After conversations with the Cat Welfare Society and Chong Pang residents, I have decided to support a no culling of spayed stray cats policy in the constituency. Cat-lovers in Singapore have been fighting passionately for their feline friends, and I think that Chong Pang constituency can afford to adopt a more humane policy for the treatment of cats. A first step will be to end the culling of stray cats which have been spayed. I realise that for this programme to be a success, we need the support of the residents of Chong Pang and the public. As such, interested Chong Pang residents and the Animals Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) will organise a public forum on animal welfare policies on 18 June, 2.00pm at Chong Pang Community Club Hall, 21 Yishun Ring Road. Refer to the following facebook page for details
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=218896114806574Channel NewsAsia
Jun 6, 2011
Chong Pang stops cat culling
By Mustafa Shafawi
SINGAPORE: Chong Pang constituency has said it will no longer cull stray cats in the area.
In addition, it will set in motion a humane cat management programme in two weeks' time, making it the first in Singapore to stop the culling of strays.
Local groups Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) and the Cat Welfare Society (CWS) said the programme allows the public to play a more active and vital role, while working with the town council.
It will be launched by Minister for Foreign Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam at a public forum on animal welfare policies on June 18.
The event is organised by Acres in collaboration with Chong Pang grassroots.
The forum will give Singaporeans the opportunity to be engaged in shaping animal welfare policies in Singapore.
This comes in the wake of Minister for National Development Khaw Boon Wan's blog entry on June 2.
He wrote that the culling of cats in heartland estates is not the way to go.
Last year, about 5,100 stray cats were put down, some 300 less than those in 2009.