Lawyers want probe after puppy allegedly run over twice

 Lawyers for Animal Rights says a white pick-up truck struck the puppy while entering a parking bay before reversing and running over it a second time.

Lawyers for Animal Rights urged the authorities to secure CCTV footage from the area before it was overwritten and track down the suspect who drove the pick-up truck.

PETALING JAYA:

An animal rights group has urged police to investigate after a pick-up truck purportedly ran over a puppy twice at a parking lot in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan.

Rajesh Nagarajan of Lawyers for Animal Rights said a white Mitsubishi Triton first struck the puppy while entering the parking bay before reversing and running over it a second time, killing the animal.

He said the case could not simply be treated as negligence or an accident.

“What makes this case so troubling is that the vehicle backed up and struck the same animal a second time,” he said in a statement, adding that a police report had been lodged at the Lukut police station.

Rajesh called for the case to be investigated under Sections 29(1)(a) and 29(1)(e) of the Animal Welfare Act, which cover animal cruelty and causing unnecessary pain or suffering to animals.

The lawyer said the authorities must secure CCTV footage from the area before it was overwritten, track down the suspect, and obtain a veterinary forensic report to establish the puppy’s cause of death.

FMT is reaching out to the police for comment. - FMT