A photo of a motorcyclist towing a chained dog that was uploaded to the Internet has sparked off public outrage in China.The photo, put up by a netizen surnamed Liu on Thursday, showed a man riding on a motorcycle on a highway in Fuzhou.
And a dog, which has a metal chain coiled around its neck, was being dragged along the road by the motorcyclist."I wound down my car window and asked the man to stop. However, he sped up and zoomed away," Liu told the Straits Newspaper, a metropolitan daily paper in the capital of China's Fujian province.
"The dog couldn't bark due to the chains around its neck, and its four legs were bleeding," Liu said. "The motorcyclist was riding at about 50 km per hour at the time."
Some netizens left messages at Tianya.cn - a popular online bulletin board - to rebuke the man's brutality. Some doubted that the man was a dog thief. Other furious netizens demanded a search for the man.- China Daily
Animal Ordinance Act 1953 is the law that governs animal abuse cases. The fine for abusing any animals is ranged from RM100 to RM200 only. Surprisingly, the punishment was rather lenient and many believed that it would not teach the wrong-doers a lesson. Under the Act, there is a jail sentence of 6 months however, it has never been used before. In Malaysia, SPCA (Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) is a non-profit organization which takes care of defenseless animals. "SPCA has came up with a petition and is appealing the court to raise the maximum fine of RM200 to RM100,000." [Quoted from Wikipedia] More and more articles about abandoned, abused animals are being published nowadays and this reflects the increasing number of animal abuse cases. Our government should enforced the Law of Animal Ordinance Act 1953 at once. Say NO to Animal Cruelty !!!
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