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Updated Thursday, July 16, 2009 9:45 am TWN, The China Post news staff Dog suffocates as police watch helplessly for 2 daysThe police and fire departments were both alerted the very same day the dog was noticed by the public, but they refused to break into the car as there are no legal provisions giving them the power to do so. Members of the public were incensed, calling the dog a victim of a system that neglected animal rights and calling for immediate reform of the relevant laws. The dog was first noticed by netizen “xiao bao mei,” who posted a message on Animal Rescue Team's Web site. She noticed the brown dog, furiously barking and trapped inside a silver car, around noon on July 12 in a parking lot located in Chongli city's Xinzhongbei Road. She wrote that all of the car windows were completely shut. The temperature was approximately thirty-five degrees Celsius. The Animal Rescue Team on the same day notified the police, who contacted the owner of the car. The owner, surname Kuo, said that the car was actually used by his son, who was working in Taoyuan. He claimed that he had lost contact with his son for some time. The police said they could do nothing, as there are no legal provisions authorizing them to break into a private vehicle. The fire department gave the same response. By the morning of July 13, more members of the public became concerned with the situation, and gathered around the car to check up on the dog. By that time, the dog had curled up in the back of the car, motionless. After public cries for action grew, the fire and police departments smashed the window and broke into the car, only to find the icy-cold corpse of the dog. The owner of the dog was contacted by the police. He claimed that he had been unemployed for some time, and immediately jumped on a job offer in Taoyuan. As the company did not allow dogs on its premises, he had planned to leave the dog there for a few days until he could find somebody else to care for it. He denied that he had any intention of abusing his dog. He will be investigated by the county's agriculture department in order to determine whether he will be charged under animal protection laws. Subscribe to The China Post and save 25%. Click here Comments July 18, 2009 stefan@ I don't understand this - it should be easy to open a locked car without breaking anything.If the law doesn't allow you to break-in because of the dog's life, then surely you can force the lock in order to protect the guy's property? Besides, the owner of the car was the guy's father - surely he should have been able to authorize this. July 18, 2009 jill4d@ WHAT THE FREAKING HELL, TAIWAN!? Break the freaking window and change the freaking laws! You're THE LAW, in any case, YOU get to make the call, you bloody stupid jackanapes! July 29, 2009 Captain jjones2170@ It is time for the Taiwan government to institute an operational plan for adequate laws and local ordinances to follow the Animal Protection Act . Animal Control Operations should be assigned to a Department of Animal Welfare under the supervision of the local police department. With this type of organization will give the Animal Welfare Unit the investigative power to prepare proper investigations to correct the wrong treatment done by citizens of the community.J Jones August 12, 2009 sandy23@ That sucks...if a suspect was hiding in his car...what do u think will happen to the damn window? October 12, 2009 trisha_263138@ I feel bad for the dog! It is just plain irresponsible both side owner and Law! It is very uncool. |
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The police, fire department, and the owner of the dog should be criminally charged for this deplorable act. Beyond that, the laws NEED to be changed!