Featured image courtesy of Mdm Woon and adapted from Ming Woon on Facebook.
A woman in Singapore was walking home recently when she noticed a civet in a small gap of an HDB sheltered walkway ceiling.
Wanting to make sure she was doing the right thing, the woman checked with a Facebook wildlife group on whether to contact the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES).
Image courtesy of Mdm Woon
The netizens urged her to leave the civet alone instead, some more aggressively than others.
51-year-old project executive Mdm Woon told MS News that she was walking home with her daughter at around 12.30pm on 19 July.
While they were at a sheltered walkway in Henderson Crescent, they looked up and “got a shock” when they saw a black shape on the ceiling.
It turned out to be a civet, using its legs and body to hold itself in a small gap between a wall and a metal beam.
Source: Ming Woon on Facebook
The civet looked straight down at Mdm Woon and her daughter, remaining completely silent.
“We are unsure if it was struck or just chilling. It was an awkward position since it was holding itself between the wall and metal [beam],” she said to MS News.
Image courtesy of Mdm Woon
Mdm Woon decided to check in with the Singapore Wildlife Sightings group on Facebook to decide on the next course of action.
“Saw this, should I call ACRES?” she asked in her post, alongside a photo of the civet.
The post gained over 1,100 reactions and 131 comments at press time.
Many wildlife enthusiasts resoundingly urged Mdm Woon to leave the civet alone if it didn’t look to be in distress.
Source: Facebook
Several others made the same argument, but more aggressively. One even asked: “What’s wrong with you?”
Source: Facebook
Another commenter explained that ACRES exists to save injured or displaced wildlife.
Source: Facebook
Mdm Woon updated the post to say that she did not call ACRES.
She explained to MS News that the “awkward angle” the civet was in made her unsure if it was in distress or not.
Most replies are nice, some just full of anger for nothing.
Image courtesy of Mdm Woon
After some reassurance that the animal was safe, Mdm Woon and her daughter left the area.
She added that the civet was gone by the time she passed by again the next day.
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Featured image courtesy of Mdm Woon and adapted from Ming Woon on Facebook.