By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-27 13:48:55 | Updated at 2024-09-30 11:26:12
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Hong Kong police have launched an investigation into suspected animal abandonment after an animal welfare group revealed it found 35 cats being discarded, including some expensive breeds, in Sai Kung over three consecutive days.
The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, or SPCA, revealed in a Facebook post on Friday that it had received anonymous calls urging its members to rescue abandoned cats in Sai Kung over the past three days, with the animals found in different locations in the district each time.
“On September 27, police received a report from an organisation, stating that there were a total of 35 cats suspected of being abandoned in the Sai Kung district between September 25 to 27,” the force said.
The police said it had handed the case to its animal crimes team in the Wong Tai Sin district to investigate the case.
The SPCA, in its Facebook post on Friday, said its inspectors rescued 14 cats on September 24, an additional 13 on September 25, and a further 8 on September 26.
