Two dogs captured by authorities at a Seletar West farm last November due to their purported history of aggression were “timid and unsure” when they arrived at Oasis Second Chance Animal Shelter (OSCAS), says a volunteer who recently shared videos of the animals appearing healthy and active.
The controversial Nov 14 incident was captured in a widely circulated video showing animal management contractors deployed by the Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) pushing one of three dogs into a crate while it bites on the pole. Another dog is held at its neck with a pole and lifted into a crate.
Group director of the NParks AVS community animal management division Anna Wong, told Stomp that the dogs were trapped with “reasonable force”, due to their “history of aggression” and four dog-bite incidents in the area – but animal welfare groups asserted that the handling of the dogs fell “far below humane standards”.
One of the dogs, which was in AVS’ care for a week, was handed over to Causes for Animals Singapore (CAS) on the morning of Nov 21. It died later that afternoon after going into cardiac arrest at a private veterinary clinic.
Dogs were ‘timid and unsure’
OSCAS volunteer Tiara Robyn Chew posted a video of the other two dogs on her TikTok account @therescueclub on Jan 6, showing the animals when they first entered the shelter.
