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Chinese pet clinic runs over ‘untreatable’ dog called Lucky to ‘get owner insurance payout’

Traumatised owner of border collie, which was like ‘a member of the family’ slams clinic over lack of ‘medical ethics’

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A pet clinic in China arranged for an “untreatable” dog to be run over by car, then claimed it did so to help its owner get an insurance payout. Photo: SCMP composite/Weibo
Fran Luin Beijing

A pet clinic in China killed a sick dog called Lucky by running over it with a car after realising it could not save him, sparking public outrage.

The border collie’s owner accused the You Bai clinic in northern China’s Inner Mongolia of murdering her beloved pet.

She said the three-year-old animal, which was considered a member of the family, was run over by a car at the behest of the clinic.

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The unidentified woman said she sent her pet, called Lucky, to the clinic for sterilisation on July 10.

The clinic told her they could not find a blood vessel to carry out the procedure and had to discontinue the operation. They said they would keep the dog to monitor its status.

Surveillance footage from a street camera shows a car speeding towards the border collie. Photo: Weibo
Surveillance footage from a street camera shows a car speeding towards the border collie. Photo: Weibo

Three hours after the owner left the clinic, they called her and said the dog had been involved in a car crash.

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