Dog lovers bite back: time for Hong Kong to fix archaic laws and train police to fight animal abuse

On a regular evening walk in Fanling, Hong Kong, last Thursday, Micro, an eight-year-old chihuahua, was his usual self – a bouncing, rambunctious ball of fur. But when he returned home, he was vomiting and having seizures. A few hours later, Micro died at a 24-hour veterinary clinic. It was suspected that he had swallowed poisoned baits.  It was days later that grieving owner Gabrielle Wong Wai-wai, 30, found out that seven other dogs in her neighbourhood at Wah Ming Estate had...