Hong Kong doctoral student accused of covering snails in salt arrested on suspicion of animal cruelty


A doctoral student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University has been arrested for cruelty to animals after he was accused of killing snails by covering them with salt.

Police launched an investigation earlier this month following reports of a man holding a bag of salt and sprinkling the contents on wild snails on a grassy area off East Ocean Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui.

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