Over 30 residents went to the Municipal Kennel in Avenida do Almirante Lacerda on Friday demanding that the Macau Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM), which runs the facility, “tell the truth” about Blue.
A lost dog owner, surnamed Tam, told reporters on November 24 he suspected that his dog, Blue, was euthanised by the bureau at the kennel.
According to Tam, 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 [Tam], the staff said that the dog did not have a microchip therefore it would be put up for adoption.
Tam said that 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.
IAM said in a statement later that week 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.
However, one of Blue’s “sponsors”, Che Shut Ha, told reporters on Friday that she “was not happy” with the reply IAM gave. She added that she planned to petition Secretary for Administration and Justice André Cheong Weng Chon about the matter and urged the government to “tell the truth” about Blue.
This undated photo provided yesterday by one of Blue’s “sponsors”, Che Sut Ha, shows Blue in a cage.
