Pet Owner Drags Dog Chained To Mototcycle
SUNGAI PETANI, June 16 (Bernama) -- A pet owner is believed to have cruelly chained a dog to his motorcycle and dragged it to get rid of it, on grounds that he no longer wanted to keep the animal after four months.
In the outrageous incident in Bandar Puteri Jaya near here yesterday evening, the man's inhumane act was stopped by another man who witnessed the cruelty. Additionally, a woman recorded the incident and later uploaded the footage on social media site Facebook.
Kuala Muda police chief ACP Hanyan Ramlan said his department had received a police report regarding the incident.
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