Animal lovers sue Terengganu govt, Besut council over dog shooting

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They want a declaration that provisions in the Dog Licensing By-Laws (Besut District Council) 1990 infringe on the Animal Welfare Act 2015.  Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2024/12/16/animal-lovers-sue-terengganu-govt-besut-council-over-dog-shooting/  Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #AnimalWelfare #Kopi

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00:00Four animal activists have sued the Turanganu State Government and the Basut District Council

00:06over the alleged unlawful killing of a stray dog named Kopi two months ago.

00:11Plaintiffs Dr. Kartini Farah Abdul Rahim, S. Mukunan, Hong He San, and S. Shashi Kumar

00:17filed the writ action through their solicitors Rajan Sach last week.

00:21Based on court filings, the plaintiffs said the killing of Kopi by a council enforcement

00:25officer violated Sections 29E and 301 of the Animal Welfare Act 2015.

00:33They are seeking a declaration that the shooting of animals is prohibited by law unless it

00:37falls within the exceptions listed in Section 302 of the Act, including that the killing

00:42is authorized by a veterinary authority and is necessary to prevent an imminent danger

00:46to human life.

00:48In March this year, a video of Kopi playing with a stray cat went viral on social media.

00:53Kopi was later shot dead by the authorities in Basut Turanganu during a stray culling

00:58operation.

01:00Following Kopi's death, around 100 people, including representatives from various animal

01:04rights groups, gathered at the Sentul Police Station to file a report and demand justice

01:09for Kopi.

01:11Dhanush Rajareza, FMT News.

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