‘Kill Stray Cats’ flyer sparks unnecessary controversy

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The message of a flyer urging people to “kill stray cats”, which earned the ire of animal welfare groups and online readers at the weekend, was taken out of context, said an arts collective, which had used the flyer in a performance.

Vertical Submarine clarified late on Sunday night on its Facebook page that the flyers had been part of a satirical performance-exhibition on acts of evil, which was commissioned by the Singapore Kindness Movement (SKM), for the recently-concluded Singapore Night Festival. It was one of several that depicted other similarly “evil” actions as part of the piece, called Eville.

Images of the flyer were shared by animal welfare groups such as the Cat Welfare Society (CWS), the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) Singapore and Voices For Animals on their respective Facebook pages, sparking dismay among the public.

The CWS and the SPCA have since apologised for presenting the flyer without the context of the exhibition and said they would like to work with the organisations and groups involved in the exhibition to highlight the issue of community cats to a wider public.

CWS chief executive Joanne Ng suggested that additional information on the flyer— such as a footnote stating that it was part of a satirical performance — would have been useful.