Wildlife management

Managing wildlife populations in a highly urbanised country such as Singapore presents unique challenges due to the overlap between high-density human settlements and wildlife habitats.

NParks adopts a science- and community-based approach to mitigate human-wildlife incidents through four key strategies: population ecology, population management, community stewardship, and public education. These integrated approaches ensure sustainable coexistence between urban development and wildlife conservation.  

Legislation 

The Wildlife Act serves to strengthen the protection, preservation and management of wildlife in Singapore. It prohibits the feeding, release, killing, trapping, taking, and keeping of wildlife without a written approval from the Director-General/Wildlife Management, and regulates the import, sale, and export of wildlife. 

Rehabilitation  

The Centre for Wildlife Rehabilitation provides veterinary care and rehabilitation for wild animals in Singapore and builds NParks’ expertise in the rescue, treatment and release of wildlife. It also enhances NParks’ biosurveillance and wildlife population research capabilities and is key to our science- and community-based approach to wildlife management and conservation.