of the algorithm set by social media platforms such as Facebook.

"The incentive structure in social media leads to more extreme content rising to the top as algorithms promote what gets high engagememnts, reactions, comments and shares."
(PBS News Hour on Algorithm Insights)

Positive or Negative reaction is engagement; without distinguishing whether the post promotes good values and critical thinking; or cruelty, lies and disinformation. Sadly, cruelty, lies, stupidity, even rumor-mongering get more reaction, actually, negative reaction, thus, unknowingly, helps promote the post.

This is also why our posts don't get many likes, views, or shares. The concept of safe space is too boring. People prefer seeing random feeding even if the food is on the dirty ground; or an animal in distress with the reporter claiming he/she is in a rush to work or go home. Real compassion is doing something and not posting! Post after you have saved the poor animal.

Poor kids wanting attention that they don't, perhaps, get from their parents, neighbors, teachers or school mates, choose to emulate what they see in social media. They are not to be blamed. We are. Unconsciously, we are promoting the moral degeneration of our society.

So instead of reacting, report the post so it can be taken down. More reports will result to the removal of the post. If it's a crime, take a screenshot and report it to the police.

The report didn't say anything about what happened to the poor cat. With the agility cats are known for and supposedly having 9 lives, we hope and pray the cat is alive and unhurt.

17/09/2024

Cara finally started eating and playing! This is her second meal for the night. She doesn't eat a lot but at least she is taking in food and so far has not vomited. Thank you for your prayers! 😻😻😻

17/09/2024

17/09/2024

Please DONATE for the neutering of Bana and Em-Em and prevent unwanted pregnancies!

Bana is a sweet preggy cat that just recently arrived at Telus. She needs to undergo a spay-abort procedure. It will cost at least P2,500 including IV-fluid set and anti-rabies vax. Post-surgery meds will all be oral.

Em-Em is the lone resident of CPT2 basement. She has had 2 pregnancies but all her kittens died because she remained feral for a long time. She hid them under parked vehicles. Just when Em decided to trust Abi, the feeder fell ill and resigned. It took months before she gave her trust to Jhen who took over the feeding of CPT2 cats. Em's spay will only cost P1,000 including anti-rabies. Post-surgery meds will all be oral.

Total amount needed: P3,500

Any amount will be a big help. Kindly send your donation to Gcash 09455289423. Thank you!

16/09/2024

Cara is home. But her condition is not so good.😿 Although her foot is no longer swollen, the deep wound has healed. But she has stopped eating. She vomited the food fed to her via a syringe. Signs of a serious internal problem but we no longer have funds for tests like blood chem to find out if she is positive with FIP. We also no longer have funds for that treatment.

This reminds us of how vulnerable kittens are especially those a month-old like Cara. We had a similar case in Dec 2022. A kitten's foot was caught in the moving escalator. Despite being confined for days at the vet clinic, receiving all the care, bill rising to thousands, his condition suddenly deteriorated and was diagnosed w FIP. Thus, treatment for that was done. Still we lost him. He passed away, alone, inside a cold cage. 😿

But still, we hope and pray Cara will have the will to live.

Please pray for Cara. 🙏

14/09/2024

This kitten was just found 3 days ago by Telus Safe Space assisted-feeder Jhen; and someone already treated him like a toy, cutting his whiskers!!! In this supposed busy area, with people dining and drinking booze in broad daylight, and a guard roaming around, not a single person saw this act of ABUSE!!! 😡😡😡😾😾😾

13/09/2024

Wish it's the same here in Araneta City. We have fed a lot of dogs. Each one of them never came back or we helplessly witnessed forcibly dragged away.

The Ayala Corporation director and PAWS advocate has always had an affinity for aspins.

12/09/2024

It's about time! Congratulations and thank you Animal Kingdom Foundation for pushing for this policy to be adopted! 😻We all need to be vigilant to ensure its enforcement. 🐈‍⬛🐈🐕🦮🐖🐄🐂🐃🐏🐒🐓🦅🦉🦜🪿🦃

12/09/2024

It's about time!!! Congratulations and thank you Animal Kingdom Foundation for pushing for this policy. Now all of us need to be vigilant in ensuring its actually and properly enforced. 🐈🐈‍⬛🐕🐖🐎🐓🐃🐐

11/09/2024

Yay!!! Elly has been adopted! Thank you Gia for choosing to adopt a community cat! Thank you, as well, for donating 1k for the other cattos! 😻🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛
Elly had his last treat from lady guard who adores him so much. 😻 Lande was also around to bid her young pal farewell. Awww...

