This man calls himself a “nature lover”, however his act of trapping a chicken was not too long ago referred to as out on-line.
Taking to Fb yesterday (Nov 10), Chen Phan Yeeh shared a photograph on the Singapore Wildlife Sightings group of a caged chicken in his residence.
“The heron that has been eyeing and possibly feeding on the small fishes in my pond recently,” he mentioned, including that he would launch it later.
In a subsequent replace an hour later, Chen posted a video of him liberating the chicken in a public park.
From the six-second video, it’s unclear the place the incident passed off.
Whereas he shared that the chicken was “launched unhurt”, a number of netizens referred to as out Chen for his inhumane act of trapping it.
After Chen shared the video within the feedback part, a netizen thanked the person for releasing the wild chicken whereas one other mentioned that “not less than he did not hurt the animal”.
Within the feedback part, Chen mentioned he’s a nature lover who had freed it unhurt close to a water physique with a number of meals.
He additionally mentioned that he needed to catch the chicken because it flew into his home and was unable to get out.
AsiaOne has contacted Chen for extra info.
Offence to entice wild animals
Nonetheless, different netizens identified that what he did was unlawful.
Beneath the Wild Animals and Birds Act, it’s an offence to deliberately feed, launch, entice and kill wild animals.
In March 2020, a Invoice was handed to amend the Act which will increase the penalties for many who are caught doing so.
Those that kill, entice, take or hold non-protected wildlife with out approval now face a $10,000 high-quality and/or six months’ jail for his or her first offence, in contrast with the earlier penalty of $1,000.
Repeat offenders face a $20,000 high-quality and/or 12 months’ jail, whereas those that goal protected wildlife face a $50,000 high-quality and/or two years’ jail.
In one other latest incident of untamed animals being captured, a person picked up an indignant snake with simply his naked arms.
In a Fb publish shared final month, Matthew Lee mentioned that he managed to catch an equatorial spitting cobra when it appeared at a golf course in Mandai.
He additionally claimed the NParks authorities that arrived on the scene had been “extraordinarily stunned and confused” as to how he managed to catch a wild snake with none gear.
“They really mentioned that I ought to come work for them, that they might use somebody like me,” he mentioned within the publish, with netizens impressed together with his seize.
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