Updates On 2nd Feb 2018

DOE, RAE, ME: LIVES ON THE LINE

In just four days, we rescued 4 red-eared terrapins with fishing hooks and its line lodged inside their mouths.

This averages up to at least 2 wild animals with fish hooks/line found every month by our Wildlife Rescue Team, and these hooks result in distress/injury or even death. The list includes equatorial spitting cobra, monitor lizards, turtles, otters, long-tailed macaques and birds such as herons, nightjar and eagles.

Doe, Rae, Me are currently undergoing treatment, but here are the underlying issues:

1. Red-eared terrapins, a non-native species of turtles widely sold legally as pets, should not have been (abandoned/released) in our waterways in the first place.

2. Fishing lines, hooks and nets should not have been (irresponsibly discarded) in our waterways.

What’s your say in this?

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Source: https://www.facebook.com/ACRESasia/photos/a.223077136522.136..

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ACRES (Animal Concerns Research & Education Society) is a pioneering Singapore-based charity and Institution of Public Character, founded by Singaporeans in 2001 with the aim of promoting animal welfare.

ACRES has six focus areas: Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, Wildlife Crime Investigation, Zoo Animal Welfare, Humane Education, Community Outreach and Promoting Cruelty-Free Living.

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