The Stray Affairs

29/12/2024

[Christmas Distribution 🎄🎅🧑‍🎄 2024]

We had our annual Christmas Blessing Pack distribution to our migrant worker friends. These workers come to Singapore to work and earn a living so they can send money home, but they also go out of their way to feed, protect and nurture the stray animals that live in their factory. They keep us informed when the animals are sick/ injured so we can take them to the vet promptly and even help us to feed the daily medications some animals require. Therefore it was our pleasure to give them blessing packs of essential items such as Rice 🌾, Salt 🧂, biscuits 🍪, toothbrush 🪥 and more to help alleviate the cost of daily necessities. We hope more people are inspired by the dedication and kindness our migrant workers have to stray animals 🐾

Huge shoutout to Ms Anna and the folks from K. Buddhist Temple for sponsoring the essentials 🎁

25/12/2024

Last Saturday during feeding, a migrant worker had informed us that a female cat in his factory has just given birth to neonates. As this factory was a newly added to our feeding routes, we've yet to sterilise the cats in the compound. Mama had hidden her babies and was nursing them in a waste material bin, and we were worried that someone may throw heavy/hazardous materials in without realising there are cats inside. That night we asked the worker if we could rescue the mama and her 4 babies. However the worker mentioned that the boss provides them with some cat food to feed the cats in the factory and as such he needed to ask his boss for permission if we could take them in. The next day, the worker informed us that the boss has approved and we immediately went down within the hour to pick them up.

We sent them to the vet the next morning to make sure there is nothing wrong with mama and her babies and good news, they are all healthy! Mama is FIV/ FeLV negative and producing sufficient milk to feed her babies. Mama got a little panicky when she was separated from her babies to be examined by the vet, so she had to be examined with her babies in sight. How loving and protective of her 💕

However we faced another issue, which was finding a place for mama and her babies. We had taken them in without first finding a foster or a place for them to go, but we could not risk another day leaving them in the factory as it was absolutely unsafe and unsanitary. We didn't want to medically board them as it would be way too expensive. Our team spent the whole making calls and reaching out to as many people as possible hoping to find a fosterer for them. Fortunately, towards the end of the night we were about to give up when offered to take them in 😻 They made so many arrangements just to accommodate mama and her babies and we couldn't be more grateful! Our Christmas miracle indeed 🎄

We are appealing for donations to cover the cost of mama and her babies's medical examination. If you'd like to donate, do head to our website (link in bio).

** Appeal Closed : The cost of the vet bill have been received in its entirety **

24/12/2024

Thank you very much for your kind support. Food delivered to The Stray Affairs
The cats need food every day and that is made possible by our kid foreign workers who care for them at the end of the day. But they need food for the cats and dogs and this is made possible by everyone who came to support! thank you for making this possible!
Please continue to support this program at: https://ahasg.com/Support_Stray_affair.html

18/12/2024

Farewell Manja 🐶💕🌈

Manja is one of the longest dogs we've been feeding. She was affectionately known amongst our volunteers as the container dog as she enjoys hiding under the container room of her favourite migrant worker, Paleani. Towards the end of her chapter on the streets, her legs becoming weaker and would tremble which was inevitable due to her age. One day Paleani called to inform us that Manja could not stand at all. We immediately made arrangements to send Manja to the vet as well as find a place for her where she can live the rest of her life off the streets. Paleani and his kind friends helped us carry all 32KG of Manja into the car that day 💪

As Manja was unable to stand, she had to be flipped every few hours and cleaned up after as she could only relieve herself where she lay. This made finding a fosterer/adopter even harder and we were racking up thousands in hospitalisation bills 😥

Fortunately, by the kindness of OSCAS, they opened a space for Manja where she could be watched over and showered with love and care. Just last weekend, Manja crossed the rainbow bridge to doggy heaven 🌈. We are grateful that she passed having experienced love and care from the team at OSCAS, surrounded by food, warmth and a roof over her head as compared to passing under a container in a factory.

