The Singapore Turf Club (STC) in Kranji is not only home to over 700 horses - more than 100 cats also reside in its stables. And as employees and jockeys grapple with uncertainty following the announcement tha
The Singapore Turf Club in Kranji is not only home to over 700 horses - more than 100 cats also reside in its stables.t the STC will be shut by March 2027 and returned to the Government for redevelopment,Apprentice jockey Jerlyn Seow, 29, who has been feeding the cats since 2015, said she and many staff members are devastated over having to say goodbye to them.
“Most of us working at the stable feed and pet the cats every day. We’re already feeling down and on top of that we are worried about the horses and stable cats,” she added.Ms Seow said the cats, consisting of kittens to older cats, roam freely. Cats reside in each of the 20 stables, with up to about 20 in some of them.Many of the cats are sterilised, she added, but some feral ones are hard to trap, and they have multiplied over the years.
Cat Welfare Society president Thenuga Vijakumar said it has been helping with the sterilisation of the cats in STC and the vicinity for several years, but its efforts were hampered during the Covid-19 period due to accessibility issues.
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