A raid conducted by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) managed to rescue a monkey and a civet which were caged up at a car workshop in Hougang.
Following a tip-off from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), the AVA stormed SMC Auto Engineering Works along Defu Lane 9 and found both animals in two small cages at the back of the workshop, The Straits Times reports.
The pig-tailed macaque was caged up with a thick metal chain around its neck, while the civet was curled up motionless in its cage.
Acres chief executive Louis Ng noted to the paper that both animals were kept under poor conditions — the nocturnal civets shouldn't be living in a noise-filled, lighted area while confining the macaque to a small cage is considered a form of abuse.
Those found guilty of keeping, trapping or killing wild animals here without a licence face a fine of up to $1,000 per animal. The fact that the pig-tailed macaque is a protected species will mean a penalty of up to $50,000 per specimen and a two-year jail term under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act.
Photo: Straits Times YouTube screengrab
A raid conducted by the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) managed to rescue a monkey and a civet which were caged up at a car workshop in Hougang.
Following a tip-off from the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres), the AVA stormed SMC Auto Engineering Works along Defu Lane 9 and found both animals in two small cages at the back of the workshop, The Straits Times reports.
The pig-tailed macaque was caged up with a thick metal chain around its neck, while the civet was curled up motionless in its cage.
Acres chief executive Louis Ng noted to the paper that both animals were kept under poor conditions — the nocturnal civets shouldn't be living in a noise-filled, lighted area while confining the macaque to a small cage is considered a form of abuse.
Those found guilty of keeping, trapping or killing wild animals here without a licence face a fine of up to $1,000 per animal. The fact that the pig-tailed macaque is a protected species will mean a penalty of up to $50,000 per specimen and a two-year jail term under the Endangered Species (Import and Export) Act.
Photo: Straits Times YouTube screengrab