• has there been a rise in pet abandonment cases in the recent years

• How is their healthcare for the animals taken in?

• What are the animals who get taken in into SPCA? Are there any exotic animals that get abandoned?

• Have you ever had to deal with an illegal animal abandoned and how did you handle it?

• How much is your annual spending on medical and welfare supplies For the animals?

• Is there any policies in singapore/ any legal loopholes that exist that allow people to abandon thier pets?

• Are there any common breeds or animals that are abandoned?

• What are the biggest challenges that you face in rehabilitating animals?

• Are there any factors that are to blame for the pet abandonment cases?

• Do you think enough has been publicised about the matter?

• Approximately, what percentage of abandoned pets are successfully readopted?

• To the pet owners who are struggling, are there any support systems that can help them?

SPCA

1. 257 abandoned, many ways (potential reasons)

⁃ Most is cats, not considered legal pets for a long time

⁃ Cat management framework

⁃ Abandoned no way to check

⁃ More Long fur, grooming and maintenance, medical issues, knee problems breathing difficulties

⁃ General factors:

• finance, ex in sg

• Spca clinic for low income

• Overseas, cannot care/downsizing, bored

⁃ hamsters easy to purchase, high abandon rate, kids want

⁃ Hamsters over breeding, same cage, fighting

⁃ Rabbits hard to take care of

⁃ Most die b4 rescued eg. Guinea pigs

⁃ Animals behaviour issues frm trauma, behavioural therapy

⁃ Black cats stay spca very long

⁃ Bigger/old dogs longer

⁃ Some less desirable stay longer

⁃ Limited space, capacity full, stop taking in, refer to other places

⁃ Don’t put healthy animals down

• severe injuries/ no quality of life

• Euthanisation need to be approved

⁃ adoption& rescue, education and outreach, nonprofit

⁃ adoption rate: fall by 40%

• stay long time, less space

• Less able to help other animals

• Mostly not community animals

• Some returns

• Problem in pet ownership, restrictions in life eg. Boarding/stay in sg

Animal therapy

Deployed once trained enuf

Work with only horse, work with both horse and ppl

Programmes in stable

Ex racing

Basis: positive effects on youth

Days: 7 days a week

Am 7.45,8 pm: 1.45,2

Sign up, book slots

⁃ multi service volunteering

⁃ Tuition, reading programme??

⁃ Give out food, referring to gvt agencies

⁃ Children, low income/ trouble

⁃ Assistance and referral, difference criteria