The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) yesterday was following up on a case a male resident reported to the bureau on Monday who suspected that his lost dog, Blue, had been caught by its dogcatchers, an IAM statement said yesterday.
On Monday, the lost dog’s owner, surnamed Tam, and his lawyer went to the Macau Municipal Kennel demanding to know where his dog was.
Tam told the media on Monday that he had reported Blue missing on November 9, adding that the next day a friend of his claimed to have seen Blue at the kennel. However, Tam said that when his friend told the IAM staff that the dog belonged to his friend, the staff said that the dog did not have a microchip therefore it would be put up for adoption on November 20.
Tam said that last Friday when he arrived at the kennel he discovered that Blue was not up for adoption and when he asked IAM staff about Blue’s whereabouts, they told him that they could “not disclose” any information about the matter.
According to yesterday’s IAM statement, the three dogs that were reported missing on November 9 all have microchips. The bureau said that it located one of the owners and returned the pet on November 13. The statement pointed out that the other two dogs that were reported missing on November 9 had still not been found.
The statement said that the black male dog that Tam claimed to be his was not microchipped. The statement also said that after the vet’s assessment, that black male dog was “aggressive” and “not suitable for adoption”. The statement stressed that Tam’s dog and the dog that the bureau found looked similar, but the latter did not belong to Tam, as he had said Blue was microchipped. The bureau pledged to help Tam find his lost canine.
The statement urged residents to take good care of their pets and always keep an eye on them.
