Pet abandonment still a problem


Homeless family: The puppies and their mother resting at the pedestrian bridge in Bandar Baru Ayer Itam. — Photo sourced from Joseph Ng’s social media account

GEORGE TOWN: The puppies are not skin and bones, and they all sport healthy coats of fur, and even their mother looks wholesome.

Despite having an evidently good beginning, the whole pack of nine well-behaved and close-knit pups was abandoned with the mother and left to lead the lives of stray animals.

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