In the afternoon of May 14, a group of five children in Taoyuan County’s Daci District shot a firework rocket at an outdoor kennel where a man surnamed Yen kept his small black dog. The explosives left the dog terrified and its snout mildly injured. Viewing the incident as a malicious attack on his dog, Yen went to the police station to report the case. He also provided security footage of the incident, hoping the police would uncover the children who used the firework to scare his dog.
In the footage, a group of five children appear at Yen’s gate and fired a firework rocket into the kennel, from which a terrified small black dog leaps out. The children then disperse and smilingly flee to the entrance of the lane.
According to Yen, his dog Hsiaohei, which is only four months old and still a puppy, was chained to the kennel when the incident occurred. Since the terrifying experience, Hsiaohei, which is quiet and non-aggressive, has been mostly unwilling to enter his kennel, Yen says.
Photo: Lee Jung-ping, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者李容萍
The Zunding Precinct police station, responsible for the case, say that animal cruelty falls under the jurisdiction of the city government’s Office of Animal Care and Control, and that the police cannot handle the case unless Yen is to sue the children over destroying or damaging his properties. Believing that pressing criminal charges against children may be taking the matter too far, Yen was reluctant to sue them, but decided to report the case to the Office of Animal Care and Control to teach the children a lesson.
(Liberty Times, translated by Tu Yu-an)
桃園市大溪區燕姓男子在屋外飼養一隻小黑狗,五月十四日下午被五名小朋友朝狗屋施放沖天炮,小黑狗飽受驚嚇,鼻子還輕微被炸傷。燕男認為小朋友是惡意放炮攻擊他的狗,前往派出所報案,並提供監視器拍下影像,希望警方能揪出放炮嚇狗的小朋友。
影片中,五名小朋友出現在燕男家門口,朝狗屋施放沖天炮,狗屋內小黑狗被嚇得跳出。五名小朋友隨即一哄而散,表情嘻笑地往巷子口逃離。
燕男說,「小黑」才四個多月大,還是幼犬,牠繫著狗鍊綁在狗屋裡面,不會亂叫也不會咬人。受到驚嚇後,「小黑」已不太願意進狗屋。
圳頂派出所受理報案表示,虐待動物屬市府動物保護防疫處掌管,若要警方處理,必須提告毀損。燕男認為對小孩提起刑事控告似乎過於嚴重,不願提告,但為了讓小朋友能得到教訓,決定向動保處投訴。
(自由時報記者李容萍)
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