Hirakata City Project Update 1: Tiger and Luffy

Here is the first update on the Hirakata City Project. (Click here to see all articles related to this project.)

First, Tiger unfortunately passed away. Here are the last photos we took of him when we took him outside for a short walk and fresh air.

He died suddenly, of issues related to his skull injury and swelling in his brain. We feel glad that at the end of his life he had lots of good food, love, and a kind lap to call his own! More importantly, his was the alarm bell that will save many cats in the park, and elsewhere, from the same fate. We’ve started the Tiger TNR fund to raise money just for spay and neuter sugeries in projects like the one at Yamada Ike Koen. We’ll also have a rescue fund for cats that must be removed due to ill health, or kittens, and there will still be our shelter fund.

Luffy has recovered from his kaisen dani. He had shown signs of internal bleeding, which we think may have been caused by eating a poisoned rodent, but seems to have also recovered from that. He has shown signs of fear of interaction with people — he enjoys being touched, but is very fearful of noise, and we think he may spend most of his time in the shelter hiding. Because of this we believe he’d be happiest returning to the park. He is scheduled for neutering today and will be returning to the park on Sunday morning.