We hope more people would consider donating to AWGs like who constantly support independent rescuers and small groups like us 💕

15/12/2024

Year-end period is always a tricky time for us as most of our regular volunteers and guides are travelling ✈️ But stray feeding continues by hook or by crook and this week was no exception🥩 Last night 3 of our volunteers had to cover the entire north to western industrial estates of Singapore, a huge difference from our usual 10 volunteers each week 👥 POWER💪

Rain, shine or snow, stray feeding continues each week as our strays are counting and waiting on us 🐕🐈

28/11/2024

23/11/2024

The Stray Affairs recruits foreign workers to help them feed the animals within the worker's compound.
Feeding the cats and dogs raises workers' awareness of community animals. When their factory moves, the foreign workers look out for cats and dogs in their new compound.
They have asked for food to feed the cats! This is an amazing impact of The Stray Affairs efforts.
We are doing a food appeal for cat food to send to this new factory. Please support via: https://ahasg.com/Support_Stray_affair.html

You can also order via whastapp at: https://wa.me/p/8779517892095791/6581272723

19/11/2024

16/11/2024

Thank you to everyone who came to visit us at SPCA's Pawesome Pawty 😄 and HUGE thank you to SPCA for having us 😌

We hope we managed to educate more people on the distress and discomfort that our animals experience when confined in a cage for prolong periods of time. We've seen cases where the animal never leaves these cages for months on end 😣 These are actual cages sold commercially in pet stores and can also be purchased online as well. Can you imagine eating, sleeping, p*eing and pooping in a space thats barely big enough to stretch your limbs? 😿

We were heartened to see so many people of all ages come and experience the cages, as well as take home memories with our selfie frame pledging kindness to stray animals 🐕🐈

Let's continue to push for more empathy and kindness towards our animals. To push for better welfare and be the voice that our animals need us to be. ✊✊

Huge thank you to Gold-D for sponsoring the goodie-bags at our booth as well 🛍️😻

16/11/2024

Hoorayyyy 🎉🥳🎊 The last of our two Disney brothers have been adopted 😻😻 Goofy and Pluto were rescued under our TNRM programme from a factory in the industrial estate that we feed every week. They were from a Mama cat's first batch of litters 😿 Since being rescued 6 months ago, they have both been through a few adoption drives and many more adoptions enquiries that eventually fall-through, but their patience have paid off and they have finally found their new forever home together 🏡

Thank you to Max and Siau Xi for opening your home and your heart to these two lovely boys 😌 We know you'll be fantastic pawrents to your new furkids 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒

03/11/2024

Doing another appeal for The Stray Affairs as there was no response. The food is delivered to foreign workers who feed the cats on a daily basis. This ensures they have nutrition and to stay healthy. This month, we will send the food in memory of Ruby.
To support, please go to: https://ahasg.com/Support_Stray_affair.html

01/11/2024

A glimpse into our weekly stray feeding 🐕🐈

Every Saturday, our dedicated team of volunteers head to one of Singapore's industrial estates to feed the stray dogs and cats living in the area. The time, effort and resources required to successfully plan and conduct each feeding session is no small feat, and wouldn't be possible without the hard-work of our volunteers and generosity of donors.

Not included in these photos are our food donors, who purchase, cook and deliver the food that you see in the photos to us. They too deserve tremendous recognition 💪

Each week we need 5 Drivers with Cars and 5 volunteers to ensure we cover all 150 dogs and 90 cats under our care. And lately our volunteer numbers are dropping 😢

We hope these photos would inspire more people to volunteer or donate so we can continue doing what we do for the strays 🐶🐱 We hope these photos will give you an idea of the dangerous and harsh conditions that these strays call home.

Find out how you can support us through our website www.thestrayaffairs.com (link available in bio).

