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greentara:
Platinium Dogs Club operator arrested by AVA, some owners reunited with their dogs
Jan 7, 2019 | Choo Yun Ting
SINGAPORE - The operator of pet boarding facility Platinium Dogs Club has been arrested, Senior Parliamentary Secretary for Home Affairs and National Development Sun Xueling said in a Facebook post on Monday (Jan 7).
Ms Sun told The Straits Times that a 30-year-old woman was arrested. Responding to queries, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) confirmed that she was arrested on Sunday.
ST understands she is being held at Tanglin Police Division.
In her post, Ms Sun said that the operator is assisting with AVA's investigations into alleged animal welfare offences.
"The AVA is continuing investigations into the Platinium Dogs Club, including making further inspections," said Ms Sun, who is an MP for Pasir Ris-Punggol GRC.
The authorities will take enforcement action on any animal welfare infringements, she added.
Several pet owners who had boarded their dogs with Platinium Dogs Club have also been reunited with their pets.
AVA had previously taken the dogs into temporary custody to safeguard their welfare after a raid on the pet boarding facility.
"Let's stay calm and let the authorities investigate the case thoroughly and fairly," Ms Sun said.
AVA later took temporary custody of animals found on the premises.
On Jan 2, a group of dog owners gathered outside the gates of Platinium Dogs Club, demanding information on a missing shetland sheepdog named Prince.
A 40-year-old man in the group was taken to Ng Teng Fong General Hospital for outpatient treatment after being hit by a car which the operator of the pet boarding facility was travelling in.
The group of 11 had remained in the path of the car as it slowly reversed despite police officers advising the group to give way for their safety.
In a joint statement with AVA on Jan 5, the authorities said that the group were assisting the police with investigations.
Under the Animals and Birds Act, those who fail in their duty of care towards animals in the course of conducting an animal-related business face a maximum fine of $40,000 and/or a jail term of two years if convicted.
Source: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/platinium-dogs-club-operator-arrested-by-ava-dogs-reunited-with-several-owners
greentara:
AVA confirms missing sheepdog Prince died while boarded at Platinium Dogs Club
09 Jan 2019 12:45PM |
SINGAPORE: The Shetland sheepdog that was reported missing after it was taken to Platinium Dogs Club had died while it was at the pet boarding centre, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said on Wednesday (Jan 9).
In a Facebook update, AVA added that the dog was later cremated by a pet cremation service provider.
"Preliminary investigations have revealed that Prince, a Shetland Sheepdog reported to be missing from PDC (Platinium Dogs Club), had died while it was boarded there and was cremated by a pet cremation service provider," the update said.
Separately, the animals AVA had taken temporary custody following raids at the centre have been returned to their respective owners except for one dog, whose owner is not in Singapore, and a rabbit.
"We are continuing to establish ownership of the rabbit," said AVA.
"AVA’s investigation is still ongoing. The public is advised not to speculate and let the investigation take its course," it added.
"AVA takes animal welfare seriously and will take enforcement action against any offenders to safeguard animal welfare."
Platinium Dogs Club has been under investigation by the authorities following complaints of alleged mistreatment of animals under its care.
One of the pet owners was Ms Elaine Mao, who was told on Dec 30 that her Shetland sheepdog named Prince had gone missing after she took her pet to the centre on Dec 16.
Her dog was not among the animals that AVA had taken temporary custody of following raids at the pet boarding centre on Dec 29 and 31. Eighteen dogs and a rabbit were found by AVA at the pet boarding centre, a semi-detached house at 7 Galistan Avenue.
On Wednesday, Ms Mao described the loss of Prince as "totally unbearable".
"A part of me has gone with him," she said on a Facebook page called Lost and found pets in Singapore.
"Sorry for not responding to anything from now on as we need some time and space to calm down," she wrote.
The operator of Platinium Dogs Club, a 30-year-old woman, was arrested on Sunday.
