According to Ms. Farisha,” the only source of water was from a faucet dripping onto the bathroom ground of the unit, where it was discovered that the toilet floor was dripping with unclean brown water, probably from faecal contamination.”
Drinking from a tainted water supply makes it easier for parasites to spread and makes cats more susceptible to diseases.
During the inspection, there was no foods seen to be available for the animals. According to investigations, Danial only fed the cats once per week from a large bag of dried cereal, which would have been “highly difficult” for the cats because they would have to fight and compete for meals at a single feeding point.  ,
Six felines were discovered to possess superficial scars and healed scars during evaluation, which were “highly good” to have been the result of cat fights, according to the prosecution.  ,
The two dying cats were found to be “exceedingly narrow” and gaunt, and had heart lesions, indicating that they have been in “negative power stability” for a while and had a new decrease in food intake, the prosecution added.  ,
Of the other animals, nine were noted to have been infested with lice, one was found to have child parasites on its cover, and 19 animals were observed to have dermatitis, three of which , tested positive for fungal. Cat alopecia is a condition where the cat’s body loses some hair due to an underlying disease.
The cats were subject to” severely poor living conditions”  , in a “filthy and unsanitary” environment, with faecal material, decomposing carcasses and skeletal remains of cats noted throughout the flat.
The heavy soiling of the environment would have caused the flat’s windows to be closed, which would have exposed the building of high levels of ammonia, which would have been a health risk for both cats and people in the area.  ,
CASE BACKGROUND ,
Danial applied for and received a new HDB apartment in Yishun in July 2021, and he was given six months to move out of his previous one.  ,
After the family moved to the Yishun apartment in August of that year, Danial admitted to not making arrangements to rehome the cats, leaving them in the vacant apartment.  ,
Due to his long working days, poor financial management, and heavy debt, the prosecutor, Ms. Farisha, said,” He also did not regularly visit the said flat nor do the cats receive food and water on a daily basis.”
She continued, adding that Danial had claimed to only go to the cats once per week to feed them. She added that NParks had contacted her before the apartment’s landlord called.
Five minutes after pouring dried cat food on the floor, he locked the gate and door, locked the apartment, and admitted to not checking on the cats or cleaning it up, knowing that the area was filthy and full of feline faecal matter.
He could have been jailed for up to 18 months or subject to a fine of up to S$ 15 000, or both for each charge of causing unnecessary pain or suffering to a pet.  ,
This article was first published in TODAY.