Sale and slaughter of live turtles and frogs at wet markets banned

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Sale and slaughter of live turtles and frogs at wet markets banned
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
Singapore Food Agency says practice phased out from June last year following a review
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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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