Dog lovers bite back: time for Hong Kong to fix archaic laws and train police to fight animal abuse
Activists and pet owners call for special law enforcement team to handle animal cruelty cases, but it seems an overhaul of the system, down to public responsibility, may be needed
On a regular evening walk in Fanling, Hong Kong, last Thursday, Micro, an eight-year-old chihuahua, was his usual self – a bouncing, rambunctious ball of fur. But when he returned home, he was vomiting and having seizures.
A few hours later, Micro died at a 24-hour veterinary clinic. It was suspected that he had swallowed poisoned baits.
It was days later that grieving owner Gabrielle Wong Wai-wai, 30, found out that seven other dogs in her neighbourhood at Wah Ming Estate had been poisoned on the same day.
Two more dogs die in Hong Kong in suspected poisonings
The deaths were part of a spate of animal killings in the same month. In less than two weeks, 14 dogs were poisoned across various districts in the city and among them 13, including Micro, died.
