KLANG: A video showing an Ipoh City Hall worker shooting a dog in a housing estate has raised hackles. It is believed that the video was shot by a resident who was feeding the dog daily. "If the method is efficient, the number of street dogs should have decreased by now instead of increasing," she added. Malaysian Animal Welfare Association founder Mukunnan Sugumaran concurred with Low and said local authorities throughout the country must try other methods recommended by animal welfare groups. He said it was ironic that the Animal Welfare Act 2015 provisions against animal cruelty excluded the liability of local councils and private dog-catching companies that openly brutalised street dogs.

Source: The Star May 24, 2019 04:07 UTC