“Animal Cruelty: Young Sled Dog Abused by Owner with Cage Gate – Hong Kong Animal Post”

[Animal News]Animals do not understand human language, and any cruelty to animals cannot be condoned. Volunteers of the “Four-legged Neighborhood Welfare Association” received a video last night from a help-seeker, showing a man putting a young sled dog in a cage and clamping the dog’s neck with iron gates on the cage. It is known that the dog He was punished by the male dog owner for destroying items at home. Volunteers called the police, but after the police arrived at the scene to investigate, they dismissed the team without arresting anyone on the grounds that the female victim who filmed the film refused to testify. The volunteer expressed that it was unacceptable, “There is already video evidence, if it is let go because no one testifies, the other party will only continue to abuse without scruple.”

The video is only about 13 seconds long. It shows a man fixing the head of a sled dog in the cage to the gate, and then pressing the dog’s neck with an iron gate. Under pressure, let out a low scream.

Volunteers told this newspaper that they received a request for help last night, claiming that a couple in a village house in Sha Tin had two sled dogs. She felt very heartbroken and didn’t know why. The above-mentioned video was filmed at 9 o’clock last night. The helper pointed out that the dog exploded by itself, and then destroyed some household items. The male victim probably punished him violently for this. Asked for help from the Association for the Protection of Animals, but the Association asked the filmmaker to call the police, so the person asked for help from a volunteer.

Volunteers and Mao Shou Kent arrived at the scene at 1 am and called the police. After the police arrived at the scene to investigate, they closed the team on the grounds of insufficient evidence and did not arrest anyone. The volunteer recalled the situation at that time: “The police officers saw the video and said it involved animal cruelty, but they said they didn’t know when it was filmed, and the female victim refused to admit that she was the filmmaker, and she refused to testify, so she could not arrest people.” She also quoted the police The officer pointed out that seeing the two dogs in the house had no superficial injuries, they looked lively and friendly to people, so they could not file a case. “I asked whether I would ask a veterinarian to check whether there were any injuries, and they said there was no need.”

She found the police’s statement absurd, “There is already video evidence, and I saw that the abuser in the video is dressed in the same clothes as the man in the house. If this doesn’t work, the abuser will just continue to do so.” She said Decided to make the video public, hoping that the police will deal with it seriously and conduct an investigation. Volunteers at the “520 Langlang Gas Station” also expressed that they would follow up on the incident and try to contact the female victim.

This newspaper is inquiring about the case with the police, and appeals to anyone who has witnessed or learned of animal cruelty cases to come forward and report to the police, so as not to let the perpetrators go unpunished. According to the “Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance”, anyone who causes unnecessary harm to animals by beating, kicking, etc., can be sentenced to a maximum of 3 years in prison and a fine of 200,000 yuan.

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