FWD: Dog abuse ruling upsets activists

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Friday June 11, 2004

Dog abuse ruling upsets activists

 

 

KLANG: It was another disappointing decision where the Society for the

Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) is concerned when a mini-market owner

was jailed a day and fined RM150 for abusing a Daschund dog named Tim.

 

So upset were Selangor SPCA animal inspector Sabrina Yeap and volunteer

inspector Pat Lim that they chanted & #147;Save Tim & #148; outside a

magistrate & #039;s court hearing the case yesterday.

 

Chiew Shwe Lee, 44, had pleaded guilty to hurting one-year-old Tim on May 21

& #150; an offence carrying the maximum fine of RM200 and six months jail.

 

Magistrate Tasnim Abu Bakar, after inspecting Tim & #039;s condition at the

court & #039;s car park, granted Chiew custody of the black-coloured dog.

 

He also ordered Chiew to settle the RM490.35 medical cost incurred by the

Selangor Veterinary Department in treating a 10cm wound on Tim & #039;s neck which

was caused by a chain.

 

Yeap said the matter was not over and planned to appeal the decision to return

the dog to the owner.

 

& #147;We want to find him a good home where love would be showered on him.

 

& #147;We now fear for Tim & #146;s safety if he is returned to the owner.

 

& #147;We want the Veterinary Department in Shah Alam to issue a stern warning

to Chiew not to abuse the dog until our appeal is heard, & #148; she said.

 

Those who were at the court were seen acknowledging the efforts of the

department & #039;s enforcement officer P. Mariappan, Yeap and Lim for doing

something to save a dog.

 

On Monday, another dog abuse case in Kuala Lumpur saw the magistrate & #039;s

court fining dog owner Francis Xav Lau Choo Kee the maximum RM200 for abusing 13

pedigree dogs under his charge.

 

Yeap is also leading an appeal against that decision.

 

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