Punggol pond dirty and smelly due to abandoned terrapins, which are unlikely to survive

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Red-eared sliders have a lifespan of about 30 years and their hatchlings can be bought easily in Singapore.

However, there are pet owners unwilling to take care of their terrapins after some time and take the easy way out – abandonment.

Mr A. Sankar, co-founder and president of Herpetological Society Singapore, said the red-eared sliders in the pond were abandoned pets and would probably not survive in the wild. The Chinese daily reported that there was garbage seen floating in the pond and the terrapins swarmed to the edge of the pond when they spotted people walking past, as if asking to be fed.

Turtle Tortoise Pets Dirty Smelly Abandoned

 

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