Project Tai O Stray Cat

There were many things happened in the past few months in Tai O, it had been hit hard by several typhoons; many house cats were abandoned by their owners, many stray or house cats were bitten by dogs (not sure whether they are strays or house dogs) and died, and so on.

Tai O was affected by several typhoons in the 3^rd and 4^th quarters of 2017 (Typhoon pic-1,2,3), but with the help of the government and the local residents; everything is back to normal now.

In the mid of November, seven-month old kitten (Home cat-1) was given by an old lady to Tai O Stray Cat Home. She told German that this kitten was picked up from the street by her granddaughter, but they didn’t want to keep this kitten after a few months.

German feel sorry for this kitten, she thought how come this family is so irresponsible, this kitten is not a toy; they need to treat him as their family member. Anyway, this kitten is taking care by Tai O Stray Cat Home now, not sure he is a permanent resident in Tai O Stray Cat Home or German will find him a new adopter.

After a few days, another domestic cat, yellowish white cat, (Home cat-2) was abandoned to Tai O Stray Cat Home, German called him as Didi. Until now, he is still scared of other people. For sure, it is not easy for him (Didi) to adapt to the new environment, but maybe better than stay on the street and then will be killed by dogs.

In German’s opinion, she is fortunate to be born in Tai O. Although she does face a lot of challenges and deal with endless tough works, but she does have some times to rest and enjoy such a nice environment and neighbour (Pic – Tai O).

Finally, we finished to build feeding boxes and road signs, I would like to say thank you for all helpers and volunteers to participate and finalized the project; this project couldn’t complete without them.

For this project, we had carpenter (Mr. Lam) and illustrator (Miss Ip) to teach all the helpers and volunteers to prepare materials to build feeding boxes and road signs, such as cutting wood, painting, designing, drawing, etc. In my opinion, it was such a great and successful event. 

Before placing those feeding boxes and road signs to the designated area for stray cats; we placed some feeding boxes and road signs outside of Tai O Stray Cat Home campus temporary, turned out we had very good feedback and comments, and also many tourists took pictures on those feeding boxes and road signs. More than that, one of the local café chains on Lantau Island (after renovation) uses the feeding boxes pictures for its decoration.

Besides, those road signs message, such as no flashlight, no human food, keep quiet, spread positive effects because people become more alert to how to treat stray cats and follow those road signs instruction.

Through this project, we can fulfill our intention to let more people to understand stray animals (cats, dogs, etc.) need to be respected and loved; and make people know that stray animals are also part of the community.