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A mummified cat body was found in front of a pet hairdresser in Daegu.
A scene of a man throwing it away was caught on CCTV, and an animal protection group suspected the abuse and reported the man to the police.
This is TBC reporter Hyo-Joo Nam.
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is in front of a pet beauty shop in Suseong-gu, Daegu.
A young man with a backpack stops in front of a store with a sackcloth and a black object in one hand.
He picked up the object he was holding and checked the condition again. Without hesitation, the man opened the bag, put the items in it, and threw it away in front of the store.
What was inside the sack was a mummy-like animal carcass, dry and twisted.
[First reporter: I wonder if someone abused me.
My hands and feet trembled a bit because I wondered how it could be like this.] The
witness immediately reported to the police, but only the reply that the stray cat does not have an owner and is not subject to report came back.
[First reporter: I first asked if it was a cat with an owner, and they said it was difficult to investigate because they are waste, so they said no.] A
person who has been stipulated as waste under the current law Even if found, only the charges of illegal dumping of garbage apply.
Animal rights groups raised a number of questions and called for a proper investigation to prevent similar crimes from happening again.
[Lee Hyun-jin/Daegu Cat Protection Coalition: I hope that there will be a clear and speedy investigation into where and by what path that cat carcass occurred.
] ' We plan to report the allegation and request an investigation.