30/10/2024

We are raising food for The Stray Affairs
This month the food will be sent in memory of Ruby.
The food is given to foreign workers who help to feed daily. They also keep a look out in case the cats are sick.
Giving the cats good quality food is the first line of defense to prevent them from falling sick. The food appeal response has not been good but if everyone can support just 1 bag of food, the collective effort can be big! Please support at: https://ahasg.com/Support_Stray_affair.html

26/10/2024

Heres how you can support us in our effort to support strays 🐕🐈

1. Volunteer with us 👨‍🌾! Come join us for our weekly stray feeding sessions. We are always in need of manpower for our weekly feedings, especially driver volunteers. Join our volunteer community channel at bit.ly/jointhestrayaffairs

2. Donate 🍗💵! We welcome cooked food, canned food or dry food donations. You can drop us a DM if you'd like to donate food! We also welcome monetary donations. We accept Paynow donations via our Google Form: bit.ly/mondontsa

3. Educate 📚! We want more people to understand the challenges faced by stray animals in Singapore. By simply helping us share our post on awareness for stray animal welfare, we hope to educate as many people that stray animals deserve better 💪

24/10/2024

[Brownie Junior]

Yesterday Val, one of the migrant worker feeders, alerted us that his factory cat Brownie Junior was not feeling well. He informed us that Brownie was not interested in his food, was lethargic and was unable to control his p*e when he walks. We immediately took him to the vet the next day.

Brownie was a very good boy at the vet, and was curious about everything in the consult room. We ran some blood test, urine test etc. All his parameters turned out good, FIV/FeLV negative as well. However the vet did note that his urine sample did show possible inflammation of his bladder. As such the vet has prescribed him some anti-inflammatory medication.

As Brownie did not need to be hospitalised, we have released him back to Val later that night. Val was so happy to see his boy come back and will be administering his medications and keeping us informed of his condition.

Lets wish Brownie Junior a sp*edy recovery 🐈😻

We are appealing for donations to cover the cost of $489.33 for Brownie's vet visit 🙏 If you would like to donate, head on bit.ly/mondontsa for the donation form.

Thank you on behalf of Val, Brownie Junior and all of us at The Stray Affairs ☺️

16/10/2024

Today is World Feral Cat Day 🐈‍⬛. Today is a day about understanding that not all stray cats are able to live in the same home environment as us humans. Some cats are unable to be handled by humans and may hiss at us when we approach, otherwise known as feral. It's a day about understanding that some stray cats thrive better when given the chance to roam-freely, and us humans being able to appreciate the difference between an indoor and outdoor cat. Therefore in a dense urban country like Singapore, some inevitably becoming our community cats 🐈.

With the rise of community animal abuse cases. It's time for us to start pushing for more tolerance towards stray and community animals. It's time to educate and spread more awareness of community animals. It's time to unite animal lovers across the island and say "Enough is Enough". It's time to start pushing law makers for harsher penalties. It's time to make any animal abusers think thrice before acting. It's time for things to change ✊.

15/10/2024

It's with deepest and extreme sadness we announce the death of Bobby.

We were in absolute shock when we got the news. Bobby was in the middle of his Babesia treatment. We did a blood test for him just a few days before he passed, and the values were improving, the Babesia count was going down and appetite was good. The video of him eating was taken the night he passed. The next morning when the staff came to check on Bobby, he has unfortunately passed in his sleep :( We were all hopeful that he would find his forever home soon and bless whoever was lucky enough to adopt him.

The very first time we encountered Bobby on the streets, which was this quarter 4 years ago, he was a shy and skittish boy that we referred to as the "tailless dog" cos of his stumpy tail. And after feeding him every weekend for the last 4 years, Bobby's cremation was difficult for all of our volunteers. We shared memories about how he always disturb the cats in his factory and he always ask for second serving :') . Bobby has since been cremated, and his ashes scattered into the sea so he may run free from the sufferings of being a stray.

Before we took him in, we tried very hard to convince his factory to let us neuter him but they refused, according to the worker they wanted his aggression to be a guard dog. Bobby was no guard dog, every time we come with food, he approaches us wagging his tailless butt. Over the years we persistently convince them to let us sterilise him, not just for population management, but to mitigate any health issues that comes with leaving a dog unsterilised. And as we feared, Bobby suffered a hormonal imbalance which led to an enlarged prostate. Only then did the factory allowed us to take him in. While Bobby was still in treatment, we spoke to his factory to find out his medical history. We were disappointed yet not surprised when the worker told us in 9 years he's never been to the vet.

We are now appealing for funds to ease the cost of Bobby's treatment of $7504.06. If you would like to donate, you can do so via our website (link in bio).

Bobby's passing will not be for nothing. It's time to put our foot down when pushing for stray animal welfare.