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| The lost dog |
Recently we received a SOS call from a resident in a posh area of PJ saying that she had come across a lost dog in an area where she was operating a shop.
Being an owner of three dogs herself, she felt extremely sorry for the friendly dog which was obviously looking for its owner.
The hungry canine stopped by at every shop hoping to be reunited with its human family.
However, some of the outlets' operators started hitting and kicking the animal until it ran away. There was no reason for this at all as the dog showed no aggression.
All the hapless pooch wanted was some food and some tender loving care until it gets reunited with its owner.
It was then that the caller intervened. She made friends with the mutt and welcomed it into her place.
However, the venue wasn't her home but her shop where she runs a business.
The sight of a dog in the shop kept her customers away and made her lose her business fast.
The caller, in desperation, tried PAWS Animal Welfare Shelter but she claimed they turned her down saying there was nothing that they could do for her.
The Selangor SPCA told her that it would take three days before they could come out for the dog.
As she couldn't keep the dog a day longer, she called her local councillor Derek Fernandez who referred her to Petpositive's President Anthony SB Thanasayan who is also a local councillor and heads the PJ City Council's (MBPJ) Canine Advisory Team (CAT) for dogs in PJ.
Whilst Thanasayan kept the MBPJ's dogcatchers on standby to take the animal to PAWS which is their normal practice, he asked Petpositive to try their best to find some animal rescuers to take the canine in.
"There is no point putting a well-behaved dog that obviously belonged to someone in the company of strays lest it gets injured and stressed in the process," Thanasayan said.
Petpositive made a number of frantic calls to animal rescuers in our list. We advised the caller to befriend the dog and keep it in her premise for a while more until someone would respond to our SOS.
Many of the rescuers were sympathetic with us about the canine's plight but were unable to respond owing to matters beyond their control.
Finally, three hours later, we received news from the caller that a female rescuer had responded and would collect the lost canine in the evening.
We were simply thrilled by the news!
At least the friendly doggy will be safe for now until the rescuer succeeds in finding him a new owner.
We also hope that the canine's original owner (whom we have no clue as to who he or she is) will come by the shops and inquire about a missing dog.
We hope that the dog got lost because of a sincere and genuine mistake and not an irresponsible one like letting the canine out to attend to the calls of nature and such.
Lastly, Petpositive would like to pay tribute to all the animal rescuers out there for doing the fine work that you do in reaching out to unwanted animals.
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