Community Drama

Minah...today she is sans collar!
FatBoy

Well the drama happened yesterday. The old auntie was harrassed by a man who told her he would 'sue' her if she feeds the kitties. He also asked her why she didn't just bring the kitties home instead of feeding them downstairs. To her credit, the auntie told him that she has been feeding the community cats for a long time and since she didn't litter and always picks up after herself, she didn't see why he should be upset.

The community cat downstairs would be Minah- a quiet and sweet-looking calico although she has a 'devilish' side as well. Sometimes FatBoy would come to dinner and breakfast downstairs as well as he is always hungry and has long decided to go where the food source is and not wait for the food to come to him:)

It ended with the auntie asking the man for his name and reason for him to be there. But the man just took her picture with Minah and left saying again that he would 'sue' her if she continues feeding. Of course she became quite anxious.

Since I was not able to feed the cats these last few weeks, it was Cousin R who had related this incident to me and I had told Cousin R to tell the auntie that no one can 'sue' her for anything and she was not going against any law of the land. Instead the residents should thank her as she would sometimes (and all of us would do this as well) pick up all the litter left behind by others as we are afraid the cats would eat something dangerous and get sick.

Of course I became rather anxious too and had asked ST if there were complaints about the cats around our set of 4 blocks and was greatly relieved to be told that there were no complaints at all. I had advised the auntie and had volunteeresd to bring the auntie to the police station to make a report as she was the one harassed by the man and would be able to tell the policeman what actually happened. She was greatly relieved as well as she is very fond of the 4 cats and all other sometime-guests that we have. However she told me that she would not want to make the report at this time. I do not want to make her more anxious but told her that the next time, we would all go to the police as we do not want anything to happen to her and the cats.

I hope that this was a one-time incident but we have decided to tell the other residents to look out for this man as well. The residents here are very fond of Minah as she is very pretty with a sweet voice and they are familiar with her. I think they would be on the lookout if they know that a total stranger has been around threatening an old woman and a harmless kitty. I do not think the man is a resident in this block as well.