Decomposing bodies of dogs and cats found at New Territories animal shelter with nearly 100 malnourished animals living amid a ‘sea of urine and faeces’
- Nearly 100 malnourished animals rescued and sent for treatment
- One man arrested for animal cruelty with investigation under way
The carcasses of least 10 dogs and cats – including skeletons and rotting corpses – have been found at a shelter in the New Territories where nearly 100 other animals were living in a “sea of urine and faeces”.
Police arrested a 62-year-old man in charge of the site for animal cruelty on Saturday as inspectors from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) and the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) raided the Stray Wonderland animal shelter on Ping Che Road in Ta Kwu Ling.
Sixty-six dogs and 30 cats were found alive at the facility. About half the animals were sent to other shelters for treatment and examination, an SPCA spokeswoman said.
“They were kept in an extremely poor living environment, with not enough water or food, surrounded by a sea of urine and faeces,” the spokeswoman said, adding that the rescued animals looked malnourished and weak.
“There were also at least 10 dead bodies, some of them skeletons and rotting corpses. Some of them were so decomposed we could not even tell what species they were,” she said.
With what has happened today, I believe the AFCD needs to amend the [animal welfare] law as soon as possible.
Saturday’s rescue operation was hampered by heavy rain and nightfall, according to the SPCA, but will continue on Sunday. Inspectors left clean water and food for the remaining cats and dogs.
