A 63-year-old man's HDB home was turned into a cat farm after he unknowingly took in a pregnant stray cat, which gave birth to four kittens that continued to interbreed until over 30 felines occupied his flat in Tampines. Chen Baodu (transliteration), who lives in a three-room flat in Tampines Street 11, told Shin Min Daily News that he adopted the stray in 2019 after he felt an affinity for the animal and started feeding it.A few months later, the cat gave birth to four kittens, which continued to mate. Eventually, more than 30 cats were living in the flat. A Shin Min reporter who visited the flat smelled a stench in the air as several cats wandered at the entrance. Inside, clutter filled the flat — an old desk, religious artefacts, plastic boxes, wooden planks. In one corner was a cardboard box covered in cat faeces. The reporter had to step over items and and squeeze their way through the clutter. Cats were seen climbing over the clutter and several newborn kittens were crawling around the flat.  Read more