A kitten caught in a glue trap in a Tampines wet market has been freed and is being nursed back to health.on the Support Tampines Cat Caregivers page.SPCA Singapore, the local Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, rescued the kitten from the Tampines Street 81 Wet Market and took it in.Facebook updates said that though freed from the trap and showered multiple times, the kitten was still weak and it’s fur sticky.
Apparently the trap had been placed there to catch rats. The post said a rat was seen there as the kitten was being attended to.that the video had been recorded by a friend of Grace Chai, a local resident. It said such traps were easily available and quoted Ms Anbarasi Boopal of the wildlife group Acres as calling for their use to be more regulated.Glue traps are mostly used against rodents but Acres has rescued creatures such as snakes and birds, including endangered ones, caught on the sticky surface.
She felt it was better to remove the root cause of infestation by observing better hygiene and preventing food availability for pests.Get The New Paper on your phone with the free TNP app. Download from the