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BUKIT MERTAJAM: A woman who found cat poop on her door allegedly became violently enraged and beat a group of cats, including a pregnant one, outside an apartment block in Seberang Jaya here yesterday, leaving the felines bleeding and injured.
According to witnesses at the scene, the woman, in her 50s, had come down from her first-floor apartment in Pintas Kalui 1 after finding cat droppings on the door of her home.
Downstairs, he saw a group of stray cats being fed by strangers and yelled at people. He then went to his car parked nearby, pulled out a metal stick, and began attacking the cats.
A witness, a technician, said the woman “showed no mercy” as she proceeded to beat the cats until some of them were immobile.
“When we told the woman that what she had done was wrong, she went in her car and said ‘you can report me,'” said the man in his 20s.
Central Seberang Perai Police Chief Shafee Abd Samad said two police reports had been received and the Veterinary Services Department (VSD) took over the case.
He said the case was being investigated under Section 29 (1) (e) of the Animal Welfare Act of 2015 for causing unnecessary pain or suffering to an animal.
“We have received information that the woman herself was assaulted after the incident occurred,” he said.
Penang VSD Director Dr. Anun Man said the case was being investigated and the cats involved are being examined by his department. He urged members of the public to record incidents of abuse so that offenders can be charged in court with sufficient evidence.
