Cats evicted from Polo Club, taken to city pound
Photo courtesy of CARA
According to our friend from CARA (Compassion and Responsibility for Animals), the Manila Polo Club called the Makati City Pound on Wednesday to round up the cats living on the club grounds. The Polo Club had announced that the cats would be put up for adoption.
Eight adult cats were captured—all of them already neutered and spayed. Also caught was one 4-week-old kitten separated from its mother. CARA members visited the city pound yesterday morning and asked the head veterinarian to release the cats to them. The head vet said new protocols were set up recently, and all the cats would be released on Friday at 10am.
The Manila Polo Club released this statement: “In the light of growing concerns regarding the Club’s cats for adoption program, the Manila Polo Club affirms that it is being done to ensure a safer environment for its members and their dependents while helping stray cats find a more appropriate habitat.
“The program results from two separate incidents wherein a member and a two-year old guest were bitten by stray cats in the Club. Luckily both were treated immediately with anti-rabies shots.
“Moving forward, the Club chooses to be proactive in addressing potential threat of the rabies virus and related Zoonotic Disease. While some animal welfare advocate friends may insist that most MPC cats were spayed and vaccinated, this offers no guarantee. Vaccination expires and the stray cats in the Club are neither monitored nor well taken care of. MPC has a standing policy – “no pets allowed” etc.”
There is a vaccine for rabies, but there is no vaccine for narrow-mindedness.
Wouldn’t it be nice if Manny Pacquiao, whose application for membership was rejected by the Manila Polo Club, could adopt the cats evicted by said club? Apparently neither Manny Pacquiao nor the cats have the pedigree to satisfy club standards.
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April 5th, 2013 at 06:19
THE NERVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
My goodness, my blood is boiling so early in the morning!!! These Insulares need to be bitch-slapped because they clearly do not know what they’re doing!
April 5th, 2013 at 11:19
brewhuh23: Insulares—or/and their flunkies? You know how the employees of the rich tend to be snootier and more officious than their masters? We hope this is not the case here.
April 5th, 2013 at 12:53
You’re absolutely right!
Poor kitties! I tweeted this post, grrr! Am soooo mad!!!
April 5th, 2013 at 13:01
Naalala ko tuloy yung kwento ng friend kong balikbayan, punta daw siya sa isang 1st class high end health and beauty section ng mall para buy ng kanyang super expensive serum pero nung makita siya ng saleslady ay tanong sa kanya nakasimangot at taas ang kilay daw yung girl “Ano po kailangan nyo?” ginawa nya walkout siya di niya keri ang feelingerang girl na langaw na nakatuntong sa kalabaw daig pa may ari ng mall.
BTW yung friend ko kasi kamuka niya yung mga nanay ng mga Fil/Am Artistas, Fil/Am Athlete ;-) (read between the line na lang kung ano looks niya)
April 5th, 2013 at 18:53
‘Yung secretary ng boss namin na apo ng pinakamayamang tao sa buong Pilipinas, antipatika, walang modo, bastos. Akala mo kapamilya siya ng boss kung maka-asta. Pwe!
April 5th, 2013 at 19:06
Who are these horrible, insensitive people dealing with the cat situation at the Polo Club? I need to know so that my dogs (who are also “owned” by the cats who feed from our back yard) can dry-hump them in public. For crying out loud, even Gyges the Hotel Cat has more class than these humans.
Jessica, thanks for the cat-adoption information in the previous entry, as well. The cats who own me and my leftovers are fortunate indeed.
April 5th, 2013 at 22:29
swanoepel: HAHAHAHA! May Twitter account ka? Sundan ninyo siya!
April 5th, 2013 at 22:35
silentfollower: Sabi nga ni swanoepel, langaw-nakatuntong-sa-kalabaw syndrome. Or Acquired Whiteness Syndrome, AWS.
April 8th, 2013 at 17:28
Mamang kay lupit….di na nahabag. Oh snootiness…