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Volunteers Rescuing Cats from Cull in Singapore
by The Associated Press
Posted on May 28, 2003
Cat lovers are rescuing stray felines from Singapore's streets and sending them to an animal shelter in Malaysia to save them from being killed in a government cleanliness campaign aimed at fighting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an animal rights activist said on Tuesday.
There are an estimated 80,000 stray cats in Singapore, but the cleanliness campaign targets only those caught near markets and other places that serve food.
The culling is part of an overall hygiene campaign launched on May 6th in response to the SARS outbreak, officials say.
Cathy Strong, president of the Animal Lovers League, said over 2,000 stray cats have been gathered so far and that they would be sent to Noah's Ark animal shelter in Johor, Malaysia.
"We are trying to save as many as we can," she said. "Volunteers are taking turns, they are about to collapse from rounding up the strays."
by The Associated Press
Posted on May 28, 2003
Cat lovers are rescuing stray felines from Singapore's streets and sending them to an animal shelter in Malaysia to save them from being killed in a government cleanliness campaign aimed at fighting Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), an animal rights activist said on Tuesday.
There are an estimated 80,000 stray cats in Singapore, but the cleanliness campaign targets only those caught near markets and other places that serve food.
The culling is part of an overall hygiene campaign launched on May 6th in response to the SARS outbreak, officials say.
Cathy Strong, president of the Animal Lovers League, said over 2,000 stray cats have been gathered so far and that they would be sent to Noah's Ark animal shelter in Johor, Malaysia.
"We are trying to save as many as we can," she said. "Volunteers are taking turns, they are about to collapse from rounding up the strays."