Culling Of 24 Chickens In Sin Ming Ruffles Feathers

CULLING CHICKENS… THE “WORST SOLUTION”

http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sin-ming-chicken-culling-ruffles-feathers

Mr Louis Ng, founder of Animal Concerns Research & Education Society, echoed the views of many online users to say that the killing was the �worst solution�. He warned against such a �knee-jerk� response and added that other measures could have been taken, such as getting people to adopt the chickens, relocating them to Pulau Ubin for rearing, or mediating with the residents.

Mr Ng also stressed the need to get an �accurate sense of sentiments on the ground� to find out if there is an overwhelming majority that still want the chickens there, a point also made by online users.



SINGAPORE � As a debate flared up yesterday over free-ranging chickens that were put down by the authorities in the Sin Ming area, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) revealed that it received 250 complaints islandwide on free-ranging chickens last year, and they were mostly abou…

Source: http://www.todayonline.com/singapore/sin-ming-chicken-cullin..

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