Friday, September 7, 2007
Rescue Rascal
I was teaching New Tear when my sister-in-law called me. Must be bad news. She seldom called me unless necessary. Most likely she wanted to complain about Rascal. Indeed. But it was worse. She told me that the lady from the management committee of Children Park told her that our neighbours had complained to her about the prolonged barking and whining of Rascal. They even put Rascal on video camera and recorded its sound. They seemed to suspect that Rascal had been ill-treated or tortured by us. Besides, it caused them extreme nuisance and sleepless nights. She told me that they had called the S.P.C.A. If Rascal is been ill-treated or tortured, S.P.C.A. will issue a fine of S$500. If Rascal does not have a microchip (a tiny device injected into dogs to find out whose its owner), S.P.C.A. will issue a fine of S$5,000 and, quoting my sister-in-law's word, 'exterminate' it. Scared me to death. I thought S.P.C.A. is supposed to protect against cruelty to animals. How can they put Rascal to sleep? Following that, my mum called me and screamed about how much trouble Rascal had caused. I assured her repeatedly that S.P.C.A. will not find Rascal and everything will be fine. It seemed as though nothing can go into her head and she hung up. Then she called again. I reassured her again. She hung up. Then she called again. I reassured her once again. She hung up. New Tear was looking rather awkward by then. I played my cool. Must maintain my 'image' lol. Once the lesson ended, I packed everything that belonged to Rascal and fleed the house immediately. I went to Sweats' house and left Rascal in the car. He barked like thunder roar. During the tuition, I called Children Park management office and spoke to a lady. Indeed at least five different households had called in and complained about Rascal. I explained to her that we did not want to cause intentional harm or damage to anyone. She understood and agreed to inform us before S.P.C.A. came into the premises of Children Park. Thank God. Next, I called Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (A.V.A.) to consult them about injecting a microchip into Rascal. I can bring Rascal to any animal clinic to inject the microchip. I brought Rascal to Animal Practice @ Upper Serangoon Road. Thanks to Rascal I met a pretty nurse. During the injection, it struggled with all its might and farted at the vet's face! What a funny scene!
Posted by Benjamin at 2:42 AM