The Straits Times
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Aug 26, 2010
The act or inaction: Which is worse?
LAST Friday's report ("Dog beaten to death in Sengkang") on the pomeranian which was beaten to death prompts one haunting question: Why would anyone do such a thing to a dog which trusts him, a dog which happily lets him put a leash on it when going for a walk, a dog which is completely defenceless?
No one - human or animal - deserves to suffer and die in such way.
What saddens me more is that someone could have stopped the man from slamming the dog against the wall, but no one did so. Do they not realise that, by doing so, they are accomplices to the crime?
Besides cruelty to animals and apathy towards cruelty, it also shows the slow response of the police.
Also, the current punishment of animal abusers is way too lenient. Such people are a major menace to society; they do not deserve their freedom.
Eva Wong (Ms)
