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Poachers sighted in forested area near Tampines Letter from Joyce Chng Today Online 9 Nov 07 Pet project: Let's work together Goh Boon Choo Today Online 1 Nov 07 Indian capital can't cope with monkey menace, mayor says Yahoo News 22 Sep 07 Wild boar trapped by poachers on SAF land dies Today Online 6 Oct 07 Let's pay more attention to animal welfare Letter from Anthony Lee Mui Yu Straits Times Forum 4 Oct 07 The instinct to care Goh Boon Choo Today Online 4 Oct 07 Boar traps found in Ubin NParks gets tough as poaching is on the rise here Sheralyn Tay Today Online 1 Oct 07 Alien intrusions threaten Sweden's seas Yahoo News 28 Sep 07 Bounty on Cambodian monkeys terrorising tourists Straits Times 29 Sep 07 More dogs being abandoned or given up Worried owners of unlicensed dogs are ditching them to avoid paying hefty fines By Khushwant Singh Straits Times 27 Sep 07 Poacher fined $500 for trapping wild birds By Teh Jen Lee The New Paper 7 Aug 07 New AVA rule calls for dogs to be microchipped before licenses issued Channel NewsAsia 6 Aug 07 Collection of marinelife on Changi Beach on the wildfilms blog, also posted on tomorrow.sg see links for public reactions Nature lovers, sign up to be the 'official eyes and ears of the forest' Daphne Chuah Today Online 10 Jul 07 Monkeys downgrading to heartland By Teh Jen Lee The New Paper 5 Jul 07 Invasive decorative plants targeted By John Seewer, Associated Press Yahoo News 29 Jun 07 Lost your pet? It could be dead in 24 hours New Paper 18 Jun 07 Turtle in quarry poached? Straits Times 15 Jun 07 RC should work with cat caregivers to solve feline problem Letter from Dawn Kua (Ms) Director of Operations Cat Welfare Society Straits Times Forum 15 Jun 07 Animal carers given short shrift over cats' fate by RC Letter from Helga Koh Nee Gamp (Ms) Straits Times 12 Jun 07 When fishing for fun can be cruel Yishun pond guppies killed in unwitting play Letter from Yim Tat Chuen Today Online 6 Jun 07 Free animals? Students to show it can cause harm Straits Times 31 May 07 Public urged not to release animals into the wild Channel NewsAsia 30 May 07 Let's hope town councils do not start a 'holocaust' of cats Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee Straits Times Forum 30 May 07 Who's the monkey's uncle? monkey feeding by supposedly intelligent simians on the budak blog Poachers swoop in on feathered wildlife in Singapore By Lin Xinyi & T. Rajan Straits Times 26 May 07 Dangerous aliens lurk in the waters of Singapore By Christopher Tan Straits Times 25 May 07 Monkeys are a lot more elitist By Jaime Ee Business Times 25 May 07 South Africa battles alien fish By Wendell RoelfMon Yahoo News 21 May 07 When feeding monkeys = loving them to death By Yap Su-Yin Straits Times 21 May 07 Aquarium fish 'threaten biodiversity' Anna Salleh ABC Science Online ABC 18 May 07 Improve living conditions for Inuka the polar bear Letter from Acres The Straits Times 7 May 07 Singapore Zoo to keep polar bear: report Yahoo News 3 May 07 Monkey causes disruption in Pasir Ris Channel NewsAsia 3 May 07 Thousands of dogs abandoned each year Channel NewsAsia 16 Apr 07 Heavily-toured Galapagos islands in peril by Hector Velasco Yahoo News 14 Apr 07 French beekeepers brace for Asian sting By Paul Lauener and Marie-Laure Combes Associated Press Yahoo News 13 Apr 07 Air travel threatens biodiversity Roger Highfield The Daily Telegraph 11 Apr 07 Praise for cat lovers who spend time and effort to care for strays Letter from Christina Kwan Wee Keng (Ms) Straits Times Forum 11 Apr 07 Baffled by AVA's response to request for free sterilisation Letter from Tan Lay Khim (Ms) Straits Times Forum 10 Apr 07 India state to sterilise 65,000 monkeys Yahoo News 6 Apr 07 Teen's cat-rehab effort turned 'pests' into 'pets' Letter from Rebecca Ho Shu Ling (Miss) Straits Times Forum 19 Mar 07 Active citizenry? Bring back cat-rehab scheme Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee Straits Times Forum 9 Feb 07 Bird Flu Experts Urge Halt to Wild Bird Trade By Tan Ee Lyn PlanetArk 5 Mar 07 It's not the size of the dwelling that matters, it's how pets are managed Letter from Anthony Lee Mui Yu Straits Times Forum 26 Feb 07 Grass carps released into Bedok Reservoir to mark 7th