Angry animal lovers protest police inaction

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Hong Kong Standard

 

P07 | Local | By Nishika Patel 2007-11-12

 

 

 

 

 

Angry animal lovers protest police inaction

 

 

 

 

 

Angry animal lovers took to the streets yesterday demanding that police set

up a special team to deal with cruelty to animals.

 

 

 

More than 300 protesters and dozens of pet dogs marched from Chater Garden,

Central, to deliver a letter to the government at Lower Albert Road

following police inaction over a brutal animal cruelty case.

 

 

 

The incident involved a one-month-old kitten, named Blue Blue, which was

found outside a supermarket at Choi Yuen Estate, Sheung Shui, last Tuesday

with its hind legs chopped off.

 

 

 

The Cat Society reported the case to police but they only put it on file.

 

 

 

The letter urges the government to pressure the police to take such cases

more seriously.

 

 

 

Founding member of the Cat Society Hong Kong, Billie Ng, who has been caring

for Blue Blue, said she wanted the police to open up a proper case on the

kitten, as is the procedure for other criminal cases.

 

 

 

``We're angry with the attitude, reaction and the procedure of the police.

They always ignore our reports about animal abuse,'' Ng said.

 

 

 

`` From the start of 2007, they have only taken action on 41 animal abuse

cases when there are more than a 100.''

 

 

 

Activists at the march, including Hong Kong Island by-election candidate Ho

Loy, chanted and carried banners that read: ``The police and killer are

holding hands and the killer is happy and will be free to kill.''

 

 

 

Activists, who were wearing blue ribbons for the kitten, said this was one

of many abuse cases which they had dealt with.

 

 

 

Last week, 30 cats were found in Causeway Bay with their heads cut off.

There have also been cases of stray cats being drugged and then taken away.

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