CNA | Talking Point | E02 - Is Singapore facing an impending rat outbreak?
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2024
- Reports of rat sightings are making headlines in the news and on social media. Is Singapore facing an impending rat outbreak? Although rat burrows are reportedly on the decline, are we truly effective in our war against rats? Talking Point investigates.
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Saw a rat the size of a small cat before in an alley. It was chilling smack in the middle of the path blocking my way. I stared at it....it stared at me....for a good 15 seconds. I could hear it thinking: "Come at me bro, I dare you." 😂
_it's a farm rat. Get a Vietnamese guy or Burmese Karen guy to solve it_
Thang Laka umm. R u from Burma? Since u know Karen.
@@Ramxie35 _Yes_
THAT'S A RAT LORD!!!!
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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After 7 years away, I noticed Singapore have so little stray cats these days is one of the cause perhaps.
The gov has been killing thousands of cats annually. Our stray cat population has decreased by 40,000
Anonymous that’s so cruel...No wonder the rat infestation.
Cats don't go after rats nowadays, thanks to the "do-gooders" who leave food around for strays. When the food is not finished by the straws, it draws birds and rats.
Why are there rats? Because the AVA culled the community cats.
Agree!
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Community cats minds their own business, contrary to the childhood stories you hear about cats catch rats
Rat: we have serious human problem.
If i got a dollar for every time that guy said "essentially"...
you will be a dollaraire
ROACHES TOO they are everywhere omg (present)
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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bed bugs; mosquitoes;
I see all these issues as a matter of nature losing its balance. If you eliminate the natural predator which helps to keep in check the prey, the prey naturally will thrive. Our urbanization and overcrowding is causing a lot of natural predator to disappear which hence contribute to the imbalance issue. What our planner attempts to do is to play the part of the natural predator by engaging pest control companies but you can never replace the role played by the natural predator. You can never play the role of nature. This is something that our planner has not and will probably not think about when they devise their population policies and town design. They have an idealistic dream of squeezing as many people in a square metre of space as possible and stacking it up as high as possible or going as deep underground as possible. In the process they destroy the nature balance and pay the price, whether it is rats, or mosquito (dengue) or other pests and infectious diseases spread by pests problem.
Yes....true...unbalance nature...Singapore needs more snake to hunt the rats
If you think nature is only a snake vs rats, cat vs rats game, you are clueless, just like textbook smart planner. You know not what nature is. If you know, you will not even mess with it.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Biggest question is what is the government doing about this. Latest big case is in bukit batok. they get news to publicize one time then suddenly no news of what they are doing about it.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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How is it the governments fault they always promote a clean and green society and pose heavy fines on litterbugs but people still refuse to take it serious and choose to litter everywhere behind alley ways and even under hdb
Why are the NEA officers not wearing gloves and masks whilst investigating the possible burrow? Highly inappropriate.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Can’t believe this is happening in Singapore .. a country considered to be the pinnacle of perfection .. WOW !!!
Prefect in using citizens' $ to become world's 2nd richest nation?
Prefect in Not returning people's cpf?
@Ra Him asking questions only can only wake up people, agree?
@@questioningquestioner4644 please keep on asking questions Thanks
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Have we told the authorities 10 yrs ago of rat problems?
It's all over tampines and I heard rat moving through my toilets pipes. Pretty scary shit
Wonder what is NEA doing?
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Pay town council fee for what... This government not doing anything except for their own pocket
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Rats are nocturnal creatures so they are mostly active between dusk and dawn . So if u see rats during the day means either the nest has been disturbed or THERE IS A LARGE INFESTATION. They are competing for food.
Is there any birth control pills for rats?
Turkey's solution was CATS
But our Singapore cats are useless.. too many ppl feed our cats with cat food till they bcomes lazy to catch any rat. Furthermore those leftover cat food bcomes food for the rats..
@@Jero2012DIY Who says Cats catch rats for food ? According to studies in England , 30% of preys cat catch are purely for FUN !!!
Singapore's problem is so obvious because God created Cats to hunt rats down and you BANNED cats ! Whoever came out this law is STUPID. You think you're smarter than God's design ?
