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Cat abuse in Chong Pang

Submitted by veron on Wed, 01/02/2013 - 14:37

We are organising a door-to-door appeal for information in Chong Pang to seek information as well as raise awareness about animal abuse on Thursday 3 Jan 7pm. If you would like to participate, please RSVP with your name and contact withdebra@catwelfare.org.

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The year has ended on an extremely tragic note. 2 kittens were found dismembered in Chong Pang. The case has been reported to the Police, AVA and SPCA.

We CONDEMN the abuser. We also CONDEMN the irresponsible cat owner that has chronically abandoned and let her pet cats roam at this block, but there was never enough evidence to tie the abandonment and ownership to the household.

The caregivers have been trying to keep up with this situation with sterilisation and rehoming but were too late to this recently abandoned litter.

This household was red-flagged again when we were doing the door to door visits for the cat ownership pilot and the case was surfaced to authorities to bring new solutions to this chronic problem, under the pilot. While that is underway, it is also too late for this litter.

This is exactly the kind of situation the Animal Welfare Legistation Review and Cat Ownership Pilot kick-started in 2012 aim to resolve to get a definitive grip on abuse and abandonment. Cases like this show that there is NO TIME TO LOSE. We MUST see concrete results in 2013 before it is too late for more cats!

The New Paper | Jan 2, 2013
Yishun cats mutilated
Linette Heng

Source: The New Paper

TODAY | Jan 2, 2013
Kittens found dismembered in Chong Pang
Ashley Chia

SINGAPORE - A year in which initiatives in animal welfare gathered pace came to a close with a gruesome case of animal abuse.

Two kittens were found dismembered on Sunday outside a flat in Chong Pang, the very neighbourhood beating a new trail in animal welfare and pet ownership policies.

Pictures of the two kittens chopped into pieces and left outside their owners' flat circulated online after the Cat Welfare Society (CWS) posted them on its Facebook page on Monday.

This comes as the Animal Welfare Legislation Review Committee (AWLRC) is considering stiffer fines and jail terms for animal abusers as well as community service with animal welfare groups.

Between June 2011 and July last year, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals investigated 1,027 cases of animal cruelty.

In this latest case, the CWS post stated that the owners "chronically abandoned" and allowed their cats to roam at the block on Yishun Ring Road, but there was "never enough evidence to tie the abandonment and ownership to the household".

According to CWS President Veron Lau, who called the incident the "most gruesome" in the area, the dead kittens were discovered by the owners' neighbours and their owners, who are currently overseas, had left the kittens outside. The last reported case of animal cruelty in the area was over a year ago, when a cat was found to have burn marks.

"This household was red-flagged again when we were doing door-to-door visits for the cat ownership pilot, and the case was surfaced to the authorities to bring new solutions to this chronic problem, under the pilot," read the post. "While that is underway, it's also too late for this litter."

Under the two-year pilot to encourage responsible cat ownership, Chong Pang residents can legally own one cat per flat but must ensure that the cat is sterilised, microchipped and registered with the CWS by Jan 31, among other conditions.

If owners flout the rules more than three times, the cat will be removed for rehoming and a warning letter will be issued by the Housing and Development Board. A fine of up to S$4,000 can be imposed.

Ms Lau told TODAY that response to the programme has been "very encouraging", with many pet cats in the area already sterilised, but that abandonment can be hard to prove if there is no clear ownership.

"Through this pilot, we hope to come up with solutions and policy changes to tackle the abandonment issue - how to prove ownership and what kind of penalties irresponsible owners should get," she said.

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority is investigating the case and following up with the parties involved.

Source: TODAY

CNA | Jan 2, 2013
Help identify those responsible for mutilating cats, Shanmugam urges residents

SINGAPORE: Law and Foreign Affairs Minister K Shanmugam is encouraging residents to come forward to help identify those responsible for mutilating two cats in Yishun.

He described the act as "sick".

Mr Shanmugam, who is also the MP for Nee Soon GRC, said that "how one is judged as a society can be seen from the way one treats animals."

On Sunday, two kittens were found dismembered outside an HDB flat in Yishun Ring Road.