day of Lunar New Year By Wong Siew Ying Channel NewsAsia 25 Feb 07 Keeping pets a far better experience than the zoo Letter from Dawn Kua Su-Wen (Ms) Director of Operations Cat Welfare Society Straits Times Forum 24 Feb 07 Keeping animals: How to handle a pet peeve Letter from Heng Cho Choon Straits Times Forum 22 Feb 07 Stressed Singaporeans crack down on thieving monkeys By Gillian Murdoch The Star 19 Feb 07 9,706 pets lost their homes Today Online 3 Feb 07 Time to cull those cat myths Let's first get the facts straight before we deal with strays Letter from Dawn Kua Director of Operations, Cat Welfare Society Today Online 31 Jan 07 Do cats belong in our HDB estates? Today Online 29 Jan 07 SPCA backs bid to let cats live in HDB flats Letter from Deirdre Moss (Ms) Executive Officer SPCA Straits Times 23 Jan 07 and other letters on the issue Don't ban cats in flats, HDB Letter from Elaine Neo Yan Ling (Miss) Straits Times Forum 17 Jan 07 Ruling on cats in flats not fair to responsible owners Letter from Jereme Ooi Wooi Keat Straits Times Online 22 Jan 07 HDB should replace ban with rules to enforce responsible ownership of cats Letter from Gina Ho Yuen Sing (Mdm) Straits Times 25 Jan 07 Why HDB should ban cat and dog ownership in flats Letter from Peter Kuan Kok Oon Straits Times 25 Jan 07 A mayor's pet lesson FOR us By Goh Boon Choo Today Online 16 Jan 07 Letters in response to article on strangled stray cat Stop animal abuse by teaching kindness, empathy Letter from Khoo Hwee Boon (Ms) Straits Times Forum 11 Jan 07 Start Kindness Movement by caring for local stray cats Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee Straits Times Forum 11 Jan 07 Collective community effort needed to curb animal abuse Letter from Neo Kai Ling (Ms) Straits Times Forum 11 Jan 07 Link between AVA pest controllers and cat stranglers Letter from Adriane Lee Swee Mun Straits Times Forum 13 Jan 07 CCTV installed last year to curb monkey feeding Reply from NParks Straits Times Forum 9 Jan 07 Install CCTV to stop people feeding monkeys Letter from Dr Goh Kian Peng Straits Times Forum 1 Jan 07 Nonnative animals flourish in Hawaii By Tara Godvin Yahoo News 30 Nov 06 Exotic pets in U.S. may pose health risk By Margaret Ebrahim and John Solomon, Associated Press Yahoo News 28 Nov 06 Singapore's animal attraction Tan Hui Leng Today Online 27 Nov 06 Poisoning of pigeons is a pointless act Dr Tan Chek Wee Today Online 10 Nov 06 Don't feed monkeys, it does them harm Reply from Sharon Chan (Ms) Assistant Director, Central Nature Reserve National Parks Board Straits Times Online 9 Oct 06 Monkey havoc: Man, not animals, the real culprit Letter from Anthony Lee Mui Yu Straits Times Online 7 Oct 06 Too warm for polar bears by Hilary Chiew The Star 3 Oct 06 Monkeys in nature reserve not a threat to people Letter from Mrs Jackie Phillips Straits Times Online 5 Oct 06 Monkeys in parks are becoming more aggressive Letter from Felix Wong Soon Huat Straits Times Online 5 Oct 06 Step up patrols to stop people feeding the monkeys letter from Anthony Lee Mui Yu Straits Times Online 4 Oct 06 Monkeys creating havoc in Windsor Park estate letter from Dr Reuben Wong Kong Min Straits Times Online 3 Oct 06 Undergrad suffers brain injury after monkeys cause crash by Nur Dianah Suhaimi Straits Times 1 Oct 06 Take action on motorists who feed monkeys at Upper Peirce Reservoir Letter from Ng Yannyann (Mdm) Straits Times Forum 27 Sep 06 Breeding is no indicator Letter from Acres Today Online 9 Sep 06 No more animals from the Arctic: S'pore Zoo Today Online 7 Sep 06 Trap-neuter-release the long-term cat solution Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee Straits Times Forum 8 Sep 06 What message and values are we passing on to the young by culling cats Letter from Claudia Tan Danwei (Miss) Straits Times Forum 8 Sep 06 Claws out for cats She, and network volunteers, keep felines safe on the streets Today Online 8 Sep 06 Don't shoot the crows. Just give them contraceptives Letter from Jonathan Cheng Hern Sinn Straits Times Forum 25 Aug 06 Don't blame cats for the fall in bird population Other factors may be the cause Letter from the Cat Welfare Society Straits Times Forum 16 Aug 06 'Kill the cats' strategy won't save the birds at Botanic Gardens Letter from