Dr Siew Tuck Wah was president of Save Our Street Dogs Singapore for more than a decade.
He can still remember what his bosses said when he became the president of Save Our Street Dogs Singapore (SOSD Singapore) in 2012.
“Please don’t associate the clinic with your charity work because the image is wrong,” recalled the 46-year-old aesthetics doctor.
SOSD has since become one of the most prominent animal welfare groups in Singapore. Dr Siew recently stepped down as SOSD president, citing a need for renewal, but remains a member of its medical committee.
Looking back on his time helming the dog welfare organisation, he told The New Paper that people often think of stray dogs as “dirty, ugly, and disease-prone”, and inferior to purebred, pedigree dogs.
Today, Dr Siew is confident that mindsets have shifted.
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