Outrage over dog euthanised after reaching Hong Kong on Thai cargo vessel.
Hong Kong authorities have sparked outrage for killing a dog which had hitched a ride on a cargo vessel arriving from Thailand.
Are Hong Kong’s laws on animal abuse and neglect outdated?Crew members alerted the department, believing it was the relevant authority and that it would take care of the animal. The dog was then taken away by officers, according to online media Hong Kong Animal Post and Democratic Party lawmaker Roy Kwong Chun-yu.
Realising the department might euthanise the dog in four days according to its policy of handling unclaimed stray animals with an unknown health history, Kwong wrote to department chief Dr Leung Siu-fai on Wednesday morning.But, in a sad twist, authorities on Wednesday evening said the animal had already been put down.
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