So for these people to cover their mistakes ( I don't think they would admit they're wrong , typical ruler ),they'll put more and more poison to kill all these pests ( which could be easily under control if cats are around all these days ) . & more & more POISONING SUBSTANCE just penetrates your land , soil, water & eco system & keeps accumulating ! And you are drinking your WATER from tap direct ! Only a matter of time for you people to be affected .
@@ceciLOVEtaco So the other 70%?? For?
@omg president, well said! Fully agree with you👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
@@Jero2012DIY This was a study in England , 70% for food , 30% for fun .
Do you know how many rats those 30% can reproduce merely in a year ?
NEA rather fine people for smoking at bus stop easy money for them rather than going to the hawker centre and check
the rats are so big they’re seen everywhere and they look like cats!!! getting dangerous.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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When the cats are killed, the rats take over.
Its a bad decision for NEA to destroy stray cat population
Rather then keep catching people smoking here and there. Please assign more funding, more research, more manspower to rectify something like this is much more practical and worth for our environment.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
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Ever walked in a local park at night?
I walk my dog at night in the park next to my house, and everyday I see/multiple rats and mice. There's so many of them you can see them walking on the park path along with you. Also been seeing exterminator van in my neighborhood very often.
omg..it seems like that NEA lady just stays in her office & just depends on reports to justify her saying now there're lesser rats...she needs to walk the ground
and i wonder what reports she is talking about to support her claim and who does the reports..
I have seen some in the streets while walking. Wasn’t ready to encounter that. I thought SG has no rats before
Yup.. rats under my block
I have seen alot of them in my neighbourhood Tampines
True
We have had enough RATS the past 60 years and we don't need more...Time to Clear the DRAINS and DROWN the Rats in The Swamp
Maybe next year the rats population will increase coz its the year of the rats
True
I saw a lot of rats at the back alley of Admiralty Macdonald. The macdonald staff put their burger bun outside and I can see the rats are eat the buns.. I have picture and video as proof.
then the bigger question is did you at least have the brains to forward it to AVA / NEA for food standards. no point take video and "have proof" and not do anything about it.
@@worldview2888 useless la.. you really believe AVA or NEA will really take action? I complaint about other similar issue oso in the end oso no feedback after. Only wait for many ppl kana food poisoning only will they really do their job.
Can upload ur channel i want see
@@Jero2012DIY that kind of thinking gets us no where. the least you could do is to upload it to your channel,and we the people will bring in the views. and eventually, actions will be taken by the authorities. :)
@@mohamedhafizh9201 True. Let me go search whether the video is still around. If not I will go take again if i pass by there again.
They are practically everywhere. Ironically I notice that the proliferation seems to coincide with the green movements. As more and more green carpets are introduced, it created more living quarters for these rats
Since food eateries start appearing at MRT stations, once in a while you can see big/fat rat/rats passing by even when the station is crowded, and then they seemed completely not threatened by the presence of people...
@@silcosilva whenever I walk down a footpath with planted greeneries, rats will be running all over the places.
Minks are natural predators of rats. There's a youtube channel by a mink keeper, who is paid to hunt for rats using his minks. A single mink can kill 30+ rats in a single session.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
If civil servants don't have the time to tackle this rat problems then watch my video
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At 7:20 if we handle food waste well, the rats population may decline.
5 years ago we have this issue and 5 years later it's worse
lol. I have 15 rat cages in my home now. They are everywhere. A hot bath awaits the ones caught. They multiply very quickly.
😧 15.
11.40 is when you say um but you just realised you need to be more formal
People should stop feeding the cats. If they do that the cats won’t be lazy and hunt for their one preys. Problem might be solved.
I guess that's a good idea , but people sometimes bond with the cat and get familiar with it, & cos they like the cat so much, they don want it to starve. Then they feed them lor
for the 30% of the pest control companies who say there is no increase in the calls they got, It probably Meant they are not so effective in clearing the rats, so ppl stop calling them back for the solution.
