0️⃣TOLERANCE FOR ANIMAL CRUELTY
A 72y/o local’s been handed down a 14 DAYS’ prison term—a sentence suspended for 2 years➕running concurrently for 2 counts of 🔴ATTEMPTED
#CrueltyToAnimals he’d pleaded guilty to after being arrested for placing ☠️
#PoisonedBait in a public garden👇
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🚩On FEB 1 & FEB 23, 2025—the
#HKPF received reports from staff members of the 🇭🇰Leisure & Cultural Services Department about the discovery of large amounts of bait laced with rat poison☠️ at the📍Chui Yu Road Rest Garden in Mong Kok.
The cases involving ☠️poisoned bait suspected to have been placed with the intent to victimise animals in the area were subsequently taken over by the 🚨Animal Crime Police Team of the📍Mong Kok Police District.
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Upon further investigation—the📍Mong Kok Police District’s Special Task Force identified & arrested a 72-year-old man on suspicion of 🔴ATTEMPTED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS in the evening of FEB 23, 2025.
While it was later ascertained that no animal had fallen victim to the ☠️poisoned bait—the 🇭🇰Police prosecuted the arrested man for 2 counts of 🔴ATTEMPTED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS on JUN 25, 2025 after conducting further probes & seeking legal advice.
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⚖️On AUG 27, 2025—the defendant pleaded guilty to both charges in court and was sentenced to 14 days in prison (with the sentence suspended for 2 years & running concurrently for the charges).
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#PoliceAppeal
⚠️The 🇭🇰HKPF strongly condemns any attempt to hurt or abuse all kinds of animal.
🚨 CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IS A SERIOUS CRIME 🚨
⚖️ MAX PENALTIES:
3 YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT & a HK$200,000 FINE
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🐾 Attaching great importance to
#AnimalWelfare & striving to combat all acts of animal cruelty—the 🇭🇰HKPF’s 🔎‘ANIMAL WATCH SCHEME’ involves designated teams in each📍police district🚔 that are committed to investigating cases of
#AnimalAbuse👇
police.gov.hk/ppp_en/11_usef…
🐾 Being an extension of the 🔎‘ANIMAL WATCH SCHEME’—the 🇭🇰HKPF’s 💙‘ANIMAL WATCHERS PROGRAMME’ is a dedicated public outreach programme which:
—not only educates citizens about the importance of:
● respecting
#AnimalRights
● enhancing animals’ quality of life
—but also actively engages citizens to:
🚫prevent & 🚨report acts of animal abuse—as a way to 🤝work hand in hand with the👮♂️👮♀️
#Police at the community level to eradicate
#AnimalCruelty👇
police.gov.hk/awp/en/index.h…
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#ProtectAllAnimals—
#DutyOfAll:
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police.gov.hk/awp/en/contact…
⚠️ACTS OF ANIMAL ABUSE—
#OneIsTooMany⚠️