Owner of dog at demolished Seletar fish farm hopes to track him down again

Do you know where Vlek is?

Jeanette Tan | March 14, 2017, 04:56 PM

You might recall that up till mid-November last year, there were two uncles who operated a fish farm in Seletar West Farmway:

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Indeed, after that deadline, they had to leave the premises, and their farm has since been torn down by the government, which repossessed the land it stood upon.

If you did visit the farm during that period, or perhaps some time prior to November, you might possibly have met this dog, who lived there:

Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang

His name is Vlek, is a medium-sized black and white crossbreed with an elongated body and an unusually long and hairy tail. He also has two light brown spots above his eyes.

Vlek, who is microchipped, first followed Dutch architect and designer Albert Leeflang, who got in touch with Mothership.sg, home in November 2011.

"He was in bad shape back then. He was really looking for help. I took him in and he turned a beautiful dog and my best friend. But he could not really trust people, except me. He simply could not socialise with people, but with dogs he was great."

Leeflang, who was working and living in Singapore for 10 years, moved to Laos and Indonesia two years later in 2013, and left him in the care of one of the two brothers running their fish farm, surnamed Goh:

Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang

"I was lucky to find this fish farm at Seletar Farmway where Mr Goh, the caretaker, kept similar dogs. The last time I visted Vlek, 8 months ago, he was doing great. He actually improved his behaviour towards people."

While Leeflang always went to the farm to visit Vlek whenever he was in Singapore, for some reason he never took down either of the brothers' contact information.

He now worries that due to his timid behaviour, Vlek might not have been able to find a new home, especially if Goh and his brother were not able to continue looking after him when they lost their farm premises.

Leeflang hopes to track them down and hopefully find Vlek again, though, and would be happy to hear from anyone who might know where the two uncles who looked after him have moved to.

Here are more pictures of Vlek, courtesy of Leeflang:

Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang

Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang Photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang

If you might have seen Vlek recently or know where the two uncle fish farmers have moved to, drop us a note at [email protected] and we'll link you and Leeflang up.

 

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Lifelong fish farmers clearing out their ornamental fish because farm must close by mid-Nov

 

Top photo courtesy of Albert Leeflang

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