SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A man who slashed 11 cats in Ang Mo Kio was sentenced last month to 12 weeks in jail. That punishment, say animal lovers, is not enough of a deterrent and they are calling for tougher penalties.
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Live frogs on sale at Chinatown Complex wet market last year. The review of the treatment of live animals sold for food was announced in Parliament last year. TNP PHOTO: GAVIN FOO
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The sale and slaughter of live turtles and frogs at wet markets in Singapore have been banned since December.
The move came after a joint appeal by wildlife rescue group Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to raise the safety and welfare standards of live animals sold for food.
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Slash wounds found on several cats in Ang Mo Kio; SPCA appeals for information
Boy Boy (left) and one of the cats from the mother and daughter pair. (Photos: Ang Mo Kio South Caregivers and Feeders) Share this content
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SINGAPORE: A six-inch wound across the back of a cat wasn’t what Lang Ren Jee expected to see after making her rounds feeding community cats at her block in Ang Mo Kio on May 9.
“I saw this cat crouched against the wall looking quite scared. I approached it and it allowed me to stroke him, the 64-year-old told CNA.
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