Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on dog farms and pet shops that paid licence fees in 2018 and 2019
Mar 5, 2020
Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang: To ask the Minister for National Development for the nine licence fee categories in Part II and Part III of the First Schedule of the Animal and Birds (Dog Licensing Rules), how many (i) dog farms and (ii) pets shops respectively, have paid the licence fee in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019 respectively under each category.
Answer:
Table 1 provides the number of dog farms that paid annual licence fees for dogs kept for breeding at their premises under Part II of the First Schedule of the Animals and Birds (Dog Licensing and Control) Rules.
Table 1: Number of Dog Farms in each Part II Category
|
Category
|
2018
|
2019
|
|
1
|
More than 300 dogs
|
2
|
2
|
|
2
|
More than 200 dogs but not more than 300 dogs
|
2
|
2
|
|
3
|
More than 100 dogs but not more than 200 dogs
|
9
|
9
|
|
4
|
100 or fewer dogs
|
8
|
8
|
|
Total
|
21
|
21
|
Table 2 provides the number of dog farms and pet shops that paid annual licence fees for dogs kept for sale at their premises under Part III of the First Schedule of the Animals and Birds (Dog Licensing and Control) Rules.
Table 2: Number of Dog Farms and Pet Shops in each Part III Category
|
Category
|
2018
|
2019
|
|
Dog farm
|
Pet shop
|
Dog farm
|
Pet shop
|
|
1
|
More than 100 dogs but not more than 200 dogs
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
|
2
|
More than 50 dogs but not more than 100 dogs
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
|
3
|
More than 20 dogs but not more than 50 dogs
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
9
|
|
4
|
More than 10 dogs but not more than 20 dogs
|
6
|
13
|
6
|
15
|
|
5
|
10 or fewer dogs
|
1
|
20
|
1
|
22
|
|
Total
|
21
|
41
|
21
|
46
|