Pardon the rambling in my previous post

as my thoughts were running along as I wrote.

The main point I wished to put across is this:

That there is expertise available who are able to catch the wary strays whom we are not able to reach. They have the manpower and the equipment. However, unfortunately, this expertise either come with a price or are instructed by the authorities to catch the strays for culling.

Some of them (which I shall not call 'expertise') are pest control companies.
http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/pdf/newguidelinescapturestrays-tnp15feb2005.pdf

Read the article above from 2005 which I have commented earlier. Let me know if it puzzles you as it puzzles me.

- pest control companies tasked to catch strays were found to be NOT handling the caught strays properly (there have been cases of strays dying from heat stroke after being locked in a heated van...of stray dogs and cats kept together in the same van...of strays being strangled to death when they were lasso-ed and pulled up the vehicle....)

- cases were reported to the AVA
- the question was: If a pest control company is found to violate the guidelines (of catching strays), will its licence be revoked?
- the answer from AVA was: "NEA licenses pest control companies for ....fumigation, white ant and rat control. They do not licence the activity of catching dogs and cats. NEA has indicated that they would thus not be able to revoke the licence if they violate the guidelines."

My question is:

* WHO, THEN, LICENSE PEST CONTROL COMPANIES TO CATCH DOGS AND CATS?

And if no one can revoke their licence, cos no one is GIVING them the licence to catch dogs and cats, then how can they be catching the dogs and cats?

Am I missing something here??

And to go on further, such pest control companies are profit-making companies. They do not catch strays and bring them to be sterilised. Of cos not. Someone has instructed them and they are paid to catch the strays. To be rid off the streets. To be culled.

And then, where do these caught animals go to? Where are they culled?


The AVA goes on to say that although NEA cannot revoke the licence of the pest control companies even if they were caught mistreating the animals they caught, AVA can charge the offender for animal cruelty.

To me, isn't it better to PREVENT any more potential cases of mishandling by pest control companies rather than to react at the next case?

My issue with pest control companies is that the very nature of their profession is that of destruction. They do not have the right expertise and attitude in stray catching. How do you expect a worker to treat a stray humanely when he knows that cat/dog he caught is to be killed? When in his mind, the dog/cat is a pest?


It is the mentality that governs the actions. And until there is proper governance in having pest control companies catch dogs/cats, they should stick to their business of white ants and rats.

But even then, rats also deserve a humane destruction. All living beings do.

To end off this train of thoughts, I am sure the authorities have a trained team, equipped both with the correct equipment and correct mindset, to catch the strays. A team who knows better how to hande strays then pest control companies. It is their team whom we want to work with, to reach the unreachables.

Now, do you think such cooperation will materialise? We'll let you know in time.