SINGAPORE - Hard hit by the pandemic, more community feeders and pet owners have been asking animal welfare organisations for help.
Due to overwhelming demand, the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) has expanded its pet food support programme fund from the initial $50,000 to $230,000.
The programme, which began last August, is now on track to provide three to six months worth of food for the 1,832 animals now registered under 629 applicants.
It plans to provide for common domestic animals in Singapore such as dogs, cats, hamsters, rabbits and fish.
Of the $230,000, $150,000 comes from SPCA s funds. The remaining $80,000 came from a recent public fund-raiser.
The pandemic has triggered a boom in pet ownership as people are spending more time at home and a spike in pet sale prices due to the restrictions.
On a positive note, animal shelters are also seeing a spike in interest to foster or adopt during this period.
Merchants bearing more costs to import pets
According to the Chinese daily
Lianhe Zaobao, low supply and high demand have led to prices of popular breeds.
A 25-year-old pet shop owner, only identified as Liu by
Zaobao, notes the spiked public interest in pet ownership but also highlighted the additional costs that merchants have to bear during this period.
The Straits Times
Teens in animal cruelty probe over use of frogs in foosball
Videos of the incident show the teens unboxing the live frogs and playing foosball with a frog on the table.PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER
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A group of teens are being investigated after they allegedly played foosball using live frogs. A video of the incident, which surfaced online over the weekend, shows the unidentified teens unboxing about a dozen live frogs in a Burberry shoebox, with the words "Merry Christmas" splashed across the clip. It then cuts to a scene of the teens playing at.