Sadness and anger in Egypt because of the festival cat... Who poisoned her and her young at the opera?

The poisoning of a cat and three of its cubs caused a decision by the Egyptian Minister of Culture to refer officials at the Opera House for investigation, and to conduct an urgent investigation into the incident.

The “killing” of the Egyptian Opera House cat and its young, as he put poison in a can of tuna, preoccupied the pioneers of social networking sites, and caused a state of sadness and anger to the point where the “trend” of the cat’s death was caused by “social media” in Egypt.

The Minister of Culture, Dr. Enas Abdel-Dayem, commented on the killing of the cat, known in the media as the “festival cat.” The minister decided to refer the Opera House officials to the investigation, and directed an urgent investigation.

And a press statement issued by the Egyptian Ministry of Culture stated: “With reference to what was circulated in some social media and reported by the media regarding the opera’s treatment of some cats in a bad and inhuman manner, Dr. An urgent investigation into the incident and follow-up of the results of the investigations first.

She pointed to the commitment of the Ministry of Culture in all its sectors and bodies to the principles of animal welfare and international conventions and norms in this regard.

She explained that whoever is proven guilty or involved will be punished according to the law and will be held accountable, and the wrongdoer will be deterred immediately so that this does not happen again.

For his part, the head of the Egyptian Opera House, Dr. Magdy Saber, said in a statement that "what happened is unacceptable, humanely and morally, as we are not murderers."

He indicated that he assigned the Legal Affairs Department to follow up the case, investigate the workers, and empty the cameras to find the cat's killer.

He stressed that the opera administration does not deal with animals in this ugly way, and that due to the vastness of the opera grounds, there are often dogs, and the opera collects them and transports them to a shelter.

Over the past hours, the pioneers of social media sites circulated the hashtag “They killed the cat,” and the issue escalated to reach animal welfare associations, and everyone demanded that the officials at the Egyptian Opera House be prosecuted.

The pioneers of the pages of publications and statements wrote, in some of them, “a moral and human catastrophe occurred yesterday in the Opera House, they killed the cat of the last Cairo Film Festival, and we are waiting for a response and punishment.”

And another post added: "I think the famous cat who topped the local and international media at the last Cairo Film Festival, and it was good and loves people, and in fact no one at the festival did not say hello to him.. This cat is very good and famous, and people have gone to play with her and came from How many weeks ago I left three children who were very happy with them, and they were sitting on their side, and people went to eat them in their place.”

Another post said, "Imagine that the opera administration planned to kill this beautiful cat!

They took advantage of her hunger and brought a can of tuna and put poison in it!

They took advantage of her hunger and her children.”

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