[Animal News]Buying and selling animals is tantamount to facilitating animal cruelty. In an anti-smuggling operation yesterday morning, the police and customs intercepted 37 cats and dogs and a number of supplements. Among them, 30 cats and 7 dogs were trapped in narrow plastic boxes. Among them, it is known that it was smuggled from the Mainland to Hong Kong and was originally scheduled to be resold to many pet shops in Hong Kong. At present, the batch of cats and dogs is handed over to the Fisheries and Conservation Department for processing. This newspaper is now consulting the AFCD regarding the situation and handling arrangements of the cats and dogs.
The police stated that they received a recent report stating that there were criminals in the waters west of Hong Kong carrying out smuggling activities. Therefore, they conducted anti-illegal immigration and anti-smuggling operations with customs officers in Yuen Long the day before (January 6), and yesterday (January) 7) At 2:55 am, two men were found driving a speedboat to the shallows at Ha Pak Nai River Road in Yuen Long, and a van drove to the shallows. When the speedboat was parked at the shallows, two men on the boat moved the cargo to the shallows, while three men in the van moved the cargo to the speedboat.
Marine police and customs immediately stepped forward to enforce the law. Five men entered the speedboat and fled into the mainland waters. The police immediately contacted the mainland border guards to follow up. Marine police and customs seized multiple boxes of food materials such as bullwhips and deer tails on the vehicle, and found 12 plastic boxes in the shallows, including 30 cats and 7 dogs, each containing two to three small plastic boxes Cats and dogs, cats and dogs were panicked and yelled.
Senior Inspector Chen Zeming of the Task Force of the Marine Police Small Boat Division said that the Animal Protection Association has inspected cats and dogs and believes that their bodies are not in serious trouble. Since the cats and dogs do not have chips, they are handed over to the Fisheries and Conservation Department to continue to take care of the case. It will be handed over to the Marine Police Regional Crime Squad and Customs for follow-up.
Chen Zeming also emphasized that cruel treatment of animals is a serious crime. He also pointed out that following preliminary investigation, it is believed that the cats and dogs are from the Mainland. They were originally scheduled to be resold to different local pet shops. The case is still under investigation.
Volunteer Gloria said that many dog dealers and cat dealers do not treat animals well. If everyone chooses to adopt and not buy, they can stop suffering from animals. However, the government refuses to ban animal sales across the board, so the threshold for selling cats and dogs can only be increased by law. , Let them retreat in the face of difficulties, hoping that the police will strengthen law enforcement to stop animal smuggling.
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