Established (Committee consisted of W.H Read, John Cameron, William Adamson and D.E.A Hervey)
Published first annual report
Report in the Straits Times Press on number of cruelty cases brought under the notice of Singapore SPCA
Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) was revived by Miss Lucia Bach who ran a boarding house and took in unwanted stray animals
RSPCA was set up formally and moved to Orchard Road
Singapore ceased to be a crown colony and the RSPCA became the SPCA
Sterilisations made compulsory for SPCA-adopted animals
An official clinic was set up to provide a service to members of the public. The facilities are also used to treat the Society’s animals and carry out sterilisations
Moved to 31 Mount Vernon as the government acquired the Orchard Road Land
SPCA started distributing free sterilisation vouchers for community cats and dogs to caregivers and other welfare groups to help reduce the community cat and dog populations down
SPCA proposed to the government to increase the penalties of those found guilty of cruelty to animals
The government increased penalties for those who found guilty of cruelty to animals from a $500 fine and 6 months jail term to a $10,000 fine and one year jail term
SPCA became a resource for the Community Court and our input has been sought prior to cases being heard
SPCA together with Nature Society (Singapore) and ACRES started the “Say No to Whale Sharks in Captivity” campaign to stop Resorts World Sentosa from bringing in a whale shark for display in their aquarium
Resorts World Sentosa formally scrapped plans for the whale shark exhibition
SPCA joined forces with other animal welfare groups in Singapore - ACRES, ASD, Animal Lovers League, Cat Welfare Society, House Rabbit Society of Singapore (HRSS) and Noah’s Ark Cares – to conduct an undercover survey of all the 36 pet shops and pet farms selling puppies in Singapore and launched the “Stop the Cruelty in Puppy Mills” campaign to bring light to the conditions of breeding dogs in these puppy mills.
SPCA wrote to the press reiterating our stand on dolphins in captivity
urging RWS to reconsider its decision in exhibiting bottlenose dolphins and in response to the death of two of the seven bottlenose dolphins destined for RWS. The fight continues.
2011 – SPCA together with Action for Singapore Dogs (ASD) proposed to allow HDB residents to adopt local mixed breed dogs (Project Adore).
SPCA submitted a proposal for legislative reform (Animals and Birds Act, Part IV, the ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ sections 42 to 44) to the Ministry of National Development and apart from proposing increased penalties for existing offences based on cruelty, we are proposing that failure to take care of the welfare of pets should also amount to an offence and be punishable as such.
Project Adore piloted by the Ministry of National Development (MND), Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) and Housing Development Board (HDB), allowing HDB flat owners to adopted selected medium sized local mixed breed dogs which are up to 15kg in weight and 50 cm in height
Project Adore was formalised in Parliament
New developments to the animal abuse charges under the Animals and Birds Act. First time offenders of animal cruelty could be fined up to $15,000, jailed up to 18 months or both. Offenders who are in animal-related businesses will face heftier penalties for animal cruelty up to $40,000 in fines or jail, not exceeding two years or both.
SPCA and AVA started the Stray Cat Sterilisation Programme which aims to further reduce the number of stray cats in HDB estates.
SPCA relocated to 50 Sungei Tengah Road
Minister K. Shanmugam officially opened the SPCA
SPCA planned to upgrade its basic clinic into a full fledge veterinary clinic with facilities comparable to private clinics
Inaugural Benefit Gala to raise funds for the upgrading of the clinic
Mr Desmond Lee officially opened Singapore’s only not-for-profit Community Animal Clinic at SPCA. The clinic serves not only animals under SPCA’s care but also community animals, animals under the care of other shelters and pets from low income households
Under a 2-year pilot, the height criterion for Project Adore was revised to 55cm from 50cm and the weight criterion was removed, allowing more local mixed breed dogs to be adopted by HDB flat owners
The SPCA celebrated our 75th Anniversary