Last week while waiting for admission in Mount Elizabeth Hospital Orchard, a rat was under the table of one of the staff. A few of the staff tried to catch it but missed and it ran towards me under my feet and vanished behind the vending machines. They tried to catch it again and gave up after a while.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
If civil servants don't have the time to tackle this rat problems then watch my video
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in a hospital!!?
Pls how can rats barrel reduction? Hv nea went to flyer area especially the bus depot parking area? Huge rats
Well that's why I rarely eat out now.....videos like this.
If we minimize the waste food sources, there should be a corresponding reduction in the rat population. Then the question would be how people can convinced to eat less and reduce food waste in our largely consumer society. Bearing in mind inflation, one way to reduce food waste is to moderate supply but that would be unthinkable in Singapore.
saw one running by the hdb corridor in serangoon central.. its getting bad man.
For every rat found, there's fifty more we don't see
this happen when u throw all the cats and dogs..
i've seen rat scurrying across the jogging track in simei a couple of times...go figure
bring the cat in , they will help out catching the rats
It came back to the hygiene system in the food court and coffee shop area how to keep the coffee shop or food court cleaning
There's no place they'd RATher be..
Control them with Pre-charged Pneumatic Airguns. Non Toxic Solution Guaranteed. Would love to help you guys out.
They are inspired by Ratatouille
In other news, it may be easier to find that elusive rat that is a cooking genius there.
They must need cats in everystreet and corners. Lol
In my estate this is what I witnessed. Rats exist because people feed cats. So the cats don't bother with the rats. The rats can run in front of the cats and the cats would do nothing. But they also don't do anything (cannot outrun the rats) because they are too fat. So the rats win/stay. But the next problem arises. Snakes. Where there're rats, there will be snakes. So beware. I've seen all 3 of them co-existing in my estate. I believe this is their relationships. And it doesn't help my estate is constantly surrounded by constructions. Not that construction sites keep snakes. But the forest clearing made the snakes migrate. They could possible live in the forest and come to the estate to feed. But now they live and feed here.
Cats don't hunt rats for food you idiot. They only play them
Well I have been seeing rats lately. I saw one on overhead bridge. On the route. In office. Coffee shop. All at different locations.
The correct term for it is Routbreak.
maybe it’s coz of lesser predators for rats eg. stray cats
No more culling cats AVA Cats are the obvious solution.
Yup. The biggest ones can be found sitting one place. The parliament.
Lol. The same goes for crows. Unfortunately, birds and pigeons ain't scare of us no more. Please do documentary with pigeons. Both are nuisances.
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
If civil servants don't have the time to tackle this rat problems then watch my video
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change the sensors to real lasers and cut them
More like cockroach problem
For the past 5 years NEA doing what? Take free pay?
There are at least 100 rats living at my block and they multiply very quickly its absolutely disgusting
Did u feedback to the Town Council?
But the Rat helped us with thanos...
How about cats?
We need More CATS!!!
Digging everywhere. Where do u think the rats gonna go....they come out to the surface. Just like the wild life coming on to the roads. Rats didn't become extinct for centuries so we will never win but can only try to out pace it. Rats are highly intelligent too. Pigeons are also another pest.
why not use cat?
DIAMOND TEETH
not many know it, rat infestation is one of the hardest to control
they can slowly scrape & make one small hole to burrow inside a super hard shell of a coconut (ultimately, enjoying eating the flesh away)
i had seen this quite alot
rat's front teeth were like diamonds, it's super dooper hard!
Must we wait for a hdb flat to collapse?
Rats can chew through steel, correct?
If civil servants don't have the time to tackle this rat problems then watch my video
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The rats just taking a stroll on 42 street broad daylight, Looking for broadway show !!
They’re coming from Malaysia
Change country name to Rodensia
they need to start breeding owls and snakes and release these predators to go after the rats
Its just ratatouille and his friends calm down..
Meanwhile I dont see the war
Let's nuke them
@@eckeck1996 Hold your horses, we'll leave it to Mr Kim
Stop feeding cats
He lives in Yoh Lung. Yoh Leh Moh Yeh!
yo' izzit legal to catch em ourselves? as a pet? theres like a hotspot of rats ay the garden area beside Courts toa payoh
Singapore Big problems bedbugs . Singapore every where every house. What is the solution?
