Shangjingyuan Community, located in Xinjiangwancheng Street, Yangpu District, has a high green coverage rate and a good ecological environment, and the number of stray cats in the community remains high, which will inevitably affect the living environment of residents. How to achieve the harmonious coexistence of humans and animals is a key part of the construction of community ecological civilization.
Recently, under the guidance of the Shangjingyuan Neighborhood Committee, the tenants in the community have twisted into a "rope" to build and co-govern, and built a beautiful and practical "smart meow house" in the green belt of the community.
Recently, a theme activity on civilized pet raising and caring for stray cats was carried out in the new Jiangwan Shangjingyuan community. At the beginning of the activity, the volunteer teachers discussed the current situation of stray cats and parent-child families, and through some vivid cases, let everyone systematically learn the civilized way of raising pets of "caring for stray cats". Focusing on issues such as "how to feed more scientifically" and "how to scientifically help stray cats", everyone expressed their opinions and had in-depth exchanges. The solutions such as "keeping a distance, not feeding casually, vaccinating and adopting stray cats, neutering, and volunteers taking turns to manage the cat house" have allowed us to see the thinking and growth of a group of "little councillors".
Subsequently, volunteer Sister Cai led the parent-child family to visit the stray cat rescue point in Shangjingyuan Community. The rescue point is set up in the green belt of the community, which is cleverly integrated with the green belt from the appearance, which can not only meet the activities of stray cats but also do not affect the environment.
"First of all, with the help of intelligent equipment, the rescue point provides basic fixed-point feeding for stray cats, which fundamentally solves the situation that the original cat feeders feed at will, resulting in a dirty, chaotic and poor environment. At the same time, it also realizes the interaction with caring volunteers to provide more care for stray cats. Sister Cai told everyone that not only that, but through the equipment platform to establish files for all stray cats in the community, the information of stray cats in the community can be effectively grasped.
The reporter learned that there are currently six devices in the community, which have been kept for more than 20 stray cats. Secondly, another important function of the "smart meow room" is that it can provide a shelter for stray cats undergoing neutering surgery, and it is also a temporary care place for rescued stray cats.
Xinjiangwan Shangjingyuan is one of the first public rental housing communities in Shanghai, with a high green coverage rate and a high number of stray cats in the community. In recent years, volunteer Sister Cai has been carrying out the rescue and management of stray cats in the community, and with the continuous efforts and joint efforts of the tenants in the community, the sterilization rate of stray cats in the community has been maintained at more than 90% by carrying out TNR for stray cats, and good results have been achieved.
At the same time, it also faces a lot of difficulties in the process of rescue and governance, such as funds, energy, venues, etc. In 2024, the New Jiangwan City Street Public Welfare Foundation entrusted the social organization Haiya Family Education Service Center to carry out activities to support the Shangjingyuan Community, and through the cooperation of all parties, the upgrading and transformation of the "Smart Meow House" was completed, and the first stray cat rescue point integrating feeding, rescue and care was built in the New Jiangwan City Community. The "smart meow house" with clean and transparent environment, good facilities and complete functions will provide a guarantee for the community and even the entire street to carry out stray cat rescue and management. The first batch of 2 3-month-old stray cats in the rescue site have been successfully adopted.
In the next step, the Shangjingyuan Neighborhood Committee will continue to lead, through multiple autonomy, resource integration and other governance models, gather community pet volunteers, formulate a convention to care for stray cats, carry out civilized pet raising market activities, establish a love fund and other governance methods, create a beautiful community with harmonious people and pets, and effectively improve the happiness, security and sense of gain of community residents.
Text/Image: Shen Ying
Editor: Xi Yuxuan
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