Friday January 28, 2011By STEVEN CHIEW
KUALA LUMPUR: More groups have lodged reports urging police to track down and arrest the two people implicated in the dog abuse video.
They also want the police to immediately rescue the dog if it is still alive.
The report was lodged by Malaysian Animal Rights Society president N. Surendran, who also represented the Malaysian Animal Welfare Society, Independent Living & Training Centre and Lawyers for Liberty at the Dang Wangi police headquarters here yesterday.
Surendran said Bukit Aman should set up a task force jointly with the Veterinary Services Department to investigate and prosecute the two.
“The duo should be penalised because if they could do this to an animal, they could do it to anybody.
“The fact that they posed with the puppy showed they were confident no action would be taken against them,” he added.
Surendran also said the Veterinary Services Department was not doing enough to protect animals.
“If no action is taken after lodging the report, we will look for the two people involved, arrest them and hand them over to the police,” he added.
He described the acts caught on the video as one of the worst cases of animal abuse he had ever seen.
The groups also called on the Government to amend the law to provide better protection for pets from being abused.
In the video, a man is seen using brute force on a poodle in an attempt to force the dog to stand on its hind legs
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