Singapore rolls out 5-year sterilisation programme to manage stray dog population

A dog with a GPS collar on Pulau Ubin. GPS collars help track movements of dogs under a separate, ongoing study on stray dog management in Singapore. - AUDREY TAN/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: To better manage the stray dog population in Singapore, the Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority (AVA) will be rolling out a five-year programme aimed at sterilising 70% of such dogs here.

In a statement on Thursday (Dec 21), the AVA said that it will be working with animal welfare groups and veterinarians in the new Trap-Neuter-Release-Manage programme, slated to start in the second half of 2018.