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A video of a dog holding a dog's leash, spinning and beating in the air, spread on social media, drawing outrage from netizens. Eventually, an animal rights group found the dog owner and filed a complaint with the police on allegations of animal cruelty.
Correspondent Choi Seong-gil.
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A man grabs a white dog's leash and shakes it as he walks, then lifts it up like an object and spins it in the air.
A dog who is subjected to this behavior repeatedly while hanging on a leash is in pain.
In the end, they stop on their way and swear at the dog and even beat him.
[Dog owner: This XX, where, where, without a word, run away without a word, this XX.]
He harasses the dog by waving the leash again to see if the dog has not been released.
An animal protection group posted a video on social media and went looking for a puppy.
One day later, the victim was found a 1-year-old Maltese. The dog owner
at first denied that he had ever abused the dog, but
[Dog owner: Why do you beat him? How much I love dogs, but I hit them.] When
I showed the video, the dog didn't listen to me, so I got angry and explained that it wasn't cruelty to animals.
[Dog owner: This dog is still young, so whatever he does, he runs away. I lowered myself and my temper went out.]
The dog, separated from the owner by group officials, is being treated at a veterinary hospital.
[Kim Young-hwan/CEO of Animal Rights Organization: I was very afraid of dog owners.
Rather, it was a situation in which activists I met for the first time came to me and asked for a hug.
So, because such an act happens repeatedly, the animal is very painful…
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An animal protection group has filed a complaint with the police against a man in his 80s, the owner of the dog, for violating the Animal Protection Act.