Since late June, pet food with pinned needles has been found one after another in various parts of Kanagawa prefecture.
In Zama City, a swallowed dog is hospitalized and undergoes surgery, and police are investigating on suspicion of violating the Act on Welfare and Protection of Animals.
According to police and dog owners, at around 11:40 pm on June 27, a small dog walking on the streets of Sagamigaoka, Zama City ate something on the street, and the owner confirmed that a pin was stuck. It means that pet food was sown.
When I checked at a veterinary clinic, the dog swallowed two pins and took them out by surgery, but he is still in the hospital.
The pin was stuck in a stick-shaped pet food made of potatoes, and about 10 were scattered on the sidewalk.
The owner's woman said, "I was surprised that the bait had a needle stuck in it. I can't forgive it because I don't know why I do this. I want you to think about how you would feel if your important family had similar eyes." I did.
According to police, pet food with a needle stuck in the same way was found in front of nearby Odakyu Sagamihara Station, and on the 30th, it was sown on the streets of Sakae Ward, Yokohama City, about 30 kilometers southeast of the site of Zama City. rice field.
In addition, all of them were found in Kanazawa Ward, Naka Ward, and Isogo Ward in Yokohama City in late June.
Police are investigating on suspicion of violating the Act on Welfare and Protection of Animals, and are calling attention to prevent children and pets from being injured by touching them.