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Stray dogs are actually helping to eat up rats

A reader has forwarded the following video to TRE, showing that in fact the stray dogs in Bukit Batok are helping to eat up the rats: https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152702348978300 The video was put up by a Facebook user, Karen Koh. She said: I hope this video proves that the more strays are caught and killed the more...

Shocked owner finds HDB flat has become ‘pigsty’

Flat turned into pigsty A Singaporean who intends to sell his 4-room HDB flat that is currently rented out for $2,400 per month, was shocked to find that it had turned into a human "pigsty" with more than 14 subtenants. In anger, he evicted them. According to HDB guidelines, a 4-room HDB flat and above can accommodate up to...

MP says dog feeding the cause of rat infestation

Jurong GRC MP David Ong Kim Huat According to a Channel NewsAsia (CNA) report yesterday (22 Dec), the authorities say that the rat infestation problem at Bukit Batok is largely under control [Link]. About 200 rats have been caught so far as the operation to clear out the rat burrows enters its fifth day, the report said. CNA...