10/09/2024

Update: Received P2,500 from Sayrel Baldoza. Thank you!
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Please DONATE! We still need help to cover increasing bill. Thank you. 🙏
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Update: Please see photo of Cara's leg just sent by vet. Please donate. 🙏
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Update: Received P2,500 from Patricia Monderin and P200 from anonymous donor! Thank you!
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Please donate. 🙏 Running bill for Cara's treatment is now at 8k. It was clarified by Kuya Nhic that Cara's leg was burned by the car engine. Hindi po sya naatrasan. So this is no ordinary wound. It's like a 1st degree burn. Vet said the leg is still swollen. She still needs to stay in the clinic and stay hooked to the IV. Also we can't get her out because the funds raised so far is just P1,600. 😿😿😿
Please help Cara! 🙏
Gcash 09455289423

09/09/2024

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09/09/2024

Look!!! Looca thinks he is a "sales-cat" inside HMR store beside Telus. He keeps a watchful eye on customers. Better watch out! 😹🤣 Or maybe, more of a "security officer" in disguise? 😹
Thank you mam Hazel and HMR for being cat-friendly!

09/09/2024

Update: Final resting place of dear PauPau in the garden. 💔😿
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PauPau has just bade farewell to us. 😿 At 6am this morning, she was in bed meowing weakly as I called her name. She usually jumps out of bed during feeding time, meowing loudly. This is so sudden. Last night she was guarding her food from Tiger who often try to steal her favorite Morando. But actually, she has never played nor run around. She hated it when Tiger tries to play with her. She was either just sitting around or sleeping. She liked snuggling with adult cats like Cotton. Cotton and other cats sat around her as she laid dying, with worried expressions on their faces. Those quiet snuggling definitely left a mark on them.

PauPau, did you know Cara may be coming soon?

Good bye dear PauPau. Run free over the 🌈 bridge. We love you. 💔😿

08/09/2024

Update: Received P400 & 200 from anonymous donors. Received 1k from Mia & Gela. Thank you!
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We named this little one Cara because her injury was caused by a car. Fortunately, the car parked at Cyberpark 1 basement. Kitten was heard crying inside the hood. The engine was so hot, it burned the kitten's leg, peeling off the skin. The car owners, guard and Kuya Nhic (assisted-feeder) desperately tried to reach the kitten who went deeper inside the engine; until they finally got her. The car owner came from another area and drove out without checking first for any cat under the vehicle. This is typically how kittens are transported. Despite being in pain, she remained amazingly calm and behave. Sadly, the car owner didn't volunteer to take the kitty to the vet nor did he offer any financial help. 🥴 Good thing Kuya Nhic was able to give first aid to the kitty using the wound spray & cream we supplied before for the kitten, Tiger. The leg was bleeding profusely with the skin peeled off. That must hurt a lot. Poor baby. 😿

Fortunately, the X-ray showed there are no fractures but she needs to be given antibiotics and be confined.

We have 0 emergency funds. Will you donate to help us pay Cara's bill?
Gcash 09455289423 Thank you!

08/09/2024

Update: Spot was picked up by a stranger. 😿 Aileen and other staff didn't realize that Spot could already climb down the stairs. He has become curious of his surroundings and the space he was placed was no longer enough for him. Problem was he ventured all the way outside. When Aileen had her work break and went over the cat area to feed them, Spot was nowhere to be found. Outside, some bystanders saw her calling out for Spot. So they told her a stranger saw the kitty and perhaps, thinking it's abandoned, decided to pick it up and walked away. Aileen and the rest of the FC staff are devastated. It's a lesson learned that Spot should have been caged when no one was around. Play time should be supervised. There are other kittens there that already grew up. But their mama cat prevents them from venturing outside.

We will definitely miss you, Spot!

But we believe that stranger is a good person and would take good care of Spot. Please pray for both Spot and his new fur-parent.
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Meet our cute kitty meowdel, Spot! 😺😽

Sadly, Spot is the lone survivor among 4 siblings that were ordered thrown out by a store owner outside Fiesta Carnival. Despite all the care, milk and good food, kittens health is truly delicate. 😿

Please wish him/her well. Assisted feeder Aileen and her fellow-FC staff are still debating whether Spot is a boy or a girl. But for now we all agree Spot is just the cutest kitty in the world!!! 😽😽😽

07/09/2024

Please watch and share! 😀

All our past videos suddenly disappeared, even all the subscribers. 🥲So we are re-uploading and making new videos. Please subscribe again and subscribe if you haven't.
Thank you!!!

06/09/2024

This is one example of how an area we set-up as a safe space for increase in # of resident cats. City Cats Cubao now has 17 Safe Spaces for Cats. We hope to ...

05/09/2024

Yeyyy! LingLing and Ara are back in their respective safe spaces. For the next 7 days they will still be given post-surgery meds by our assisted feeders. Thank you Jhen and Kuya Peter! Thank you FTVC for ensuring the safe surgery of our cats and for the discounts! Our heartfelt thanks to Ruth Eileen Waldrop for all the help so we can prevent these unwanted pregnancy. 😻

However, let us be reminded that innocent lives were sacrificed in the process. 😿Please help us prevent this by donating to our kapon fund for the estimated 15 cats that urgently need to be neutered. We will post photos soon.

