Husky rescued from 35th-floor HDB flat is ready for a new home
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Pita was rescued from a 35th-floor HDB unit in Toa Payoh after she was found to be confined in the flat's service balcony on Sept 1.
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SINGAPORE – A husky that was confined to the service balcony of a Toa Payoh flat is ready to be fostered.
The Straits Times reported on Sept 3 that officers from the National Parks Board rescued the dog, named Pita, from the 35th-floor HDB unit on Sept 1 after she was found confined in cramped conditions.
The dog was licensed as an Alaskan malamute but vets with the Animal & Veterinary Service later assessed it to be a husky.
Animal welfare group Chained Dog Awareness Singapore (CDAS) had posted an appeal for help on its Facebook page on Sept 1. In the accompanying nine-second video, the dog is seen on the service balcony trying to fit its head through the panels of a louvre window leading indoors.
Failing to fit through the window, the dog then paws at one of the window panels, as though attempting to dig its way through.
According to a Facebook post by CDAS on Oct 2, Pita is ready to be fostered.
The dog is energetic, affectionate and “full of husky spirit”, CDAS said, adding that the organisation prefers for Pita to be fostered in an all-adult family. This is because the group is not yet certain if Pita is comfortable with children.
Anyone interested in fostering Pita and other rescues should contact CDAS through its Facebook Messenger account or by e-mail at chaineddogawareness.sg@gmail.com
A husky is not an approved breed for HDB residential flats.
Correction note: An earlier version of the story said the dog was an Alaskan malamute. NParks has clarified that the dog was licensed as an Alaskan malamute but vets with the Animal & Veterinary Service later assessed it to be a husky.
