stop animal abuse, NOW.

Monday, July 7, 2008, 1:40:00 PM

Video interview of SPCA officer.

This is an interview we had with one of the SPCA officers.

Questions:

1. How many animal abuse cases do you have on a yearly basis?

2. So how do you handle such cases?

3. Has there been an increase in the number of animal abuse cases?

4. Do you think there is enough awareness about animal abuse?

5. So, what is your opinion on animal abuse?

6. We have come up with solutions like making bookmarks to raise awareness on animal abuse cases… Do you think this is effective?

1:22:00 PM

Animal Abuse?

Over the past few years, the number of animals being abused in Singapore has been rising gradually. While some people abuse animals purposely, there are others who do it unknowkingly. But, even then its still considered as a form of abuse!

There are mainly five reasons why people abuse animals.

They are :-

1)a way to relief stress, relax

2)regarded as fun

3)social influence, by friends and family

4)mentally unstable

5)unaware of the law and order

According to our research and the interview conducted at the SPCA, we realised that many people are still unaware of what animal abuse is and what are the consequences of doing so. Therefore, we as a team want to raise awareness about animal abuse through this blog! Hope you will get to know more(:

Every life is precious...

Life is precious.It is everywhere, inside us and all around us, it has so many forms.It is gods gift and we must learn to treasure it, or at least not harm , it may be man's, plant's or even animal's! That is why we strongly feel that animal abuse is a very cruel act of the mankind which takes away lifes of many innocent animals.

We humans are made entirely of non-human elements, such as plants, minerals, earth, clouds, and sunshine. For our practice to be deep and true, we must include the ecosystem. If the environment is destroyed, humans will be destroyed, too. Protecting human life is not possible without also protecting the lives of animals!Therefore everyone should think wisely before they act, SAVE THE CUTE ANIMALS(:

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.

12:24:00 PM

Statistics of animal abuse in Singapore

Statistics of animal abuse in Singapore

Figure 1, shows the percentage of care givers, for each group,gender and referral status that reported the presence of cruelty to animals.

Figure 2, data on acts of vandalism committed by the two older age groups are included for comparison.

11:35:00 AM

Laws that prevent cruelty to animals, in Singapore.

These are some laws, in Singapore, that prevents cruelty to animals.

Cruelty to animals42. —(1) Any person who —
(a) cruelly beats, kicks, ill-treats, over-rides, over-drives, over-loads, tortures, infuriates or terrifies any animal;

(b) causes or procures or, being the owner, permits any animal to be so used;

(c) being in charge of any animal in confinement or in the course of transport from one place to another neglects to supply the animal with sufficient food and water;

(d) by wantonly or unreasonably doing or omitting to do any act, causes any unnecessary pain or suffering or, being the owner, permits any unnecessary pain or suffering to any animal;

(e) causes, procures or, being the owner, permits to be confined, conveyed, lifted or carried any animal in such a manner or position as to subject it to unnecessary pain or suffering;

(f) being the owner of any animal, abandons the animal without reasonable cause or excuse, whether permanently or not, in circumstances likely to cause the animal any unnecessary suffering or distress, or causes or permits the animal to be so abandoned;

(g) employs or causes or procures or, being the owner, permits to be employed in any work of labour, any animal which in consequence of any disease, infirmity, wound or sore, or otherwise is unfit to be so employed; or

(h) causes, procures or assists at the fighting or baiting of any animal, or keeps, uses, manages, or acts or assists in the management of any premises or place for the purpose, or partly for the purpose, of fighting or baiting any animal, or permits any premises or place to be so kept, managed or used, or receives or causes or procures any person to receive money for the admission of any person to the premises or place,

shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to both; except where an owner is convicted of having permitted cruelty to an animal under subsection (2), he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

Credits: http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/, Animals and Birds Act (PART IV PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS).

Sunday, July 6, 2008, 8:38:00 PM

What we all need to do in case of an emergency

Of course, nobody wishes to ever come upon such dreadful things - to witness any sort of animal abuse. But no matter how much we try to avoid such matters, it's always beneficial, necessary in fact, to know that there are still mentally unstable people out there to hurt these poor animals, which is one of the major reasons why we the dolphins are trying so desperately to create awareness to the public on the issue of animal abuse.

Animal abuse can take place anywhere, anytime, in any way.

It does not necessarily have to be a man throwing stones at an injured cat, or a mischeivous boy attacking a wild dog with a catapult. Animal abuse can just take place in a typical pet shop where they sell underage rabbits. This is a serious thing many people do not realise as by doing so, the pet shop is endangering the poor animals by increasing their mortality rate.
Thus, here is a list of hotlines.

witnessed/seen any... report to... call....

Wild animal smuggling activities?
Wildlife Crime, 97837782

Petshop mistreatments?
Centre for Animal Welfare, 64717198

Complaints against individual owners.
SPCA, 62875355

abandoned dogs Action for Singapore Dogs.
9259 0698

owners of illegal exotic animals
Wildlife Crime Hotline ,9783 7782

abandoned cats.
Cat Welfare Society 7000 2287 647(mailbox)

any other animal abuse cases.
Animal Welfare and Control 6472 6369