A stand corrected in this earlier post. Only one dog was euthanised. The other is awaiting a similar fate unless someone adopts it. The write-up below has been corrected from its previous one.
Ref: http://animalcare.my/2012/01/30/ever-loyal-till-the-end/
The original article: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/1/30/nation/10563799&sec=nation
News: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2012/2/5/nation/10681643&sec=nation
It is heart-breaking news for me that such a loyal friend has been killed (No, I don’t mince my words, euthanasia IS killing, people can call it whatever they want (“put to sleep”, “put to rest”, “let it go”, “let it rest”). It IS killing. Let’s not mask the severity of this act with semantics so that people “forget” it is killing).
It is sad that on the whole of Penang island, no one could offer to look after these loyal friends or give them a home till their end.
It is VERY sad.
I can only pray that for the virtues they have shown for their owner, may this euthanised dog be reborn in a much better existence now, where cruelty has no place and compassion reigns.
And let’s hope the remaining dog can be saved, somehow.
This is such a bitter world, more bitter than we want to imagine.
Remember the case of the 2 dogs that we euthanised because they protected their property and in the event, attacked a foreign tourist? Also in Penang, I think. The dogs lost of court case and were sentenced to death. What a horrible world we live in where no protection is given to the defenseless and the strong bully the weak.
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It saddened me too. This is total brutality.
I read in the newspaper earlier that one of the neighbours will take care of the dogs and look for adopters, and will only look into other options if there is no one. It’s only been, what? A week? Why say something when can’t do it?
Shameful to be a Penangite.
According to the MDDB Facebook, their volunteers are trying to rescue the second dog from the Penang SPCA shelter before it is killed by the Penang SPCA. If the dogs had ended up with the Seberang Perai SPCA in Bukit Mertajam, both would still be alive as the Seberang Perai SPCA shelter has a No-Kill policy. Not all SPCAs in this country have a Kill-Policy, it depends on who are the people running it.
I supposed it’s difficult to get animals into SPCA Seberang Perai now as last I heard from someone who tried, they were turned down because the place was already too full.
Btw, 2 dogs were euthanised during the foreigner-attack case. The other 2 went back to their owners.