Environment

With disputes over another environmental study, this time about Tengah where forests are being cleared for public housing, environmentalists are calling for the Housing Development Board (HDB) to release the full report to the public. However, it seems HDB has no intention of doing so. Responding to queries from The Strait Times (ST), a spokesperson for HDB said that the …

A 50-year-old man was fined $16,000 or eight weeks imprisonment in default for causing unnecessary pain and suffering to animals, as well as being disqualified from owning a pet for 12 months. The Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) was alerted to a case of a cat and a kitten thrown out of a HDB unit window at Boon Lay …

The national water agency Public Utilities Board shared in a Facebook post on Monday (7 January) that 140 stingrays were removed from the reservoirs waters with the assistance of NUS and NParks after sightings on 20 Dec last year. The authority has also stated that the fishing grounds have re-opened at Lower Peirce Reservoir on the same day and urge …

A rather heartbreaking and outrageous photo has been circulating on Whatsapp and social media that shows a child riding a sea turtle in what appears to be a tour boat. The incident, which is believed to have happened somewhere in Sabah, has sparked outrage among the public with netizens calling for authorities to take action against the errant tour operator. …

A dog owner is frantically searching for her pup that went missing from a pet boarding facility after the place was raided by the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA). Ms Mao shared her tale on Facebook, detailing the horrible experience and the search for her purebred Shetland sheepdog named Prince that has so far remained unsuccessful. Early in December, Ms …

Yakult Singapore is stepping into the New Year greener than before. In a Facebook post on 27 Dec, the company announced that they will stop providing straws in their drink packages. The announcement follows a number of food and beverage giants around the world pledging to cut down their use of plastics. This includes entire cities such as Bali enacting …

A fallen tree that led to the injury of 14 SMRT staff members who were throwing a Christmas party at Sembawang Park on Thursday (20 Dec) was scheduled for inspection in May next year, said National Parks Board (NParks) group director Chuah Hock Seong on Friday (21 Dec). He added that the the tree — a 21m mature Erythrophleum suaveolens with …

There was another deer related incident this year, this time along Mandai Road on Tuesday when a motorcyclist collided with a wiled sambar deer. The motorcyclist suffered multiple abrasions but refused to be taken to the hospital while the deer did not survive. Deputy CEO of the Animal Concerns Research & Education Society (Acres) Mr Kalai Vanan said thhat they …

Greenpeace Southeast Asia released its latest tuna cannery ranking evaluating 23 canneries and brands from the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia based on their policies on sustainability, transparency and equitability. In the Sea to Can: 2018 Southeast Asia Canned Tuna Ranking Report, only five canneries were identified as overall green performers:  Alliance Select Foods International (Philippines), PT International Alliance Foods Indonesia …

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) is seeking feedback from the public on whether to totally ban ivory sale in Singapore. The month long public consultation (27 Nov to 27 Dec) was launched on Tuesday to gather insight about the public’s thoughts on the AVAs proposed total ban on local elephant ivory sale under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) …