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Monday, July 7, 2008, 12:33:00 PM

Cases of Animal Abuse!

Cases of Animal Abuse.

10 January 1998 -

The SPCA received a report from a member of the public in the Marsiling area on 10th January 1998 that a kitten had been trampled to death by a small boy. On visiting the scene, the body of a kitten was found and sent for post mortem examination. The case is now under police investigation.

2 January 1998 -

The SPCA rescued a lame monkey (a long-tailed macaque) on Sentosa Inland in response to a report from Sentosa Rangers Station on the night 2nd January 1998. The injured monkey was subsequently sent to the Singapore Zoological Gardens for euthanasia. After the examination at the zoo by Senior Veterinarian Dr. Paolo Martelli, it was discovered that a 14.5 cm piece of wood (appearing to originate from a broom-stick) was forcefully inserted in the macaque's anus and after piercing the rectal wall embedded itself in the m.psoas (long muscle masses that follow the spine on each side). The lesion was estimated to be somewhere between two and seven days old. According to Dr. Martelli, the animal, if left unattended, would have suffered a long and painful death. The SPCA, after making enquiries from the Ranger's station on Sentosa Island was told that it was thought to have been a road accident victim. The evidence though, proved otherwise. The were no witnesses to this cruel and inhumane act.

2 September 1997 -

The SPCA received a call from the Ang Mo Kio police reporting that a dog was burnt. The society's driver went to the scene which was a construction site at Track 1 Punggol Road. The animal had been torched by several Thai construction workers and was still alive. Its extensive body injuries indicated that the dog had suffered extreme pain and torture, and it was taken immediately to a veterinarian for euthanasia. The four perpetrators were charged in court and jailed for two months each. The SPCA wrote to the Attorney General's Chambers requesting for an appeal for a stiffer sentence in view of the severe suffering and injuries to the dog.

11th September 1997 -

Ong Seng Chiang was jailed for 6 weeks in March 1998 for ill-treating 3 pigeons, by hanging then upside down from the parapet outside his flat. Two of them died when SPCA's Inspector reached the scene.