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by Rebecca Lingcat Ho (Author)
Scar was a street tomcat that lived 8 of his 9 lives in a deathly struggle to survive. His story had a happy ending after he was rescued and went on to become a local celebrity with a growing following. His story along with the story of other remarkable rescued cats span the breadth of this book. Along with these unique stories is an honest look at human-to-cat interaction through the eyes of a cat rescuer out in the field cleaning up the bitter results of sweet human intentions.
I was rudely awakened but ultimately enriched by witnessing the tail end of events in this book which overlapped with the start of my relationship with the author. The knowledge encapsulated within the covers of this book was extracted from over a decade's worth of fieldwork, but its lessons, wisdom and implications will find application in any urban part of the world with a stray cat population.
If you deal with cats professionally, this book is a must-read filled with crucial knowledge to help you better deal with what will be a substantial percentage of the cats you work with in your career. But rather than a technical or behavioral manual, the book is written in a series of chapters covering the life of several extraordinary rescue cats who through merciful and trained hands found a life off the streets and into a loving home.
In an age of political correctness and please-all opinions, truth and all who depend on it have become the victims. If you're looking for a book telling you that everything is fine as regards the welfare of cats in Singapore, keep looking. If you are searching for a book that can help you understand the problems and solutions to cat welfare in Singapore and the world, you can stop your search and start reading this deeply truthful and revealing book.
Prepare to be taken through a sequence of emotional highs and lows that can only be experienced by someone in the animal rescue scene. Brutally honest books rarely change the world, but they do frequently change individual's minds. And as has been seen so many times in the world, it takes just one mind to eventually change the world. This book shies away from what can sometimes be called 'toxic positivity'.
