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The three knife wounds on the right leg are deeply visible to the bone, the right ear is only left with skin and flesh hanging on the head, and the knife wounds are visible all over the body up to 7 places... In the past few days, a video of a 2-month-old kitten in Yibin City, Sichuan Province, suspected of being abused by two young girls with eyebrow trimming knives in a shopping mall toilet, has gone viral on the Internet, and the screams are even more painful. Fortunately, the injured kittens were rescued in time by caring people after the incident.
On May 11 and 12, the cover news reporter visited the "Loving Animal Clinic" and "Yibin Pet Adoption Platform" involved in the kitten rescue operation, and learned that with the help of caring people, the clinic has done wound suturing surgery for kittens, cut ears have also been sewn, and the injuries are gradually recovering, and caring people hope to find a warm home for it.
The kitten is currently recovering
At present, Yibin public security has intervened to investigate the whereabouts of cat abusers. However, as of press time, the police have not opened a case. The injured cat is gradually recovering from the care of caring people from all sides, and the delay in the introduction of the anti-animal cruelty law has also made it more difficult for the abuser to get the punishment they deserve.
Event review
The kitten's right leg was three times deep in the bone, the right ear was almost cut off, and the scream was painful
According to a citizen Miss Li report: At noon on May 9, outside the barrier-free toilet for the disabled at Gate 6 on the second floor of Wanda Plaza in Yibin City, "Meow, meow..." A series of cat screams attracted the attention of the nearby cleaning aunt. Later, she went to push the door to find out about the situation, but found that the door had been unlocked from the inside, but the cat's screams became clearer. Under the constant urging of the cleaning aunt, after a while, the toilet door was opened, only to see two fashionably dressed and handsome, not very old girls look panicked, come out and leave the scene in a hurry. After entering the door, she found a scarred kitten in the sink of the toilet.
On May 12, kitten hair was still left in the sink
According to the cleaning aunt, the kitten looked only about two months old, with wounds on the right front leg, right ear, and head, and constantly bleeding; she also found a blue eyebrow trimmer suspected of cutting the kitten here. Subsequently, she immediately asked for help in the WeChat group of the mall.
The place of the incident is located on the right side of the mall's Door 6
Ms. Xiong, who works in the mall, saw the news in the group and rushed over immediately, she originally wanted to adopt this kitten, but when she saw the kitten, she found that it was more seriously injured than expected, and she could not rescue the kitten by herself, so she contacted the "Yibin Pet Adoption Platform". With the help of the platform, Ms. Xiong asked someone to send the kitten to the Love Animal Clinic of the Tang Dynasty Fortune Center for rescue.
On May 12, the reporter came to Wanda Plaza, where the incident occurred, visited the toilet at Gate 6 on the 2nd floor where the cat abuse incident occurred, and found that the toilet was located on the right side of Door 6 on the 2nd floor of Yibin Wanda Plaza, close to a bakery and a Western restaurant, with a large flow of people, and found that some white cat hair was still left in the toilet tank of the kitten. "What a sin! At that time, I heard a cat barking, screaming very badly, knocking on the door many times before two girls in their 10s opened the door and ran out, the toilet was full of cat hair, a stylus knife with a handle next to the water tank, and a kitten covered with injuries soaked in the water tank" The cleaning aunt who saved the kitten recalled, when she rescued the kitten and turned back to chase the two girls, the two girls had already taken the escalator down to the first floor and merged into the crowd. The mall security guard told reporters that the mall prohibits any pets from entering, "We suspect that the two girls took the kitten directly to the second floor from the underground parking lot and took the elevator." The cleaning aunt's statement also confirmed the suspicion of the security guard, she said: "From the surveillance of the mall, we saw that the two girls walked out of the mall along the corridor, not through the sixth gate." ”
The current state
The kitten has completed suture surgery, and the multi-love relay is recovering from the injury
On May 11, at the loving small animal clinic that rescued the cat, the cover reporter saw the kitten being treated. Although its right foot was covered with bandages, it was already free to move, and the red wound on its right ear was shocking.
The wound on the right front foot is shocking
"The cat has now completed the wound suture surgery, the severed ears have been stitched up, the recovery is ideal, and it can be discharged from the hospital after 3-4 days." According to Ye Zhiqiang, a kitten nursing doctor, when the kitten was just sent, three wounds on the right front leg were very deep, bones could be seen, the wound was stitched with 6 stitches, the right ear was almost cut off, 2 stitches were stitched, and suffered from the old injury of lumbar vertebrae collapse, and the left back foot could not stand.
"After we treat stray pets, we will return them to the adoption platform, and the platform will release the adoption notice." Ye Zhiqiang said that the animal rescue activities he participated in were successful and could find a good home for stray pets.
It is understood that all the costs of the current medical care of kittens are paid by the "Yibin Pet Adoption Platform" through internal fundraising. Ms. Li, the person in charge of the platform, said that due to the public welfare nature of the platform, they cannot raise stray cats and other animals for a long time, so after the kittens recover, they will release free adoption notices to find a warm home for the kittens.
