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Animal smuggling cases in Singapore turn spotlight on the underground pet trade
Three attempts foiled in less than a month; welfare groups fear more may be getting past checkpoints
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Cara Wong, Lim Min Zhang
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Crammed into tight spaces and deprived of food and water, they are hidden in vehicles and driven across the Causeway from Malaysia.
Sometimes, they are even drugged as they make the journey in the deep of night or early in the morning to maximise the odds of getting into Singapore illegally.