She is assisting with investigations on alleged animal welfare-related offences, according to Senior Parliamentary Secretary for National Development Sun
Xueling in a Facebook post on Monday.
Home Affairs and Law Minister K Shanmugam pledged that there will be a "thorough investigation" into the pet boarding centre.
He said in a Facebook post on Saturday that "there are also allegations that some people, in response, have also acted wrongly, and taken the law into their own hands".
"Those allegations will also be investigated," he added.
An AVA notice outside Platinium Dogs Club instructing the tenants that they are not allowed to have any animals on the premises. (Photo: Jeremy Long)
On Jan 2, a 40-year-old man who was among a group of people who gathered outside Platinium Dogs Club's premises, was taken to hospital after a car knocked into him.
He was believed to be a volunteer helping one of the pet owners who had gone to the centre to confront the owner.
Under the Animal and Birds Act, those who fail in their duty of care towards the animals in the course of conducting an animal-related business may be fined up to S$40,000 or jailed for two years, or both.
Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/platinium-dogs-club-ava-pet-boarding-shetland-sheepdog-prince-11101626
greentara:
--- Quote from: greentara on January 09, 2019, 10:13:16 PM ---
AVA confirms missing sheepdog Prince died while boarded at Platinium Dogs Club
09 Jan 2019 12:45PM |
SINGAPORE: The Shetland sheepdog that was reported missing after it was taken to Platinium Dogs Club had died while it was at the pet boarding centre, the Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said on Wednesday (Jan 9).
In a Facebook update, AVA added that the dog was later cremated by a pet cremation service provider.
"Preliminary investigations have revealed that Prince, a Shetland Sheepdog reported to be missing from PDC (Platinium Dogs Club), had died while it was boarded there and was cremated by a pet cremation service provider," the update said.
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Source: https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/platinium-dogs-club-ava-pet-boarding-shetland-sheepdog-prince-11101626
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"JS Hello" posted a comment in the youtube video stating that "I hope the dog will come into my dream and tell me what happen. "
My reply to her:
You may find this book to be comforting, titled "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven", esp. the 2nd person Annie met in Heaven... who was Annie's pet dog when she was alive. Source: https://nlb.overdrive.com/media/3865316
Extract from the book "The Next Person You Meet in Heaven" Page 67:
Annie stared at the old woman in the coat.
“Are you saying …?”
“I’m Cleo.”
“But you’re a woman.”
“I thought this form would be easier.”
Annie stared hard into Cleo’s eyes, trying to imagine the rest of her, her cocoa fur, her thin, floppy ears. She recalled the things Cleo recalled. She recalled Cleo getting older. She even recalled the day Cleo died, driving to the vet’s office in her mother’s car, a sluggish Cleo breathing slowly in her lap. But she did not know how these memories could matter now.
“Why are you here, Cleo?” Annie asked.
“To teach you something. Each soul you meet in heaven does the same.”
“So animals have souls?”
Cleo looked surprised.
“Why wouldn’t they?” she said.
Additional message for Prince's owner, Elaine Mao:
1. No words can describe your grief and the reality that while time does not heal all wounds, it does help one reconcile with the reality and your history with Prince will always be precious moments. You may also find the book 'The Next Person You Meet in Heaven' to be comforting.
2. In addition, you may also find these two books to be helpful in coping with your grief:
* Farewell my Child (2005): https://goo.gl/NxE5uQ
* Farewell my Child (2012): https://goo.gl/xPgt6f
Both of these books were published by the Singapore Child Bereavement Support and it has helped me coped with grief many years ago and I hope it would for your case as well.
Kind Regards,
Doc Green.
ainat:
Operator of Platinium Dogs Club faces 13 charges related to pet boarding facility
June 15, 2020
Lianhe Wanbao
SINGAPORE - The operator of pet hotel Platinium Dogs Club is expected to be charged on Monday (June 15) over several offences, such as those related to animal abuse.
The 31-year-old woman is slated to face 13 charges, the police, National Parks Board and the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority said in a joint statement on Monday.
