ugly singaporean

Once again, the ugly Singaporean rears its frightful head. In a bid to quell public unease of every kind (as well as to make sure that Pasir Ris resident Ms Harleen Kaur, 18, has an unobstructed path to wherever she wants to go), the govt has terminated its humane sterilisation programme for stray cats and started culling them out instead, all in the name of public hygiene. In a rather nonsensical and contradictory statement by Minister of State for National Development Vivian Balakrishnan, we are told that “'Animal lovers should go out and adopt strays, take them home, care for them and organise a programme to take them in as pets”, all while the govt does absolutely nothing to lift the strict ban on keeping of cats in HDB flats. Is it not obvious that 75% of us folks do in fact live in these flats, even if we want to bring these cats home?? Or should I take this statement as a mockery of our compassion??

My point really is: what kind of values are we imparting to our future generations? That these animals around us are merely a convenience or inconvenience, as and when we see fit? Let us not forget that when God created animals, he made them to live among us, with equal rights of existence. More importantly, man was told to be a guardian of the beasts and birds on this earth, not as master over their fates.