Police launch probe as 15 pets die after 25 animals including cats, rabbits and chinchillas suspected to have been thrown from Hong Kong high-rise
- In all, 25 animals including 9 chinchillas and a guinea pig are believed to have been hurled from building
- Security guard at private Hong Kong Garden housing estate made the grim find and called police
Fifteen pets including a cat, several chinchillas and two rabbits died after apparently being thrown from a high-rise residential building in Hong Kong, sparking a police investigation.
They were among 25 animals – 14 chinchillas, six cats, two rabbits, a guinea pig, a parrot and an unidentified rodent – believed to have been hurled from block 19 of the private Hong Kong Garden housing estate near Sham Tseng in the New Territories.
A security guard at the estate made the grim find and called police at about 1pm on Friday, saying there were a number of dead animals lying on a slope.
Officers arrived and found either dead or severely injured animals scattered around on the ground and in a ditch next to the building. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was alerted.
SPCA officers confirmed a cat, two rabbits, nine chinchillas, the guinea pig, the rodent and the parrot were found dead.