SINGAPORE, July 26 -- A 50-year-old Singaporean woman has been charged with multiple animal-related offences after she allegedly kept 79 dogs - mostly miniature poodles - in a private Sembawang property without the necessary licences and failed to microchip them.

According to The New Paper, Julia Moss is facing 82 charges in total, most of which are for owning unlicensed dogs.

She is accused of housing the dogs at a property along Wak Hassan Drive on August 28, 2024 - far exceeding Singapore's legal cap of three dogs per private premises.

Moss also allegedly did not comply with a requirement issued by the Director-General of Animal Health and Welfare on May 29, 2023, which gave her until August 27 last year to microchip the animals. On...