Cat-related Nuisance Feedback Received by HDB in Past 10 Years

1 Mr Louis Ng Kok Kwang asked the Minister for National Development (a) for each year in the past 10 years, what is the number of cat-related nuisance feedback for common property areas that HDB has received involving (i) stray cats and (ii) owned cats living in someone else's residence respectively; and (b) whether such feedback has decreased in the Chong Pang constituency over the past 10 years.

Mr Lawrence Wong: Cat-related nuisance feedback in Housing and Development Board (HDB) estates is tracked by individual Town Councils. The Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA), in its role as First Responder for animal-related feedback, receives cat-related nuisance feedback from across Singapore. The AVA started tracking such cat-related feedback from 2016. Stray cat-related nuisance feedback across Singapore increased from around 2,300 cases in 2016 to 3,600 cases in 2018. Pet cat-related nuisance feedback increased from around 500 cases in 2016 to 900 cases in 2018. Cat nuisance feedback in Chong Pang constituency has remained relatively constant over the same period.