05/09/2024

Finally, we found a way to protect their food bowls from the rains and where Pio and Pia can also stay and keep dry. 😻 Pio is one of our Calendar meowdel for April. He is as cute and sweet as ever! But they are so attached to the old Food Park that this pair refuses to go to where the FP is temporarily located, beside the Bus Terminal. But with the digging now maybe 200 feet deep, even the old basement has been destroyed. Last night, after having a sumptuous meal with Powercat wet food, they crawled under that steel blue corrugated wall, disappearing from sight. Hopefully, they will adapt to this mini-abode we fixed for them, even only when it is raining or too hot. This is inside a fenced parking area, near the ticket booth, and with permission from Megaworld security. We requested the ticket seller to, occasionally, glance at this area. Thank you 'teh!

Gail, a new member, is in charge of this and another safe space just right across, at Manhattan 7-11/Bonchon; easing the burden of Aileen, our assisted feeder who works as sanitation staff at the Fiesta Carnival. Although she doesn't mind at all. She used to be assigned at the old Food Park so she knows all these cats so well.

Your support helps us sustain these safe spaces for cats. During rainy season, cats tend to eat more to keep themselves warm so we increase the food ration.
Please donate! Gcash 09455289423. Please send screenshot.
For in-kind donations: dry and wet, kindly send us a message.
Thank you! 😺😺😺

04/09/2024

Kittens for adoption! (Updated)
Online Adoption Process:
1. Fill-up adoption application form and send back to us via messenger. See link below.
2. Your application will be reviewed. If approved, kindly pay the minimal fee of P300 via our Gcash 09455289423.
4. Schedule pick-up of adopted kitten.
5. Photo-op of adopter w kitten.
Thank you! 😻
City Cats Cubao Adoption Form: https://form.jotform.com/242402453656050

04/09/2024

Despite the rainy weather, we brought Ara (Center Maintenance/Engr Safe Space) and LingLing (Telus Safe Space) to FTVC for their spay-abort. Due to their advance pregnancy they will be confined for a day. Thank you to all those who dropped bills and coins and P200 (Gcash) during the adoption drive amounted to P3,256. Thank you Ruth Eileen Waldrop for covering the rest of the bill. Estimated cost is P8,000 including IV fluid/catheter, convenia (long acting antibiotics), anti-rabies and confinement. 😻

03/09/2024

Thank you Manhattan Plaza Support Group for attending to the medical needs of your cats! 😻 Kitten Yoghurt and Acorn, a new arrival, both have colds, a danger sign for cats. It turns out both have infections. To address their respiratory problems, both need to be given Bromhexine and be nebulized every few hours daily to help clear their nose and lungs. Yoghurt also has a bacterial infection in her eyes. Acorn has mild gingivitis that hopefully can be stopped from getting worse. He had to undergo CBC which revealed how ill he actually is. He has to be given iron supplements because he is anemic. One main reason is he has a tick infestation and he has been starving for so long. When he managed to find the MP Safe Space he was so weak he could barely stand and even eat. He just drank water. It took a day for him to be able to chew food. The he disappeared but came back to everyone's relief. Since then he never left and even enjoyed the bed they got for him. 😺

Thank you Furrville Veterinary Clinic for the discount on consultation fees.

Please wish them well! If you are residing in Manhattan Plaza Tower 1 or 2, and want to join the group or extend any help, even volunteer to care for the sick cats, please send us a message!

02/09/2024

Tiger, Ali Mall Food Court cat, got his eye and a small wound treated! He had a fight with Raptor, the other mall cat, color black, that remains feral to this day. Last year, we got Tiger treated at the vet after his foot was caught in the moving escalator. That was really painful. He has grown to be a handsome, big boy loved by staff and food stall concessionaires. Thank you for contacting us about Tiger's emergency situation.
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02/09/2024

Sinundo na si Peewee kahit maulan! Thank you Nelaiza! 😻

Thank you FTVC , Lucky Pet Care Philippines and HandMark for the freebies! 😻

30/08/2024

August 2024 Food Ration Completed! We actually have a new Safe Space since start of August at Manhattan in front of 7-11 & Bonchon. It is also under the care of Fiesta Carnival assisted feeder Aileen. We have 1 cute kitten and 2 adults who used to be residents of the original Food Park which is now closed. The white cat is Snow. Starting next week, a new member will take charge of this safe space; as well as another 2 original Food Park cats across at the guard house but they do not want to go to the new Food Park beside the Bus Terminal.

However, Paragon KTV has been delisted to avoid duplication. The cats there are already being fed by Manhattan Plaza Support Group.

