On October 23, Ms. Wu from Shanghai said that her dog ran away from the store and returned half an hour later with stab wounds all over its body, a total of 7 bloody holes.
Ms. Wu said that the dog grew up in a pet store and that the surrounding shops and neighbors all knew it.
Ms. Wu recalled that the dog ran out of the store when she wasn't paying attention. She was busy at the time and didn't notice until she returned half an hour later and found that the dog was covered in wounds, with a total of 7 stab wounds. "When I came back, I found that there were 7 wounds that were bleeding. Three of them were the deepest, and it felt like scissors had stabbed it directly."
The dog's wounds have been treated, and Ms. Wu has reported the incident to the police. She checked the security footage at the property management office and found nothing unusual. She believes she is responsible for not properly supervising her dog, but now she just wants to find the person who hurt it.
Coincidentally, residents of the Lingnan Yayuan residential complex in Tongde Street, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, reported that a stray cat in the complex was cruelly harmed; its entire tail was cut off and discarded in a nearby bush. Surveillance footage captured a man resembling the perpetrator, holding a tool used in the crime, and walking away with the cat's tail in his hand afterward.
On October 20th, a resident found the cat barely alive, hiding in a corner with its tail cut off, and immediately took it to a veterinary hospital for treatment. After several days of treatment, the cat's condition is currently stable, but its tail is missing, and its discharge date will depend on the healing of its wounds. The police and neighborhood committee have intervened and have preliminarily identified the man.
In response, many netizens commented:
Abusing cats and dogs is absolutely outrageous!
@Zhong Xiaoqi: Dogs are our best friends. If you don't love them, please don't hurt them.
@Just a Little Bit: My cat was sunbathing in front of my self-built house when a pervert broke its lower body and stabbed it twice with a fruit knife. Luckily, a neighbor found out and told us, and we took the cat to the hospital for surgery and hospitalization to save it. I'm really furious.
But some people have questioned:
Why let the dog run off alone?
@^_^: I also own a dog, and you really can't blame anyone else for this. Why don't they leash their dogs and let them run around outside?
@LuckyOne: For the safety of others and your own dog, always keep your dog on a leash when walking it!
@LittleTraveler: It's the dog owner's problem; he can't just let his good dog run away and disturb others.
Can I claim compensation if my pet is injured?
Generally speaking, in the legal systems of most countries, animals do not have "personal rights." Except for wild animals, which are protected by special legislation, poultry, livestock, or pets are legally considered "property" or "items."
However, this does not mean that animal abuse is not illegal. Although animals themselves do not have personality rights, animal abuse harms human emotions and violates social order and morality.
There have been many related cases in the past: for example, some people abused animals and then posted the abuse online, and some people killed other people's pets in front of others. All of them were administratively detained by the public security organs for "picking quarrels and provoking trouble".
Generally speaking, if your own pet is injured, you can legally demand compensation from the other party. However, feeding stray cats is an act of kindness and does not constitute pet ownership. Therefore, it is impossible to determine the actual value of the cat to hold the perpetrator accountable.
A lawyer stated in an interview: "If it can be proven that the damage caused by the abused pet exceeds 5,000 yuan, then it may constitute a criminal offense."
