Animal welfare

Celebrate Kai Kai and Jia Jia’s birthdays with ice cakes, giant panda immersive exhibition

Kai Kai (left) turns 19 on Sept 14, while Jia Jia turned 18 on Sept 3.

About 7,000 cats licensed in last-minute rush to get them registered for free

Cat owners had been given two years - from Sept 1, 2024 - to microchip and license their pets under this framework.

Forum: Dog shelters making it too difficult to adopt a pet

No lease renewal for 8 pet businesses; AVS says their measures to improve animal welfare fell short

Sheryl Chia, founder of ChubbyBuddy, at her business with British shorthair and Scottish fold cats at The Animal Lodge on Sept 1.

Rare sambar deer dies after accident involving van on KJE

A video posted in a private Telegram group showed a video of the deer on the ground, with glass shards surrounding it.

High school employee in Japan arrested a second time over hamster massacres

The man in Japan is under investigation for the killing of around 50 hamsters.

Tucker, the internet’s beloved golden retriever, diagnosed with cancer

Tucker’s owner said the Internet canine star has started treatment and is “already considered to be in a partial remission after just one week”.

Over 111,000 pet cats licensed since start of new ownership rules; transition period ends on Aug 31

It will be an offence to keep unlicenced pet cats from Sept 1.

The cost of a second chance: What it takes to keep Singapore’s animal rescue groups going

SOSD president May Ngu (left) with Dr Ian Tan, founder and medical director of V Aesthetics Holdings. The medical aesthetics group has committed S$400,000 over one year to local animal welfare charity SOSD.

Singapore’s animal shelters get first official set of guidelines

Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs Alvin Tan at the Paws in the City event on Aug 28.

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