The Cat Welfare Society posted the photo on its Facebook page after being alerted to the incident by a resident who found the remains.

The flat is in the Chong Pang neighbourhood, which has a pilot programme to encourage responsible cat ownership. Under the pilot, Chong Pang residents can legally own one cat per flat but must fulfill certain conditions.

These include ensuring that the cat is sterilised and microchipped.

Source: CNA

Zaobao | Jan 2, 2013

Yahoo News | Jan 2, 2013
Dismembered kittens found outside Chong Pang flat
Rahimah Rashith

UPDATED (3:30pm 2 January 2013 to add minister's statements)

Two kittens were found dismembered outside a Chong Pang flat last Sunday in a gruesome case of animal abuse.

Noting that how a society is judged can be seen from the way animals are treated, Foreign Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam urged residents to come forward and help identify those responsible for the act.

The police are on the case, he said in his Facebook post Wednesday.

The Cat Welfare Society (CWS) posted pictures on its Facebook page of two kittens who were chopped up and left outside their owner’s flat.

While it’s not clear who dismembered the kittens, CWS said the owner of the cats had “chronically abandoned and let her pet cats roam” around Yishun.

It added the owner had been “red-flagged” previously for abandoning the cats, though there was “never enough evidence to tie the abandonment” to the household. Caregivers had been working with the CWS to provide sterilisation and re-home the kittens.

The CWS describes the gruesome case as “obviously a message to the cat owner sent by the abuser”.

The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals' (SPCA), Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) and the police have been notified.

A police spokeman told Yahoo! that they received a call on 30th December at about 10.30pm requesting for assistance at a unit at 115b Yishun Ring road.

Upon their arrival, the carcasses of two cats were found at the said location. Investigations are underway.

The case has sparked the fury of netizens.

CWS' Facebook post on Monday has attracted over 700 comments to date, most of them condemning the brutal act.

Facebook user Lina Lee wrote, "No animals should be treated this way. It's pure brutality and blood sick."

Another user Kim Chua urged for stiffer punishment for animal abusers.

"I urge our government to strongly impose heavier sentences on animal abusers. Few months of imprisonment and fines won't work on sicko [sick] people," he wrote.

Source: Yahoo News

Asia One | Jan 1, 2013
Kittens found dismembered in Chong Pang
Jacqueline Woo

Graphic photos circulating on Facebook show two dismembered kittens outside a Chong Pang flat.

The Cat Welfare Society posted the photos along with a message on their Facebook page on Dec 31 at 8.32pm:

"The year has ended on an extremely tragic note. 2 kittens were found dismembered in Chong Pang. The case has been reported to the Police, AVA and SPCA.

"We CONDEMN the abuser. We also CONDEMN the irresponsible cat owner that has chronically abandoned and let her pet cats roam at this block, but there was never enough evidence to tie the abandonment and ownership to the household.

"The caregivers have been trying to keep up with this situation with sterilisation and rehoming but were too late to this recently abandoned litter.

"This household was red-flagged again when we were doing the door to door visits for the cat ownership pilot and the case was surfaced to authorities to bring new solutions to this chronic problem, under the pilot. While that is underway, it is also too late for this litter."

A Stomp contributor who sent the information to the citizen journalism website said: "As seen on the Cat Welfare Society Facebook page, this picture is of a dismembered kitten that was found in Chong Pang. This is the EPITOME of ANIMAL CRUELTY AND ABUSE.

"The level of animal cruelty and abuse is just..I'm really baffled and at a loss for words. This is a DESPICABLE ACT by an INHUMAN AND EVIL person, who I am SAD TO SAY, IS A SINGAPOREAN.

"NO LIVING CREATURE -- HUMAN OR ANIMAL ALIKE, DESERVES SUCH A FATE. The person who did this, may he or she get caught soon and be punished for his or her deeds. Our society does not need a SICK person to exist amongst us."

Chong Pang is the first estate where a pilot scheme was launched in October last year to allow cat lovers to keep their feline friends in Housing Board flats.

In October 2011, a centralised cat-feeding station was launched at the void deck of Block 115A in Yishun Ring Road.

Source: Asia One