Intervention or interruption? Man in Singapore stops python from killing cat, netizens divided

[Gutted]

Intervention or interruption? Man in Singapore stops python from killing cat, netizens divided​

Facebook user Marcus Lee stopped a python from eating a community cat, drawing both praise and criticism from commenters.
PHOTO: Facebook/Marcus Lee

PUBLISHED ON
October 30, 2025 8:38 PM

BYSyarifah Nadhirah

www.asiaone.com
A cat was saved, but a snake was probably left hungry.

A Marcus Lee took to Facebook on Thursday (Oct 30) to detail his encounter with a python that had just caught its prey.

He said he had heard a "yowl that choked into a wet, gurgling gasp" and expected to see cats squabbling, only to be greeted with one ensnared in a python's grip.

After some dilemma, he grabbed the reptile by its tail and tried to "disorient" it. In a video taken from Marcus' point of view, the cat can be heard struggling as he vigorously swung the python around.

The cat eventually managed to escape, and the snake slithered into the bushes.

"I watched the python, ensuring it was unharmed... I whispered an apology into the darkness, hoping it could accept my trespass for its lost meal. Had it been the snake in distress, I would have fought just as fiercely for it. This was not about choosing sides," he said.

Netizens in the comments section were divided, as some felt he did the right thing, while others questioned his actions.

"You're so brave Marcus. Thank you on behalf of all cat lovers. Perhaps you were meant to intervene? Perhaps it wasn't the cat's time? What I know is that fate is definite," said one netizen.

Another said: "Ignore those keyboard warriors. Thank you for saving our community cats."

"Shouldn't we let nature take its own course? Not all interventions are necessary? So the cat's life is more precious than the snake's?" remarked one opposing voice.

Some also criticised him for filming instead of using both hands to 'save' the cat.

"Anytime, anyone needs to video whatever they are doing, is 100 per cent for content. If you're really trying to 'save' the cat, why use one hand and then continue to video?"

In 2022, a woman was criticised for throwing sticks at a snake that was creeping up on an unsuspecting duck. The snake turned around and slithered away.

Netizens back then reproached her for "disturbing nature".

[email protected]

 

[Gutted]

 

[glockman]

Why the need to video? And then posted it on social media. Attention seeking social media whores like him need to be fucked.

 

[bobby]

If the python hungry maybe the man should feed the snake chai png instead

 

[eatshitndie]

that python will one day strangle and kill a child. it belongs in the jungle and doesn’t belong in a dense urban area. sinkie netizens only know shit until their children are prey to wild animals.

 

[Gutted]

that python will one day strangle and kill a child. it belongs in the jungle and doesn’t belong in a dense urban area. sinkie netizens only know shit until their children are prey to wild animals.

Last time at River Valley road, got a python ate up a pet dog.

Old article:

The Straits Times 19 Nov 06

Python squeezes pet dog to death at River Valley condo

3.5m snake managed to slither away from responding policemen
By Lee Hui Chieh & Chong Chee Kin

MISS Glenda Liu's evening walk with her boyfriend's two dogs turned into a nightmare on Wednesday, when a 3.5m python emerged from the darkness and wound itself around seven-year-old Jack Russell terrier Bella, crushing the animal to death.

Police, responding to a call about a woman in distress at the Aspen Heights condominium in River Valley Road, arrived at the scene without appropriate tools to deal with the snake.

The officers spent 20 minutes prising Bella from the snake's grip with a golf club, but it managed to give them the slip and slithered away. By then, the dog was already dead.

Contacted yesterday, police spokesman Assistant Superintendent Stanley Norbert said the initial information given by the caller was about 'a woman in trouble'. 'It was not apparent...what the problem was and our officers went down to investigate,' he said.

The Sunday Times understands that the condominium's management office has since put up posters warning residents about the python. Pest control teams have made two unsuccessful attempts to find the snake.

Still, it was cold comfort to Bella's owners, 37-year-old sales director Matt Walterhausen and Miss Liu, a 22-year-old private school student. Mr Walterhausen, who returned to Singapore from a conference in Thailand the day after the incident, said: 'I'm devastated. My dogs are like valued family members. You can appreciate their level of importance to me for me to spend thousands of dollars taking them everywhere.'

He had spent close to $20,000 bringing the dogs from China, where he last worked, to Singapore. Apart from grieving for his pet, Mr Walterhausen was also concerned about the safety of the children in the condo. 'The size of a toddler and a dog are not much different and the children could be attacked,' he said.

Pythons, which can grow to more than 7m long, are generally defensive by nature and usually feed on small creatures like birds or rodents. They tend not to attack humans, unless they feel threatened.

Mr Walterhausen said they have informed the landlady that they will be moving out of the condo today. They have been living there for over seven months now. The sudden termination of the lease means he loses his $7,000 security deposit.

For Miss Liu, that appears to be the best course of action. She said: 'When I see the grass patch now, I'm so scared that my legs tremble. 'My head is filled with the images of the snake around my yelping dog, and I can't sleep. 'We lost our baby.'

---

links
Related articles on Singapore's biodiversity

 

[The Crow]

The snake should have release the cat and go bite his kkj ...

 

[bobby]

Still, it was cold comfort to Bella's owners, 37-year-old sales director Matt Walterhausen and Miss Liu, a 22-year-old private school student.

SPG slut with AMDK boyfriend must be thinking like the big python as his dick and the Jack Russel like her cheebye