Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for National Development (a) in each of the last five years, what is the number of people who have been charged for animal cruelty offences under the Animals and Birds Act; (b) of these, what is the number of people who have been (i) convicted and (ii) sentenced to imprisonment; and (c) what are the top three categories of animals in respect of which the persons have been charged.
Mr Desmond Lee: The number of individuals who have been charged for animal cruelty offences under the Animals and Birds Act since 2016 is provided in Table 1.
Of these cases, 22 individuals have been convicted as of April 2021, and 11 of them have been sentenced to imprisonment. The types of animals involved in these cases are primarily cats and dogs.
Ministry of National Development
10 May 2021
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