Thurs 27th Aug: Loved for ever

 There was happy (and sad) news as Aretha's adoption was confirmed. Senior Aretha was a shy and quiet dog who stayed at our Tai Po Centre for many years until she was taken home for fostering. With a recent diagnosis of an aggressive cancer, Aretha's foster parent is determined to take good care of her for her remaining days so upgraded her status:

“Aretha is such a sweet girl and our family members love her, we named her "Mui Mui" after she has came to our home during the super typhoon Mangkhut in 2018. Although she's shy and easily get nervous sometimes when she met other dogs outside that she's not familar with, she's totally fine and enjoy walking with my other dog when not many dogs around, she deserves all the love from human.

Time flies and Aretha has already stayed with us for nearly two years, this Sep will be the 2nd anniverary that she joined us and I would love to take this opportunity to confirm her as one of our forever family members. I hope she can still enjoy the rest of her life with us happily even though no one knows how much time she has left with an aggressive cancer, but I will try my best to do anything for her and wish to bring her more happiness."

After sharing information about the current exhibition of The Art of Bonnie Pang, we received a lot of enquiries about the possibility of buying online, and now you can!

The Art of Bonnie Pang

Happy International Dog Day!

For locals in Hong Kong, please email Eva (Eva@hongkongdogrescue.com) and she will take care of your order and shipping. 100% profits will be donated!

For overseas fans, just head over to my Society6 shop https://bit.ly/32oUNYM ! There’s a range of different sizes/types of prints to choose from. 20% profits will be donated!

Thanks so much for supporting all these doggos

On a completely different subject, the worst possible outcome of pet dogs being smuggled into China has been exposed as crates stuffed with dead dogs were found on some Hong Kong beaches.  I'm sure none of us want to imagine the horror of the scenario and that's even before the animals ended up in the sea, either thown from a boat or falling off.  This is the SPCA statement:

SPCA(HK)-Eng

Worst Nightmare Confirmed!

Since the busting of the city's largest sea smuggling case this year by the Marine Police and Hong Kong Customs and Excise Department last Friday where 12 live animals were found, the SPCA has been very worried that more animals maybe involved and the extreme ordeals that these missing animals may have suffered or may still be going through. The SPCA is extremely upset to see two cases of dead animal bodies caged in pet carriers being washed up to the beaches in Hong Kong in the past two days, where a total of 15 carcasses were found in 3 crates. It is absolutely outrageous! We do not want to see more animal victims found but we do urge the public to stay alert and look out for any suspicious items such as pet carriers and dead animal bodies along the shoreline and on the waters of Hong Kong. Should you spot anything suspicious, please call the SPCA 24-hour Inspectorate Hotline 2711 1000 or the Police.

"Whilst the recent findings are still under investigation, we encourage pet owners who have arranged their pets to be transported via Hong Kong to Mainland China with an overdue expected arrival date and now have lost contact with their pet / pet transport agency to contact the SPCA Inspectorate through ip@spca.org.hk. Any information such as your pet’s microchip number, breed, age and information related to the travel arrangement will be useful for the ongoing investigation and will be passed on to enforcement authorities". 

Hopefully the truth of the story will emerge as owners of the dogs come forward or are traced, as I understand the dogs were microchipped.  Whether the owners knew the dogs were being transported like this or had paid for what they assumed was proper traven arrangements remains to be seen.  Either way this is a truly horrible situation of extreme cruelty.