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Probe into illegal dog slaughterhouse in Hong Kong
China National News Tuesday 21st October, 2008 (IANS)
Hong Kong police have launched an investigation into an suspected illegal abattoir that is believed to have been used to kill dogs whose meat was sold at a local market, a media report said Tuesday.
The police, government workers and representatives from an animal charity scoured the site of the alleged slaughterhouse found by an animal welfare group in a shabby, single-storey house, the South China Morning Post said.
The Animal Life Guard Action Group said it found choppers, meat knives, air pistol pellets, animal traps, hooks, a wok and bones when it visited the house Sunday.
William Tung, a group member, said three dogs and four puppies were found alive at the house and, although they were in good condition, one of the dogs had a 30-centimetre knife wound.
He said the suspected abattoir had been operating in the winter when dog meat is in demand during cold weather, and operations had recently resumed.
The meat was believed to have been sold to customers who knew it was dog at a market in the Tseung Kwan district of Hong Kong.
'The police take this matter seriously as abuse of animals is a serious criminal offence in Hong Kong, and we will investigate all reports that come to our attention,' a police spokesman said.
People who are found guilty of slaughtering dogs or cats for use as food or to sell their meat are liable to a fine of up to 5,000 Hong Kong dollars ($640) and six months in jail.
In addition, people guilty of cruelty to animals face a fine of up to 200,000 Hong Kong dollars and up to three years in prison.
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Comments on this story
| By Rambo, 10-21-08, 03:50 PM |
Probe into illegal dog slaughterhouse in Hong KongThe should find those bastards and chop them up! |
| By Anonymous, 10-21-08, 04:41 PM |
put them in the dogs' shoesJail time should mean living in the same cage with a bunch of dogs so the offenders will have to live in haunted memories. |
| By bruce from surinam, 10-22-08, 01:23 AM |
| I dont understand why it is a crime for
slauthering dogs (in HK}.
dogs are animals just like cows or chickens.
the bible never mention not to eat dogs.
Dog-meat is a Chinese delicacy ,it is in
the chinese culture,
so we have to abolish British rules.
be nationalistic, be a real china-man
eat dogmeat instead of viagra |
| By hailey1, 11-03-08, 10:43 PM |
wowthats awful! why do people have to be so darn mean! |
| By WCH, 11-16-08, 06:16 AM |
Eating Dogs should not be legalized.We should not slaughter animals as our food. They have feelings. They fear of dangers, pain and death. They have flesh and blood just like us, human. They are just different in physical apperance than us and of course, their intelligence are far from humans.
However, human destroy the earth the most from many aspects.
I have read an article, a child grew
up in farming environment all his life. He started becoming a vegetarin when he was eleven because he saw how the animals suffer for human. He felt and realized the cows and pigs were as gentle and lovely as his pets at home, his dogs and cats.
Eating vegetable is a way to build a kinder world for all of us, human and
non-human. Of course, eating dogs should not legalized in Hong Kong it is
simply because human should free another adorable type of animals from
suffering. Do you know how the animals
suffer for us? Please go to the
www.afa-online.org and other related
links to learn more
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