Some Pasir Ris residents have started a petition regarding a community cat.

Ginger the community cat

According to the petition, the residents understand that the Pasir Ris office of the Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council is "intending to remove" a community cat.

The community cat, known as Ginger, resides at Pasir Ris St 11.

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Ginger had supposedly scratched car

Ginger has a habit of "resting on car roofs", the residents wrote.

And according to them, the removal of Ginger is supposedly "due to one individual complaint claiming that Ginger had scratched his/her car just by sitting on the roof of the vehicle".

The residents stated that this is the first of such complaints regarding Ginger damaging any vehicles.

There was also no physical evidence to prove that the damage was caused by him, they added.

Mothership.sg has reached out to the Pasir Ris office of Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council for their comment on this case, and will update the article as soon as we hear from them.

Petition by residents

The petition, according to the residents, is to "stop HDB Town Council from removing Ginger".

More importantly, the residents also wish to "request for thorough investigation to take place" so evidence of the alleged crime can be collected.

They are hoping to get over 1,000 signatures by September 28, 2018.

At the time of writing, the petition has garnered over 400 signatures.

[Update September 19, 4.30pm: Inserting response from Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council]

Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council responds

According to a Facebook post by Pasir Ris-Punggol Town Council on September 19, the Town Council stated that they are "not aware of any decision to remove the cat" (Ginger).

They are currently working with the Cat Welfare Society to look into this matter.

In addition, the Town Council also said that they have been working closely with the Cat Welfare Society to manage the cat population in the estate:

"PRPGTC have been working closely with the Cat Welfare Society to manage the cat population in the estate. The cat population is managed through sterilization. The sterilized cats are then released back to the community where they are looked after by a group of volunteers."

This is their Facebook post:

Top photo composite image, photos from Save Ginger Cat.