Judith Lindley Straits Times Forum 16 Aug 06 Killer cats pose a real problem to birds and small mammals Letter from Lau Chee Kin Straits Times Forum 14 Aug 06 Philippines declares war on invading catfish, other alien species Yahoo News 3 Aug 06 More hands-on opportunities needed to curb animal abuse Letter from Niam Xing Wei Straits Times Forum 28 Jun 06 Take a strong stance against animal smugglers, abusers By Louis Ng Straits Times Forum 23 Jun 06 Fewer cases of animals released into the wild by Theresa Tan Straits Times 13 May 06 Set up sanctuary for Vesak Day devotees to release animals This improves their chances of survival in the wild Letter from Jason Li Cheuk Hang Straits Times Forum 13 May 05 Fewer people releasing animals into the wild during Vesak period By May Wong ChannelnewsAsia 10 May 05 Alien Crows Targeted for Total Extermination in S. Africa Leon Marshall National Geographic 9 May 05 Animal Release Initiative 2006 (You have a choice) email from Ashley Ng, 28 Apr 06 Be kind to animals to mark Vesak Day. Remember what the Buddha teaches Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee The Straits Times Forum Online 26 Apr 05 Alien Possums Gobbling New Zealand Forests, Birds Sean Markey National Geographic 25 Apr 06 U.S. Biologist Battles Killer Pythons in Florida Park By Tom Brown, Reuters ENN 13 Apr 06 More birds surrendered 48 birds handed over to the AVA between January and March Tan Hui Leng Today Online 7 Apr 06 Over 1,000 rabbits ditched Rennie Whang Today Online 7 Apr 06 Slingshot attack: Baby flying lemur put to sleep by Radha Basu The Straits Times 30 Mar 06 Flying lemur and baby shot down at MacRitchie by Radha Basu The Straits Times 22 Mar 05 Shame on you, animal bullies Time to mete out harsher penalties to those who abuse small, defenceless animals? Neil Humphreys Today Online 25 Mar 06 Clean up the Act, AVA: More clarifications needed to address shark's captive space Today Online 13 Mar 06 Feeding animals in the wild risky by Meng Yew Choong The Straits Times 10 Mar 06 Laws in murky waters? Odd to move smaller sharks but not bigger one Prohibitions should apply to buyers, farms Today Online 4 Mar 06 Parc Palais condo's sharks are not dangerous: AVA Reply from AVA Today Online 2 Mar 06 AVA says OK to sharks as pets but animal activists concerned Vinita Ramani Today Online 2 Mar 06 Follow Thai government's lead - release dolphins at Sentosa back into the wild Letter from ACRES Straits Times Forum Online 25 Feb 06 Releasing dolphins is good animal husbandry Letter from Richard Gascoigne Straits Times Forum Online 25 Feb 06 Were wildlife laws amended? Letter from ACRES Today Online 24 Feb 06 Wild animals aren't pets Why no action, AVA? Illegal pet purchase? Letter from Aarti Srivastava and from Teo Li Lian Today Online 25 Feb 06 OK to keep pet shark without a licence? Vinita Ramani Today Online 23 Feb 06 It's Invaders vs. Invaders as Scientists Target Alien Species John Roach National Geographic 22 Feb 06 Reptiles make great pets, so legalise their trade under Endangered Species Act Letter from Lim Zhi Wei Straits Times Forum Online 20 Feb 06 Despite all the warnings, people continue to feed the monkeys Letter from Larry Quah Chai Koon Straits Times Forum Online 17 Feb 06 Toxic toads 'threaten disaster' By Rebecca Morelle BBC 15 Feb 06 Alien Crab Invasion Threatening Native UK Species PlanetArk 9 Feb 06 How were tarantulas smuggled in? Letter from Shirley Woon Li Lin (Ms) The Straits Times Forum 9 Feb 06 Tarantulas found abandoned by Radha Basu The Straits Times 7 Feb 06 Public urged not to feed wild monkeys Reply from NParks Straits Times Forum 31 Jan 06 Friend or food? Year of the Dog brings mixed fortunes for canines in China Lucas van Grinsven Channel NewsAsia 28 Jan 06 Costly Alien Invaders Rock World's Balance Story by Lucas van Grinsven PlanetArk 27 Jan 06 Animal lovers alarmed as dogs sales rise for Lunar New Year By Pearl Forss Channel NewsAsia 26 Jan 06 UK to Control Spread of Grey Squirrels PlanetArk 23 Jan 06 In the Year of the Dog: Be good to our canine friends Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee Straits Times Forum Online 21 Jan 06 Pets are not toys. Don't turn hermit crabs into ornaments Letter from Liao Shuxin Straits Times Forum Online 17 Jan 06 Review