Crowds of people gathered at Aljunied MRT station when gunshots sounded amid a crow-culling operation that took place at a nearby grass patch on the evening of Oct 15.<\/p>\n
An eyewitness, Glen, told Stomp that he was passing through the area at around 7pm when he saw a crowd gathered at the MRT station, peering towards the grass patch.<\/p>\n
He initially thought a celebrity had arrived, or that an accident or emergency had occurred, but soon realised that the green protective barrier and officers pointing guns at the sky were part of a crow culling operation<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI also remember thinking that only in Singapore would people walk towards the sound of gunshots instead of away from it!\u201d Glen recalled.<\/p>\n While he understood the rationale behind population control, he wondered if more could be done to address the root causes of the problem, suggesting the following efforts:<\/p>\n Photos of the operation were shared on the Singapore Wildlife Sightings<\/a> and Complaint Singapore<\/a> Facebook groups, showing the grass patch dotted with over 30 bodies of black birds.<\/p>\n One netizen shared a petition<\/a> to \u201cend urban bird culling in Singapore\u201d, which has garnered over 2,400 signatures<\/a>.<\/p>\n PHOTOS: HOO LEE KAU\/FACEBOOK<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n Several netizens disapproved of the culling, with one describing the operation as \u201cheartwrenching\u201d, \u201chorrible and frightening\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cUsing a gun seems unnecessarily dangerous and dramatic. Why not poison?\u201d another netizen asked.<\/p>\n Footage of a similar operation taking place at an open space outside Tampines 1<\/a> also went viral on Oct 15.<\/p>\n
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