These charges include six counts for failing to ensure that an animal is provided with adequate food and water. Those found guilty for this offence under the Animals and Birds Act can be fined up to $40,000 or jailed up to two years, or both.
Other charges against the woman include one count for failing to ensure that an animal is protected from or rapidly diagnosed of significant injury or disease, another count for causing unnecessary pain or suffering to the animal, and one count for providing false information to a public servant.
She is also accused of failing to make reasonable efforts to recover an animal when it is missing, as well as obstructing, preventing, perverting or defeating the course of justice.
Lastly, the woman faces a charge for not registering a business under the Business Names Registration Act, and a charge over abetting false information given to the Registrar of Business Names.
The agencies have conducted thorough investigations into various aspects of the case and all parties involved are advised to refrain from speculating or commenting on the case until after the court proceedings are over, the statement said.
Platinium Dogs Club, a pet boarding facility which advertises a variety of services on its website, including overnight board for dogs, day care, and grooming, has had run-ins with the authorities.
In December 2018, the pet boarding house in Bukit Panjang was raided by the authorities following complaints that pets in its care were allegedly mistreated.
The then Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority subsequently took temporary custody of animals found on its premises.
Law and Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam later weighed in on the matter, reassuring Singaporeans in a Facebook post in January last year that thorough investigations would be conducted and anyone who has engaged in illegal acts would face the consequences.
In another incident, a dog which was reported missing from Platinium Dogs Club died while boarded at the facility in January last year. Investigations revealed that Prince, the Shetland sheepdog, had died while boarded there and was cremated by a pet cremation service provider.
The dog owner had paid $945 to check Prince into the facility in December 2018 before she went overseas.
Source: https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/operator-platinium-dogs-club-faces-13-charges-related-pet-boarding-facility
ainat:
2 weeks’ jail, fine for Platinium Dogs Club owner, who cremated customer’s dog and lied about it
Louisa Tang | August 31, 2021
SINGAPORE — An operator of pet hotel Platinium Dogs Club, which came under fire in late 2018 after numerous complaints of animal mistreatment, was jailed for two weeks and fined S$35,700 on Tuesday (Aug 31).
Charlotte Liew was also banned from running any animal-related businesses for a year.
The 33-year-old pleaded guilty to four counts of breaching her duty of care as an animal owner.
She also admitted to three charges each of obstructing justice by cremating a Shetland sheepdog’s carcass, giving false information to a public servant and providing pet boarding services as an unregistered business.
Five other similar charges were taken into consideration for sentencing.
If Liew cannot pay the fine, she has to serve another 11 weeks and two days behind bars.
She ran Platinium Dogs Club out of a rented semi-detached house along Galistan Avenue, located in Bukit Panjang.
The Platinum Dogs Club operated out of a rented semi-detached house in Bukit Panjang. TODAY file photo
The court heard that in September 2018, the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (Acra) received a letter from someone who alleged that Platinium Dogs Club was not a registered business entity.
The person, who was not identified in court documents, realised this after trying to seek recourse against the business in the Small Claims Tribunal.
Liew was then called up by Acra for investigations. A month later, she told her sister, Ms Charmaine Tam, to register the business.
Ms Tam submitted an application stating that Platinium Dog Club’s principal place of business was along Woodlands Avenue 1, and that she was the owner. Ms Tam also lied that it began operating in Oct 31, 2018 when Liew had started running it from January the same year.
CLAIMED DOG WAS BITTEN TO DEATH
Two months later on Dec 14, 2018, Liew met Ms Mao Yanchai, the owner of a sheepdog named Prince.
Ms Mao, who was heading overseas for about a month, paid S$945 to board the seven-year-old dog in a private room at Platinium Dogs Club. She was told that staff members would be present at all times and that the facility was fully air-conditioned.
Liew only gave Ms Mao updates on her dog through video text messages on Dec 18 and 22 that year. The canine then died while under Liew’s care.