animal re-homing rules Letter from Yeo Siew Chi Straits Times Forum Online 19 Dec 05 Sterilisation of strays did wonders in New York Letter from Dr Tan Chek Wee Straits Times Forum Online 19 Dec 05 Not practical to replace culling with sterilisation Reply from AVA The Straits Times Forum Online 10 Dec 05 Performing monkeys in Asia carry viruses that could jump species to humans Tropical Medicine and International Health EurekAlert 8 Dec 05 Male dog unsterilised? Pay more for licence by Tham Yuen-C The Straits Times 2 Dec 05 Castrating male dogs is quick-fix solution. It won't encourage responsible pet ownership Letter from Lee Hwee Khoon Straits Times Forum Online 1 Dec 05 HDB should provide dog parks, sand boxes for allowing pets Letter from Kevin Yeung Chung Pak Straits Times Online 29 Nov 05 Certify pet 'lovers' Today Online 28 Nov 05 Better way to deter feeding of stray cats Reply from SPCA and Cat Welfare Society The Straits Times Forum Online 28 Nov 05 What to do when pets are whining Letter from SPCA Today Online 26 Nov 05 AVA to launch new deterrents to curb pet abandonment By Asha Popatlal Channel NewsAsia 26 Nov 05 My pet peeve: Neglectful owners Letter from Jessica Chan Today Online 25 Nov 05 How can AVA take away my pet chickens without telling me? Letter from Leong Mei Lin (Ms) Straits Times Forum Online 25 Nov 05 A dog is a dog. Don't look down on mongrels Letter from Boey Kit Yin (Ms) Straits Times Forum Online 25 Nov 05 Be fair to cats. We could live with a few meows Letter from Suzanna Chew Han Soon (Mrs) Straits Times Forum Online 25 Nov 05 Trade in your dog, upgrade to new one. What's next? Letter from Brigit Sebastian (Ms) Straits Times Forum Online 23 Nov 05 Is Wildlife Going the Way of McDonald's? Biologists Worry Development Is Making Animal Populations Too Similar By Amanda Onion ABC News 21 Nov 05 Town
council concerned about feeding of strays Letter from Geraldine Soh Geok Lian Today Online 18 Nov 05 No strays, please. We are Tampines Council should rethink its anti-cat stance The Straits Times Forum Online 18 Nov 05 Tampines Town Council barking up the wrong tree The Straits Times Forum Online 18 Nov 05 APEC to enhance bio-security to keep out “invasive alien species” Radio Singapore International 15 Nov 05 World Animal Day event spreads message of care, responsibility By May Wong Channel NewsAsia 30 Oct 05 Laws can't keep up with surge in exotic pets--or irresponsible owners By The Asahi Shimbun Channel NewsAsia, 1 Oct 05 Millions of animals face death sentence in Australia Channel NewsAsia 25 Sep 05 Animals and pets set free in the wild create problems Letter from Vanessa Neranjani Muhundan Straits Times Forum Online 13 Sep 05 1000 house rabbits abandoned each year in Singapore, animal lovers concerned By Ng Kee Haur and Joanne Leow Channel NewsAsia 26 May 05 Is this any way to treat a member of the family? 'Freeing' a domesticated pet in the wild condemns it to a painful death Letter to Today, 24 May 05 Fewer cases of animals being released into nature reserves By Ching Yi / Wong Siew Ying Channel NewsAsia, 21 May 05 Vesak Day: Free animals? Adopt a pet instead Letters to the Straits Times Forum Page, 17 May 05 Animal release in nature reserves and reservoirs Radio Singapore International 12 May 05 When acts of mercy can kill by Lin Zhaowei Straits Times, 11 May 05 Public advised not to release animals into nature reserves, reservoirs Channel NewsAsia, 10 Apr 05 Taming the pet industry by Patricia Yap Today Online 4 May 05 Ashley's email about volunteer efforts to stop release of animals in Singapore's wild places. links Exotic Species of Singapore blog Releasing animals: good or bad? a pamphlet used during efforts to educate people NOT to release animals particularly during Vesak Day. Global Invasive Species Database of the IUCN Invasive Species Specialist Group: introduction to the issue, top 100 worst invasive species and more. Invasive species weblog updated reports around the world on the impact of alien introduced species. Invasive species on the Conservation Science Institute: an introduction to this global problem with brief descriptions of major species. Budak blogs about the issue Siva blogs on habitatnews about the issue |
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