Stray dog apparently shot on Hong Kong hillside in stable condition at local animal clinic
Rescuers found the two-year-old mongrel lying in blood and half-conscious as police investigate
A stray dog was in stable condition at a clinic after animal volunteers suspected it had been shot by a projectile on a hillside in Wong Tai Sin yesterday.
Upon receiving the call, clinic volunteers rushed to the hillside to rescue Big Ear and bring him to their clinic in Prince Edward.
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A clinic spokeswoman said Big Ear was in stable condition this morning after successfully undergoing surgery at the clinic yesterday.
She said although staff suspected Big Ear’s 5cm-deep wound in the abdomen was caused by a shot from an object, no objects had yet been discovered inside the dog’s body.
Among the first to arrive at the scene to rescue the mongrel at Wong Tai Sin yesterday was Alvin Yu Chun-yu, a 29-year-old volunteer coordinator of the clinic.
“The situation was very urgent when I arrived,” he said. “Big Ear was very weak and he was losing a lot of blood.