SINGAPORE, April 6 — Only a minority of 600 Singaporeans surveyed recently agrees with current animal culling measures, according to brand and media consultancy Millward Brown and the Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (ARCE).

The online survey conducted in January found 14 per cent of respondents agreeing that culling of stray dogs should be allowed, 13 per cent agreeing that culling of wild monkeys should be allowed, and 14 per cent agreeing that wild boar culling should be allowed. At least double the number of respondents felt the respective culling activities should be banned, while the remaining respondents neither agreed nor disagreed with the statements.

Nearly eight in 10 of the respondents (79 per cent) agreed that animal protection was important to them.

ACRES chief executive Louis Ng said this was the first comprehensive public survey on animal protection issues here, and the aim is to conduct the survey yearly.

He said that while animals continue to be culled in Singapore due to public complaints, the survey showed that complaints come from a minority. Mr Ng said ACRES hopes to explore long-term humane solutions with government agencies that will address both public and animal protection concerns. — TODAY