Vet accused of animal cruelty begins trial after giving him heart injection by pushing him with folding ladder and pulling up rope

[Naidheachdan Ainmhidhean]A 31-year-old male vet has been accused of shouting and kicking a dog several times when he gave the dog a heart attack at Vet01 pet treatment center last June because the dog struggles and stands against him, “Are you fighting with me? ”, then he pushed the dog with a folded ladder, brought the legs of the ladder into the dog’s face, and even pulled the dog’s neck rope up, causing the dog to lose consciousness for several seconds. The clinic called the police and they immediately shot him. The case was heard in the West Kowloon Magistrates Courts that he wanted to help the dog by completing the heart injection treatment.

The case alleged that when defendant Xie Haojun gave his dog an injection of worms on June 2 last year, the dog struggled. The dog was then taken off the leash and hung from the ground. The dog lost consciousness for several minutes. The veterinary assistant who was present at the time informed Linda, the person in charge of the clinic and the founder of the Hong Kong Dog and Cat Rescue Association, about the incident after viewing the CCTV footage , Linda called the police and immediately shot a defendant. The defendant was charged with cruelty to animals.

Several closed-circuit television clips from that day were played in court in the video, the defendant and a veterinary assistant took the dog to the dog pharmacy, “Hey!” and hit things several times to make sounds, then he held the syringe in his left hand, picked up the metal folding ladder with his right hand, and tried to push the dog to the corner to fix it returned the dog out of the hallway and lobby, the defendant swung the folding ladder at the dog several times and hit the dog. When he and the veterinary assistant took the dog back to the pharmacy, the defendant violently grabbed the dog several times, stabbed the bottom of the folding ladder into the dog’s face , and then he pulled up the dog’s leash with his hands, the dog stopped struggling, the defender gave the dog a heart injection. In the video, the defendant shouted and cursed the dog several times, and said twice, “Are you fighting evil with me?”

In his defence, the defendant said that after giving the dog a 0.5 ml heartworm injection, he objected and pulled the syringe away because the heartworm treatment required be completed that day, he wanted to give the dog a full injection he admitted that the behavior at the time did not help to calm the dog mentally, but it could calm the dog physically. He denied attacking the dog with a folding ladder and lifting the dog until its feet were off the ground. Regarding shaking the folding ladder, he explained that he was concerned that the dog would hit the cat cages in the corridor and lobby to prevent weak cats from being hurt. He also denied that he had put the leg of the ladder into the dog’s mouth, but admitted that he had put it in front of the backfire dog.

As for pulling the rope to render the dog unconscious, the accused denied that the dog had ever been suffocated, saying that the dog was lying on the ground a ‘ panned, but his eyes were still sensitive and he looked at him with mischievous eyes. The prosecutor asked him why he said “You fight evil with me?” and he questioned whether he was angry at the time and the behavior above said that he was not angry at the time, but he said that he was under a lot of mental pressure and he was worried that the dog would affect the it was just done. to make their dogs return to the pharmacy to receive the injection.

Prosecution expert witness vet Dr Woodhouse said watching the video made her concerned about the dog’s animal welfare, describing the dog as appearing scared, anxious and in pain during the process. She also pointed out that hanging the dog by the leash could cause the dog to have difficulty breathing.

She also said that when vets give injections to nervous dogs, there are many ways to calm the dog, such as stopping for a while, taking him to another room, leaving the dog alone for for a while, changing the way to control the dog. dog, contact the owner of the dog or someone who knows the dog can help As for pulling the rope, it can only be used in an emergency, such as preventing the dog from taking poison accidentally

The magistrate ruled that the prima facie evidence was established and the defense expert will testify tomorrow.

Case number: WKCC 5063/2023

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