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Friday, May 05, 2006

*[[ Why culling of strays? ]]*

Minister of State for National Development Dr Vivian Balakrishnan says the culling of cats is not new, but an on-going effort to contain the 80,000 stray cat population from food establishments.

State-of-the-art scientific tests are also being conducted by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority, Environmental Health Institute and Genome Institute to see if animals can be infected with or transmit the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome virus.

Dr Balakrishnan said, "The studies are on-going and we should have the results hopefully in 2 weeks or so. But we can't wait for answers before we take appropriate precautions.

"As part of this, we've also have to clear strays, whether they're stray dogs, stray cats, rats, vermins or other pests. It's part and parcel of the attempt to clean up the environment, so that people can buy their food, eat and drink safely."

Dated 24 May 2003

http://www.hrss.net/abt/news/sars/cna_24may.htm


After less than a month, the culling of stray dogs and cats (sterilized or not) started.


Cats and medium sized dogs (most strays are about that size) are not allowed in HDB, how the heck do we solve this stray problems since about 80% of the Singaporeans stay in HDB.


I am not a big fan of cat but I do hate to see them being culled as a form of quick solution.

That's all, folks! ^_^

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