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PHOTOS: OASIS SECOND CHANCE ANIMAL SHELTER, ANDERSON LAI
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SINGAPORE – Charlie has been reluctant to take long walks at East Coast Park since April, when the weather turned hotter and more humid.
When the cavalier King Charles spaniel reaches an underpass at Marine Parade leading to the beach, she tugs at her leash to head back home or complete a shorter walk around the Marine Crescent estate, said her owner Irene Kamphuis, 43.

