A 26-year-old Hong Kong woman has been arrested twice in one week on suspicion of animal cruelty after a cat was found dead in a North Point flat, a week after the body of a dog was discovered at the same premises.
The authorities received a report at around 4.30pm on Sunday from the landlord of a unit in The Consonance building on Jupiter Street, in Tin Hau, alleging suspected mistreatment of animals by a tenant.
Officers arrived to find an eight-month-old ragdoll cat barely alive, which was later confirmed dead. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) was called in to assist.
Last Monday, police responded to complaints of a foul odour from the same flat. Inside, officers discovered the corpse of a golden retriever and a neglected Samoyed.
Further investigations led authorities and SPCA officers to a room she rented at the Marriott Hotel near Ocean Park, where three puppies – a corgi and two border collies – were found confined in a bathroom. The dogs were handed over to SPCA veterinarians for examination.
