The Facebook user said, “rats infestation issue at this market is a ongoing problem, one rat scurried past as we were attending to the kitten.”
Chai said that the cat was eventually rescued by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals , and was attended to by a vet. The kitten was put on antibiotics and will be vaccinated in two weeks, after which it will be put up for adoption.According to Chai the market at Tampines Street 81, the place where she found the glue-trapped kitten, has a perennial rats infestation problem. She added that a rat scurried past her as she was attending to the kitten.
Glue traps are usually placed indoors for rodent control and pests caught on these boards are thrown away with the traps, leaving the trapped animal to suffer for days, subjected to starvation and dehydration. Animals with their faces stuck in the glue will slowly suffocate. In order to escape the trap, some animals will chew off their own limbs.
The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority of Singapore responded at that time saying, “Glue traps are common and effective tools used worldwide to trap rodents, whose population needs to be controlled for hygiene and public health reasons.”