Time to pay the Piper!
Everyone time to keep python as a pet now 😄😄 i means seriously 🙂
then let the community cats live then....... obviously the rat population would increase with AVA culling dem cats
The cats will prevent the rats from getting TOO comfortable.
When the comfort level is high, rats will eat wel and reproduce efficiently. Of Course there’ll be a surge in numbers. moreover they get too daring and grow very large. as large as cats themselves. Afraid for children’s safety. they may dare to harm the kids.
Petition for more cats in sg pls. Cats r wonderful and I don't understand why they are discriminated in sg tsk tsk
new era now,cats arent catching rats anymore.
People chill , don’t kill any , cats and rats,let nature take place .this will keep population ok
There are rats at Hong Lim Park! They come out at night, unafraid of humans!
Next time anyone sees signs of rat burrow or poop, take a pictures and notify the authourity immediately using OneService app.
Emailed my town council directly about my estate. They said they already sent experts to deal with the problem. Came back to SG after going overseas for 5 months. Problem still remained :(
@@aimanmohamed9336 Try reporting using OneService. I think it is more effective. Anyway, don't be discourage and if you think that the problem is still around, report again. This remind me of the story in Shawshank Redemption, the prisoner wanted funds to setup a library in the prison. So he kept making his request till the authority submit to his request and beg him to stop writing to them :)
20:45 BuzzFeed Unsolved: Rats
Lack of stray cats as some mention is not true cause ....stray cats in sg are too lazy to hunt for mice or rats as food...they prefer to laze around and be fed by cats lover around the island and getting fatter n unable to chase down a rat even if they want to..
yes perhaps that could be so also,
but another possible reason is that lesser snakes now compared to last time.
When the rats are TOO comfortable, they eat well and reproduce efficiently. This leads to high population.
i see at least one in every car park every night/ evening!! one if i’m lucky. most of the time, 3 or more and they are as big as cats.
i’m afraid for children’s safety. The lesser predators, the more daring the rats get. It’s a serious matter.
If the rats are not poisoned then they can sell them ... adoption ?? ...nvm
I don't think you would consider adopting a pet rodent/rat because they carry Leptospira.
My workplace got alot of rats also
Yikes!
There’s a lot at Par*, eating us out of house and home lol.
No wonder I found so many rats st the void deck
everywhere people say stray cats are a pest and want to neuter/spay them but since they can tell us that the amt of rats here are on the rise,we should just leave these cats alone and let them do what they have to do first :/This is just my opinion since i hear more cases about people killing cats and such
Remember the game mouse hunt?😂
Same problem in Taiwan
Who says so ?
Last time I saw one was 6 months ago. Definitely no rats running around in buildings' piping system.
@@ceciLOVEtaco I was there last summer and saw mice and rats almost every night when I was there walking the streets and eating at night stalls and night markets.
@@Thenevisian If you are in the market obviously there are rats .
Last time ( 6 months ago) I saw one rat near the sidewalk of a department store food area & it's huge feeding the leftover. Rather than that, I've never seen rats in the community buildings ,definitely can't hear them running in house piping system. I mean in Taipei. Probably because Taipei practices scheduled trash collection policies. They only collect trash in particular timing so you can't pile your trash outdoor & of course cat population is a huge reason as well.
(Well probably also because I only shop in the supermarket , not in wet market & I don't eat in night markets or stalls so I rarely see rats ).
another rat killing expect it’s modern Singapore mode lol
The cute and intelligent rats have returned courageously to our homeland as they are fully aware of Singapore's growing economy and higher standard of living. So they have now set up permanent residence all over Singapore and have adapted smartly to our modern way of life. However, the shy but friendly rats have mistakenly thought that the government has encouraged them to increase their population size.
Well, the OTTERS can't have EVERYTHING - says the Rats. We want our fair share of attention too, they say.
Well when Singapore wants to increase its human population to 10,000,000 , so do the rats !
The real rat is in our society.
Remove more stray cats away from the street!! Less ppl feeding them = less rats! Go AVA GO!
Stop feeding stray cats, let the cats do their job!