IPOH: Over 200 animal lovers braved the rain at Ipoh Padang for a candlelight vigil for 30 dogs that were put to sleep (PTS) at the animal pound centre in Lahat on Monday (July 21).
Organiser Chong Choon Kit, president of Mutts and Mittens, said the vigil on Friday (July 25) was held from 7pm to 8.30pm, with participants observing a two-minute prayer according to their respective faiths to honour the lives lost.
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