(MY) shot puppy leaves for KL

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'Puppy' leaves for KL

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*TAIPING, 14th Oct 2005*

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*It was a touching scene: The two women bidding farewell to the mongrel

whose claim to fame was being shot at by the Taiping municipal council's

dog-shooting team a month ago.*

 

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Animal Clinic staff K. Premalatha, 23, and M. Rubini, 19, unashamedly

showered the dog, whom they called " Puppy " , with hugs and kisses moments

before it was led onto a waiting van and driven off to Kuala Lumpur about

1pm today.

 

Earlier, while waiting for the van, Premalatha was seen spraying the

two-year-old male mongrel with perfume while whispering a few words of

advice in Tamil to Puppy.

 

Despite their affection for the dog, which was placed under their care for

almost two weeks, they are unable to adopt it as they already own dogs.

 

The attending veterinarian, Dr S.R. Rajan, said the animal had almost

completely recovered from its injury.

 

The stray dog was shot on Sept 3 by the dog-shooting team. Normally, team

members would chase a wounded dog and kill it. But in this case, the dog

escaped.

 

The dog's plight was highlighted by a reader in the New Straits Times

Letters page on Sept 27, prompting several animal lovers to embark on a

" search and rescue " mission.

 

A couple found the animal in a secondary jungle near Taman Tupai Emas here

at 10.30pm on Sept 28 and it was sent to Dr Rajan's clinic the following

day.

 

A caring citizen, Ros Diana Yassin of Shah Alam, paid RM520 to cover the

cost of the animal's treatment.

 

She plans to visit the dog which has been temporarily placed in the clinic

of Dr Jon S. Satyamoorthy in Cheras. He is the pro-tem president of the

Malaysian Pet Owners Association.