--童言
近這一年來，我喜歡吃完晚飯後到附近的佐敦谷公園散步，既可幫助消化，又可鬆弛神經，比起呆在家中看無聊電視劇好得多!! 公園的環境真不錯，有網球場、門球場、平坦的跑步徑…到公園活動的人可按自己的需要來運用這個地方。
其中最令的感興趣的是兩位女士，她們都是愛貓之人，一日兩次到公園喂那些被遺棄的貓貓。日復如是，風雨不改。前日我到公園散步時，聽見其中一位女士憤怒地與身旁的人說，前幾日, 漁農處的人來捉貓，一共捉了五隻，其中一隻還大肚。後來有人發現被捉的貓困在山腰上的水務處，這位女士便請求他們放了這些貓，答應會帶牠們到愛護動物協會。起初水務處的人不答應，經過一輪爭論後，他們終於願意放了貓貓。當她們看見貓兒後，其中一隻已經被踏死，其他則氣若柔絲。現在被救的貓兒在愛護動物協會等人領養(幸運的話)，還在公園的則由她們兩位繼續照顧，她們並經常向各位行山人士搭路，希望有人願意領養這些貓兒。
流浪貓不是第一日出現在公園，為什麼牠們會被捉?聽那位女士說是有行山人士向漁農處投訴。其實我不明白投訴者究竟抱著什麼心態，公園那麼大，難度容不下幾隻貓兒?況且，牠們是那些不負責任的人將牠們遺棄，命運一開始就不由牠們選擇，現在有熱心人士每日喂食，而牠們又沒有防礙其他公園的使用者，何不給牠們一條生路?
自從我們的城市、都市發展一日千里之後，人類與大自然的距離便愈來愈遠。我們本來是大自然的一部分，卻要花幾個小時乘車到郊外去認識、親近自然，接觸自然成為一種另類的消費。人們接觸過動物後，身體出現毛病，便大為緊張，政府會呼籲市民避免與動物接觸，以免有進一步的擴散。每次聽到這樣的呼籲，我總有一個問題﹕究竟是我們與大自然太接近，還是我們與它疏離?我們能抵抗城市的污煙瘴氣，卻接受不了大自然的昆蟲花鳥。
回應重貼
控告水務處
可否控告水務處虐待動物，導致其死亡？
不妨一試．
-- 葉蔭聰 於 March 28, 2005 01:15 AM (按此看回應全文)
cats in tai po and ducks in valencia...
i did have a very sad experience when i lived in tai po years ago.
there were 2 cats (a mom and her boy) in the beginning. my family and i
liked them very much. later, the mom had 2 more kittens. we feed them,
played with them. we were so happy. they lived in the hill side bear
our home.
yet, people started to complain and asked f&a dept to "catch"
them. placing a cage there. we did try try save them many times. but
finally, the 2 kittens and the mom were caiught. i was so sad. cired...
as i knew where they would go to...
then only the son was left. we feed him still. everyday. later,
people started not to bother... so he was manage to live for some more
years... until one day he never came back...
recently, i've got a memo on my door written -- ducks and some birds
living in the pond (of this condo area) are causing risk to health for
residence. so we are "encouraged" not to feed them. if people still go
on feeding them (i sometimes feed them with the bread i couldn't
finsih), they will ask "professional" people to cast them away!!!!! i
thought this thing wouldn't happen in US...
there is an artifical pond right before my home and there are many
ducks and bird living there. acutally, people here are "proud" of that
pond and it can attact birds to live there... some of them feed them as
well...
i realize there are very few left these days... i hope after some
time, people will "forget" and they will be back and i will feed them
again for sure! i talk to them too.
it is a world for all!
FOR ALL!!!!!!