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Ms Sherri Ashlee Toh

Ms Sherri Ashlee Toh holding a life-size stuffed toy that resembles her beloved Scottish straight cat Ellie, which had to be put down in June due to a brain tumour.

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SINGAPORE – When Ms Sherri Ashlee Toh’s beloved Scottish straight cat Ellie had to be put down due to a brain tumour in June, she was lost and heartbroken.

“It felt like a piece of me was missing,” she recalls, describing how she struggled to accept the five-year-old’s sudden death.

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