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Monday June 28, 2004

Furore over animal torture article

 

 

HONG KONG: An article in a Chinese language magazine here portraying youths

butchering pets for fun has outraged animal lovers in the former British

territory, provoking a street protest yesterday.

 

Easy Finder magazine revealed in graphic detail how two boys aged 13 and 18

stoned and strangled dogs and then hacked them to death, sometimes beheading

them.

 

Although media reports suggested the story may be a hoax, the Society Against

Animal Abuse and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals organised

a protest rally, fearing the article would encourage attacks on pets, or worse.

 

& #147;Research shows that these children can turn into serial killers, & #148;

SPCA executive director Pauline Taylor told RTHK radio.

 

There is revulsion in dog-loving Hong Kong whenever there are reports of pet

cruelty.

 

Most infamously, a dog-hater has managed to kill at least a dozen pet pooches

in a 10-year spree by leaving poisoned meat on the side of the road in the

up-market Mid-Levels neighbourhood. & #150; AFP

 

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