The two dogs featured in Malay Mail's article yesterday “Dogs too can be homeless” are unfortunately not up for adoption.
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty of Animals (SPCA) assistant manager for public relations and marketing Jacinta Johnson said the two dogs belonged to an owner still living at home in the landslide affected area of Wangsa Heights.
The dogs, an Alsatian and a Shih Tzu, were reported to be wandering around the Wangsa Heights neighbourhood in search of food, water and their owners for a few days.
“Our animal inspector had seen these two dogs within their house compound, but the gate was left open so the dogs were free to roam in and out. She advised the owners to keep their dogs safe within the compound,” she added.
However, the advice was not heeded by the owners.
Malay Mail and SPCA were inundated with calls from the public yesterday, wanting to adopt the pedigree dogs featured in yesterday's article.
One of those who called Malay Mail, wanting to adopt the dogs, was reader Lia Siddhu. “I felt sad to read that the dogs were left to fend for themselves,” she said.
Lia, who has a Shih Tzu, said she wanted to adopt the Shih Tzu as she knew how to take care of it .
She was also willing to adopt the Alsation if no one else wanted to. “Dogs give us a lot of love and we should return their love,” she added.
SPCA has been actively assisting animals in the Bukit Antarabangsa vicinity since the landslide occurred on Dec 6.
As of Dec 14, four animal inspectors had assisted a pet owner to confine and transport her 51 cats to a nearby veterinarian, and several days later helped relocate them to a relative’s home. They also rescued a Labrador and brought it back to the SPCA. The owner reclaimed the dog several days later.
The animal inspectors also assisted in evacuating a cat from a condominium, provided food for rabbits left behind when owners ran out of rabbit food and attended to a report of abandoned geese and chickens within a house compound.
Jacinta said currently, the SPCA do not have any animals from the landslide-hit areas in its care. “We advise residents who have lost their pets to put up posters in the area, and check with the municipal councils on whether they had caught any stray animals in the area,” she added.
The inspectors had received between 15 to 20 calls from concerned residents, reporting animals seen straying or abandoned after the tragedy.
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