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

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.

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.