RIP Don Kibul

It never rains but it pours.

Last Sunday, my doggie friend in Singapore was killed by a thoughtless, reckless young medical specialist who was speeding up a short driveway leading to the condominium where they lived.

The driver is a habitual offender, who despite several complaints, continued to speed his Porsche up and down that short driveway.

I love Don.  He was a stray adopted by a loving family and over the years grew to trust me as I surreptitiously fed him choice titbits from the dinner table, much to the disapproval of my hosts.

Because of his background, he was always wary and distant but during my last visit in June, he was especially affectionate.  Unfortunately, that was to be our last time together.

In 2007, I posted his story from an email from his adopted mum and repost it here.

Don, the stray dog, leads a charmed life.

On the morning when he was nabbed by the pest control company (cos somebody lodged a complaint about a stray in the neighbourhood), our driver A, was there to give him his food as usual.

So I called the AVA, SPCA and other animal welfare organizations to locate him. If no one reported the loss of a pet, all animals caught off the streets will be handed to AVA and they will eventually be put down.

With the help of a friend who works for an animal shelter, we got him out of AVA the following day and into the kennel.

Subsequently, I had about 5 phone calls asking for the dog. He is such a familiar sight in Tanglin Road that he was missed by those who knew him.

Posters were put up on tree trunks to ask of his whereabouts. They knew he was nabbed by the AVA and the people there gave them my contact number.

We had calls from a British family, an Indian lady and a Japanese couple who wanted to adopt him and send him to Japan!!A couple of other people also called cos like FH, they feed him on a regular basis.

We knew one of them cos we took turns to feed him when we found out that Don was getting too much food in one day. She fed him on weekends and we do it from Mon thru Friday.

The British family told us that they had calls from their friends who knew of Don when they were living in Singapore (and are now in New York) to get updates on the dog's fate.

His full name is Don Kibul. Kibul is Tagalog for 'no tail'. He has been docked and then abandoned we think.

The Filipino handler at the kennel is very good with him and named him Kibul when Don first arrived at the kennel.

We were away then and could only visit Don about two weeks after.