(HK) Man in trouble for neglecting long-time pet

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Man in trouble for neglecting long-time pet

2007-09-14

 

A Hong Kong man has pleaded guilty to five animal

cruelty charges, for not taking care of a dog he and

his ex-wife shared before their divorce.

 

The 34-year-old clerk, surnamed Sun, lives in a

village house in Sai Kung, Hong Kong. Responding to a

complaint, workers from the Society for the Prevention

of Cruelty to Animals (Hong Kong) paid Sun a visit on

August 9 and found him keeping a golden retriever on

the roof. There was no shelter, dead insects floated

in the water container, and the dog suffered from

malnutrition as well as eye and ear diseases.

 

Sun told police that his ex-wife had been the primary

carer for the dog, which the couple had kept for 10

years. He had not taken good care of it after she

left.

 

(Ming Pao)

 

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2007-09/14/content_6105831.htm