Jurong pilot programme to test if Singapore can avoid culling stray dogs
Singapore’s law and foreign affairs minister and animal lover K Shanmugam announced on Friday that a pilot programme has been launched in Jurong Island to see if Singapore can avoid the culling of stray dogs.
In a Facebook post he said, “I was delighted to be at Jurong Island for the launch of an innovative pilot project. It involves managing the stray dog population there without culling. This is a trial project to try to see if we can avoid culling.”
The programme, called the Trap-Neuter-Release-and-Manage (TNRM) is a partnership between JTC Corporation and local organisations Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ACRES), Action for Singapore Dogs (ASD) and Save Our Street Dogs (SOSD).
The first female dog on the artificial island, which is the heart of Singapore’s energy and chemicals industry, has already been included in the programme.
“As seen, she is physically healthy after neutering and being micro-chipped; and happy to be back in familiar surroundings,” he said.
This is definitely good news for the participating non-profit organisations.
Louis Ng from ACRES posted on Facebook saying, “It has taken almost a year of closed door meetings and discussions and with the help and support from Minister K Shanmugam, there will no longer be any culling of stray dogs on Jurong Island!”
