SINGAPORE — Two incidents of cats falling to their deaths occured at a single HDB block in Bukit Panjang a month aside, and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is urging extra safeguards by cat house owners from such incidents.
A put up on Facebook group Complaint Singapore on Thursday (18 April) highlighted the 2 incidents at Block 646A Senja Close with photographs of the lifeless cats, each of which had related pink collars.
“How to cease this individuals from their irresponsible act? Went as much as each stage and nobody admitted to it,” person Alisha Farisya Love wrote within the put up.
SPCA alerted to second incident
In response to queries by Yahoo Southeast Asia, SPCA mentioned it was alerted to the second incident by a resident on Wednesday at round 9.45pm. It was, nonetheless, not alerted of the primary case.
“SPCA was alerted of the incident by a resident at Blk 646A Senja Close. She reported listening to a loud thud at round 9.30pm, and located the deceased cat under her block. The cat was sporting a collar, nevertheless it didn’t bear any details about the proprietor,” SPCA’s government director Aarthi Sankar mentioned.
“We perceive from a Facebook put up that that is the second case of a cat allegedly falling from peak on the similar block, with the primary case occurring a month in the past and involving a cat who was additionally sporting a pink collar.”
SPCA has escalated the latest case to the authorities for additional investigation.
Safeguards to maintain cats indoors
The organisation has additionally urged cat guardians to totally mesh the doorways, gates and home windows of their houses, and to maintain their cats strictly indoors, as a way to safeguard their cats from such deaths.
“Even in case your cat doesn’t usually wander out, sudden noises can spook him/her and immediate a touch to the closest exit,” mentioned Sankar.
“Studies have proven that strictly-indoor cats reside longer than out of doors cats because of decrease dangers of harmful encounters, one in every of which is excessive rise syndrome. It is our responsibility, as pet guardians, to make sure our pets’ wellbeing.”
Yahoo Southeast Asia has additionally reached out to the Animal & Veterinary Service (AVS) for additional data.
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