Cat licensing scheme to kick in on Sept 1 in Singapore


Year-old domestic cat Hello Kitty and her owner Debbie Mok at the Pets’ Day Out event in East Coast Park on May 11.- ST PHOTO: SHINTARO TAY

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A new framework allowing those living in Housing Board flats to keep cats will come into effect in September, when a two-year transition period for cat owners to meet licensing and microchipping requirements begins.

The Cat Management Framework – under the National Parks Board’s Animal and Veterinary Service (AVS) – will allow up to two cats to be kept in each HDB flat, and up to three cats for each private residence, with owners required to license and microchip all their pet cats.

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