Acres, SPCA visit House of Seafood after uproar over crab 'walk' photos
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When House of Seafood shared photos of its 'stroll' with crabs at Punggol Point Park last week, the restaurant did not expect to receive backlash from netizens or a visit by local animal welfare groups. The Animal Concerns Research and Education SocietyAcres, SPCA visit House of Seafood after uproar over crab 'walk' photos
When House of Seafood shared photos of its 'stroll' with crabs at Punggol Point Park last week, the restaurant did not expect to receive backlash from netizens or a visit by local animal welfare groups. The Animal Concerns Research and Education Society (Acres) and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) said on Tuesday (June 22) that they visited the seafood restaurant the day before. «Many of you wrote to us with concern on the recent case of crabs being walked as part of a restaurant's publicity efforts,» Acres wrote in a Facebook post. During the visit, the groups spoke with restaurant owner Francis Ng and toured the establishment. Ng explained to them that «the crabs were not really walked but posed for photos for a short while» and showed «how the crabs were housed in his F&B establishment». Read more