Deputy Public Prosecutors (DPPs) Dillon Kok and Benedict Teong told the court: “The actual circumstances and cause of its death are unknown. The accused claimed it was bitten to death by another dog (at Platinium Dogs Club) in her absence.”
On Dec 24, Liew hired Mobile Pet Cremation under a fake name and lied that Prince’s carcass was that of her 15-year-old dog named Crayon.
On Dec 30, Liew told Ms Mao that Prince was missing, claiming that officers from the then Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) had raided the pet hotel and taken away some unlicensed dogs. She then said that AVA officers left the premises unlocked.
The AVA's animal-related functions have since been taken over by the National Parks Board.
Ms Mao replied that Prince was licensed and asked for more information, but Liew stopped responding to her phone calls.
On Jan 2, upon her return to Singapore, the dog owner went to the premises to look for Liew.
The prosecution told the court: “She implored the accused to reveal Prince’s whereabouts (and) even got down on her knees. The accused completely ignored (her) pleas.
“Not knowing that Prince had in fact died, Ms Mao and some other members of the public organised search parties to look for the dog.”
Prince, a seven-year-old sheepdog, died while boarding at pet hotel Platinium Dogs Club. Photo: Elaine Mao/Facebook
JACK RUSSELL TERRIER DEATH
On Dec 20, 2018, Liew took in two pet dogs from a Ms Png Lee Kun.
Ms Png told her that one of them, a 14-year-old Jack Russell terrier named QQ, needed to eat a type of special low-fat kibble because it had acute pancreatitis, but Liew did not ensure QQ abided by the diet.
In one video update she sent Ms Png, QQ was seen lying down and unresponsive. It also looked thinner than usual and had abrasions on its inner thighs, as well as faeces and urine on its body.
Upon Ms Png’s request, Liew took QQ to a veterinary clinic and left immediately after dropping off the dog. It died a few hours later, with a post-mortem examination revealing that it had suffered from acute renal failure.
Ms Png said that the special kibbles were eventually returned to her untouched.
DOG ESCAPED BUT LIEW GAVE UP
AVA officers visited the premises of the pet hotel on Dec 27 and 29, but no one answered. It then sought the permission and help of the landlord to enter, and discovered 12 dogs and a rabbit there.
Some of the animals were leashed to fixtures while others roamed freely. Urine and faeces littered the pet hotel’s three floors.
During the raid, officers found two dogs in a closed room with no ventilation.
One of them, a white husky, was panting and lapped up a large amount of water provided by AVA officers. It was also on a short leash and could not move much.
Three other dogs, including an Australian shepherd, were found leashed to various fixtures in another room, under similar circumstances.
On Dec 30, a dog named Texas escaped the premises when Liew opened the gate. Liew gave up and drove away, but a neighbour who witnessed this went to search for the canine and managed to coax it into her home.
Liew was arrested on Jan 6, 2019. Upon questioning about Prince and the cremation, she lied to police officers that it was her own dog Crayon, a mixed chihuahua, that had died and been cremated.
She also claimed that she did not know what had happened to Prince. She eventually recanted her lies in another statement to AVA the next day.
‘REGRETS HOW EVENTS TRANSPIRED’
Liew’s lawyer, Mr Tang Shangwei from WongPartnership, said in mitigation that his client was very remorseful and “regrets how events transpired”.
“As a show and demonstration of her remorse, she agreed to plead guilty at the pre-trial stage. With the benefit of hindsight, she certainly would have done differently if given a chance.”
The lawyer argued that she did not intend to subject the animals to suffering, and had left the dogs unattended in the closed rooms for a short period while returning other dogs to their owners.
Liew also did not know QQ’s medical history at the time of its boarding, Mr Tang said.
For her offences under the Animal and Birds Act, Liew could have been jailed for up to two years or fined up to S$40,000, or both.
Source: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/2-weeks-jail-fine-platinium-dogs-club-owner-who-cremated-customers-dog-and-lied-about-it#mdcrecs_s
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