Burst
Written by: Shao Peilin
2020-08-27 10:48
Last update date: 2020-08-27 18:57Dead animals appeared on the beach for two consecutive days! At 7:40 am today (27th), a member of the public was passing by Tai Wan To Beach on Lamma Island and found two plastic cages with straps on the beach. He saw 12 cat corpses in the cage and immediately called the police. It can be seen at the scene that the two plastic cages are about 100 meters apart, and each cage contains 6 cat carcasses. They have been severely decomposed and emit a foul smell. The carcasses were seized by the staff of the Association. The case is temporarily listed as cruel treatment of animals, and is handed over to Team 1 of the Cheung Chau Divisional Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.
In addition, yesterday (26th) on the rocky beach off Wong Ma Kok Drive, Stanley, a public found a grey pet cage with 3 dog corpses hidden. Earlier, the customs intercepted a smuggling speedboat and seized 12 dogs. It is suspected that Hong Kong residents living in the Mainland "smuggled" their pet dogs north to reunite. As for this incident, it cannot be ruled out that smugglers threw the cat into the sea in a cage to escape from being pursued by law enforcement officers, causing a tragedy.
The Hong Kong Association for the Protection of Animals severely condemns this extreme cruelty to animals, and will fully assist the police and related law enforcement organizations to follow up the incident, hoping to catch the perpetrators as soon as possible.
Earlier, the police and customs took anti-smuggling operations and found two speedboats heading to Mui Wo Pier. The officers then chased and stopped the speedboat. Twelve dogs were seized on the speedboat. They were trapped in 4 pet cages. The breeds included poodles, angels, Joseph Terry and squirrel dogs. All dogs were implanted with chips, and no one was keeping them.
The Customs earlier stated that all the rescued dogs were registered with chips and were kept by humans. It was initially believed that Hong Kong people returned to live in the Mainland under the new crown pneumonia epidemic. In order to avoid the risk of 14-day compulsory quarantine, they were smuggled and consigned by Hong Kong. Only to reunite in the mainland; as for the beach animal carcasses incidents today and yesterday, it is not ruled out that criminals in the smuggling process, in order to avoid law enforcement officers, throw cats and dogs into the sea, causing tragedy.
At 7:40 am today (27th), a member of the public was passing by Tai Wan To Beach on Lamma Island and found two plastic cages with straps on the beach. He saw 12 cats and dogs in the cages and immediately called the police. (Picture provided by Ai Xie)
The Hong Kong Association for the Protection of Animals said that it received a notice from the police this morning (27) that a pet cage containing animal carcasses was found at Tai Wan To Beach on Lamma Island and asked the association to send staff to help. Two inspectors from the association rushed to the scene and found 2 pet cages on the beach and nearby rocky beaches. After opening them, they found 6 animal carcasses, all of which were severely swollen and decayed. According to preliminary inspections, it is believed that the 12 animals are cats, and all of them have implanted chips. The animal carcass was a police evidence in the case, and the Inspector of the Association has taken the carcass back to the Hong Kong Center for preservation. The Association severely condemns this extremely cruel treatment of animals, and will do its best to assist the police and related law enforcement organizations to follow up the incident, hoping to capture the perpetrator as soon as possible.
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