Life As a Stray

Life As a Stray

The following video was produced by

St. Anthony's Canossian Secondary School

Dedicated to our Street Dogs

Many of us would love to give our Singapore Specials a place to call home - unfortunately, due to HDB* guidelines this is not possible.

We hope that one day the authorities will change the guidelines and allow our Singapore Sepcials to stay in our HDB apartments.

We are Responsible Pet Owners, we train our dogs to listen, to obey and to respect our community and neighbours. 

If the authorities give Pet Owners a chance to let our Singapore Specials stay in HDB apartments, we promise that our dogs will not be a nuisance to our neighbours and our dogs will help us to guard and protect our home, family and neighbours.

When a street dog is given a chance to stay in an our HDB apartment - there will be less strays on the streets.

THE STREET IS NOT THEIR HOME

The black puppy without a tail that you saw in the video is Venus.

Special Thanks To

Ms Melanie Martens

Ms Chia Sui Yoon

Mrs Martens

Secret Garden

and the following students who have made the video possible:

Juliana Chia

Janine Loi

Lim Yu Ning

Cherie Zheng 

Footnote*
HDB = Housing and Development Board

Animal Cruelty by Razor TV

Interview with Razor TV on Animal Cruelty 

Doused with Diesel (Animal Cruelty Pt 1)
He was found loitering around the Kranji industrial area. Abused and frail, the badly injured dog was subject to further torture till Noah's Ark found and rescued him. Diesel's tale will definitely move your heart.

Who is the animal here? (Animal Cruelty Pt 2)
A man was recently jailed for 10 weeks for the abuse of a cat, and there has been an alarming steady rise of abuse reports in Singapore.

SPCA tells us more about the worrying trend and highlights two cases, including the sad story of Cubby, a 6 month old pup who was found kept in a cupboard under lock and key.

Extreme abuse cases (Animal Cruelty Pt 3)
There have been many extreme abuse cases happening lately, especially to cats, and many are still unresolved. From being thrown from flats to having necklaces threaded through body parts, no reward is too big to find the cruel people who have caused these animals so much pain.

Used. Abused. Unwanted. Abandoned. (Animal Cruelty Pt 4)
Now a little cotton candy ball of fluff, this Bichon Frise has been loved back to health and looks like he's been given an extreme makeover.

But not all dogs are as fortunate. Sweet and adorable Jeremy, could not even be identified as the Maltese he is when he was just rescued. Still recovering from his trauma, those big eyes and gentle ways will melt your heart.

Source: Razor TV
Date: 1 March 2010