Singapore: Police contact rescue group to save python stuck inside a PVC pipe

SINGAPORE -- One morning, the Singapore Police Force alerted our rescue team to an immobile reticulated python stuck in a drain at Pasir Ris. Upon arrival, we were touched by the concern shown for the python by the residents - and promptly named the snake Mr. Ris.

As we were unable to rescue Mr. Ris easily, we needed to call the Town Council for assistance. A Town Council employee was soon deployed to drill and hack the concrete, so that we could safely remove Mr. Ris from the drain.

 

As the hacking progressed, we realised that Mr. Ris was stuck inside a PVC pipe within the drain.

Thankfully, with only minor scratches, Mr. Ris was safely rescued and relocated, thanks to the combined efforts of the residents and the Pasir Ris Town Council.

Please remember to call our 24-hour ACRES Wildlife Rescue Hotline at 9783 7782 for assistance if you see any wild animal in Singapore in distress.

Have a pleasant weekend everyone!

(ACRES: Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Singapore) - June 16, 2016)

Dog killed in lift accident after leash gets trapped in lift door

SINGAPORE -- A dog was killed on Wednesday morning after its leash got caught in a lift door. Its owner, a woman believed to be in her 50s, went into the lift on the ground floor of Block 621 in Bukit Batok Central at about 6.30am.

The doors closed before the dog, which was on a leash, could get in.

Engineering assistant Victor Ng, who was part of the two-man Essential Maintenance Service Unit lift rescue team that was called in, posted pictures of the incident on citizen journalism website Stomp.

In these pictures, a dog which looks like a golden retriever is seen hanging by its leash outside the lift doors.

"The owner was crying and looked like she was going to faint," said Mr Ng, 38, who had to rescue the woman from the trapped lift and release the dog with a lift key.

He added that this is not the first time he has come across dog leashes getting caught in lift doors. "I want to let dog owners know that they should be careful to prevent such things from happening again," he said.

 

 

In October last year, close-circuit television footage posted on Stomp showed a pug on a leash nearly getting strangled after its leash was caught in the lift door. It managed to escape with the help of a passer-by who was waiting outside the lift.

(Straits Times - Jan 15, 2014)