SINGAPORE – About 7,000 cats were licensed from Aug 31 to 3am on Sept 1 as owners rushed at the 11th hour to register their pets for free under the Cat Management Framework.
This scramble took place despite Minister of State for National Development and Foreign Affairs Alvin Tan urging owners who had yet to register their pets to do so quickly earlier on Aug 31 and during an event on July 18.
Cat owners had been given two years from Sept 1, 2024, to microchip and license their pets under this framework.
Some pet owners lamented online about the long wait time on Aug 31 on the Animal and Veterinary Service’s (AVS) licence application portal as the clock ticked closer to midnight.
In a media reply, AVS’ group director Anna Wong said AVS had put in place a virtual queue system from 8pm on Aug 31 to manage traffic on the platform, “in anticipation of a surge in licensing applications during the last phase of the transition period”.
“At its peak, there were close to 3,000 applicants in the virtual waiting room at around 11pm,” she added.
“To allow all cat owners who joined the virtual queue to complete licensing their pet cats, AVS extended the timeline from midnight until 3am, Sept 1.”
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