Thank you to our regular donors Ruth Eileen Waldrop P11,200; Cyberpark-Telus Support Group P1,200 and Jp T P500. Total: P12,900. Total food expenses: P17,000 (adult & kitten food and canned foods).

Thank you Manhattan Heights Support Group for contributing P1,200 to this month's food for all the 18 cats in that area. 😻

Thank you Manhattan Plaza Support Group for shouldering the entire food expenses of around 15 cats inside the two buildings. 😻

Thank you to all assisted feeders for tirelessly caring for our cats despite your tiring work. 😻

29/08/2024

Angel with her fur parents! Thank you for choosing to adopt a community cat from City Cats Cubao! 😻 They received freebies from FTVC , Lucky Pet Care Philippines and HandMark!

29/08/2024

A private individual organizing occasional feeding of strays, getting over a million likes and a lot of financial support gave up.

Paano pa kaya kami?

The most difficult part in our advocacy to rescue and create safe spaces are these
1. Sustaining the food ration of 15 safe spaces for cats with just a handful of regular donors. In fact, tipid ration po ito. We ask feeders to stretch the food that is normally just good for 4 days to 7 days. Plus, new arrivals receive food meant for others. With the present funds received we can no longer create new safe spaces. Cats who can't find any of these existing safe spaces are discovered too late like this big white male cat who passed away just an hour after rescue but he still managed to eat and drink water.
2. Fostering
It is a reality that some feeders can't foster kittens that need 24/7 round the clock care like Pau Pau. Although we have new members, 98% of them have full time work or are in school. So the 1 member w free lance work has to do it. But what if this situation happens when this member has to go out the whole day or travel? Ideally, there should be even just a small rescue center for the sick, injured and nursing kittens with a full time staff but we can't afford to pay monthly salary and rent.
3. Kapon funds
80% of the spay abort could be prevented if only we can fast track the kapon of adolescent cats, male and female; and a week after new arrivals come. But we don't have ready funds for this. Imagine, the cost of a single spay abort can neuter as many as 4 cats! At present we have an estimated 15 cats that should be neutered. But any of the females can become pregnant anytime!!!

We have 2 preggy that are scheduled for spay abort. One is LingLing of CPT2, in photo. But the income raised from the Adoption Drive is just enough for 1. Thankfully, Ruth Eileen Waldrop sent emergency funds.

No one is to be blamed. Even people who dump cats & kittens can't really be blamed. Our Govt encourages kapon without mandating all LGUs to do free kapon bcoz there is no budget allocation. Wala bang pera?! Yet, millions can be given as reward that come from our taxes above the millions already mandated to be awarded to Olympians. Yet may P90B excess Philhealth funds pala! Then there's the P73M of P125M requested budget by the OVP that got disapproved by COA mainly due to duplication of functions w line agencies. Why can't/didn't the animal welfare groups involved in revising the Animal Welfare Act compel National Govt to put it in the law to make Kapon mandatory and allocate budget for this? Why should this be our burden????? And yet tayo pa na animal rescuers ang madalas kinukutya!!! We receive neverending complaints from residents and employees, sa totoo lang, hindi ko na lang po kinukwento. Nagpapadala pa ng photos kesyo madumi cat nook, kesyo naasiwa sila makita ang mga pusa. Imagine the length we have to do para sanggain lahat ng ito to protect the cats.

What is also frustrating is when I receive messages pleading for help and I can't humanly possibly help. Those images they send of cats in dire situations stay in my mind for days.

That private indvl cited mental impact as primary reason. It's the same with so many other rescuers and feeders. Honestly, I am just preventing myself from going into deep depression.

So I would like to take this opportunity to be frank to all our followers and members. I will start taking concrete steps towards closing CCC but not the safe spaces. Adopt a Safe Space will be my call to residents and companies who can do this as part of their CSR. If you are an interested company inside Araneta City, kindly send me a message.

27/08/2024

UPDATE: Angel has been adopted and picked up this evening!l 😻
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UPDATE: Peewee has been adopted! 😺 Elly has been adopted too!
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Look!!! These cute kittens are ready to be adopted!
The online Adoption Process is as follows:
1. Request for an adoption application form and state who is the kitten you are interested in adopting. Application form in PDF format will be sent to you. We will also give you info on the personality of the kitten.
2. FIll up the form (use PDF Tools) and send it back. Do not send a screenshot.
3. Your application will be reviewed. If approved, kindly pay the minimal fee of P300 via our Gcash 09455289423.
4. Schedule pick-up of adopted kitten.
5. Photo-op of adopter w kitten.
Thank you! 😻

26/08/2024

Thank you, Daryl, for giving this yummy wet food to our community cats! 😻🐈🐈‍⬛🐈🐈‍⬛