The whistleblower spoke up
Online denunciations of cat abusers are partly irrational
The original intention is to remind pet owners to be vigilant
With the continuous dissemination of pet abuse videos, more and more citizens have joined the discussion and left messages on the Internet. Some citizens expressed sympathy for the suffering of kittens and denounced the behavior of pet abusers, and some netizens asked whether similar incidents could be called to the police.
The reporter saw in a pet love group that some netizens angrily condemned: "This kind of person should thunder and crack in the sky." Similarly, under a local forum in Yibin, some netizens accused the abuser of being "heartbroken".
Netizens talked about the abuse of cats
However, some netizens' condemnation of spoilers is not rational, and as the original whistleblower, Miss Li said that this result violated its original intention. "I've seen a lot of news about pet abuse, and most of the comments have turned into attacks between 'pet lovers' and 'non-pet people', and we don't want to see this happen in Yibin."
Miss Li said that the purpose of their disclosure of this information is to make pet owners vigilant, take care of their cats and dogs, and do not let them wander. "Because there is no law to protect them now, the only thing we can do is to take care of ourselves, civilize and pamper, and not affect others or be influenced by others."
lawyer
It is difficult for stray cats and dogs to defend their rights when they are abused due to the limited scope of legal protection
public security
An investigation has been intervened but no formal case has been filed
Zhang Yangyi, a lawyer at Sichuan Fengyi Law Firm, believes that in this case of pet abuse, if the abused animal has a master, according to the provisions of China's laws, the value of the animal can be measured with property value, and the value of the victimized animal reaches the statutory level, and the light will face public security punishment, and the heavy will possibly bear criminal liability; if the value of the victimized animal is really not high, the animal owner can file a civil lawsuit to require the abuser to apologize and compensate for the loss.
However, for stray animals such as stray kittens and puppies, Zhang Yangyi said that because they are not within the scope of protection of the Wildlife Protection Law, it is difficult to defend their rights when they are abused. "However, with the continuous improvement of China's laws, many provinces and cities have relevant regulations on the protection of animals have been introduced, and I believe that in the near future, stray animals will be effectively protected."
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On May 12, the relevant police of the Yibin City Public Security Bureau told reporters that the Shunan Avenue police station has retrieved the relevant surveillance video of the incident and questioned the reporter, and is still investigating the specific circumstances, including the whereabouts of the two girls involved in the incident, and has not yet formally filed a case.
The reporter combed
Incidents of pet abuse occur from time to time in various places, but there are very few people who are punished
Ye Zhiqiang said that this was not the first time he had encountered such a thing. He began animal rescue in June last year and has participated in the rescue of more than 100 stray pets in the past year, including nearly 10 cases of artificial pet abuse.
The reporter combed and found that in recent years, similar animal cruelty has occurred from time to time nationwide, but few perpetrators have been punished due to various reasons such as difficulty in obtaining evidence and safeguarding rights.
In 2014, there were frequent incidents of cat abuse on the Shanghai viaduct, and cats were discarded on the viaduct in batches after being cut off by claws, resulting in many cats tragically dying under the wheels.
In 2016, a moving vehicle in Weihai, Shandong Province, dragged a dog to the rear, and after driving for a distance, the dragged dog stopped running, leaving clear blood behind him. Eventually dragged to death.
Shandong's "dog abuse incident" caused public outrage
In 2019, Zhou Moumou, a graduate student at a university in Chengdu, was exposed to long-term abuse of stray dogs, and spread photos of abusive dogs on social platforms, and even threatened that "the newly made plastic steel dog stick can break the dog's head in just three clicks." In the end, Zhou Moumou was withdrawn from school.
In 2020, a number of stray cats were found in a small area of Haidian District, Beijing, and were shot by something about 20 cm long that resembled steel nails, and some cats even had their stomachs and legs penetrated by steel nails.
NPC Deputies Propose Enactment Of Anti-Animal Cruelty Law
How far is cat abuse from violent crime?
How far is repeated cat abuse from violent crime? During last year's two sessions of the National People's Congress, deputies to the National People's Congress proposed the enactment of laws and regulations such as the Anti-Animal Cruelty Law. Zhao Wanping, a deputy to the National People's Congress and vice president of the Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences, suggested that cases of disseminating information on violence against animals be included in the scope of public interest litigation, and that the right of relevant social organizations such as environmental protection, animal protection, and consumer protection to initiate public interest litigation on animal public welfare damages should be clarified. Zhu Lieyu, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of Guangdong Guoding Law Firm, plans to submit a motion to formulate the Anti-Cruelty to Animals Law to effectively restrict and guide animal cruelty from the legal level. Gao Zicheng, a deputy to the National People's Congress and president of the Beijing Municipal Law Association, suggested that legislation prohibit animal cruelty, and that the opportunity of amending the Public Security Administration Punishment Law be used to include animal cruelty and related acts in the scope of application of the Public Security Administration Punishment Law.
The anti-animal cruelty law, which has been called for for many years, finally has a chance to once again be put on the desk of the NPC deputies, and there is hope that it will become the legal criterion for combating pet abusers in the future.
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