Songbird rearing is a popular pastime in Singapore and bird-singing competitions are big business with a lot of prize money to be had. Prized songbirds may sell for thousands of dollars.
This was where they filmed some of the scenes from Hallmark's movie Cages, which was filmed entirely in Singapore. Cages is a heart warming story about a single mother and her blind son, who are forced to stay with her estranged father.
The birds at the park this morning were mostly Zebra Doves. These birds are popular with bird-singing enthusiasts and wild Zebra Doves are often heavily trapped for sale as caged birds. There was a pair wondering in the area and there were men with traps too. Nevertheless, they are still common and not considered at risk in Singapore.
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