[Animal News]A bureaucratic decision is suspected of killing a dying catwoman. An enthusiastic citizen found a cat hiding in a hole in Jordan yesterday afternoon and was very weak, and contacted firefighters to rescue it. However, after the firefighters rescued the cat, they asked the volunteers to take the cat to the clinic for medical treatment after the inspector of the Animal Welfare Association arrived at the scene. As a result, it took about half an hour for the cat to arrive. The cat was finally rescued and died. The veterinarian estimated that she was poisoned. . The citizen questioned the firefighter’s request, and pointed out that if he had taken the cat to the doctor half an hour earlier, the result might have been different.
In response to this newspaper’s inquiry, the Ai Association stated that the Ai Association had never required the Ai Association inspectors to be present before taking animals to the hospital, and explained that they could not arrive at the scene in a short time due to the handling of other animal injury cases at the same time yesterday. This newspaper is making enquiries to the Fire Services Department about the incident.
Citizen Stanley asked for help in the “Hong Kong Cats, Dogs and Pets Reporting Area-(Volunteer/Abused/Missing/Witness/Adoption)” Facebook group yesterday, saying that he found a dying cat on Nanjing Street in Jordan and hid in a hole. He contacted volunteers and firefighters. The cat was rescued by firefighters after arriving at the scene. Stanley described the cat as cold, but said that the firefighters had to wait until the AIA inspector arrived before taking the cat to the veterinary clinic. In the end, after waiting for about half an hour, the inspector of the Ai Xie came and asked if the volunteers would take care of it. The volunteer answered yes, and then sent the cat to the clinic. Stanley questioned: “Why do we actually have to wait for half an hour? When we went to the clinic, the doctors said it was too late. , The cat went into shock as soon as she drew blood, and she had to be rescued, but she couldn’t be rescued in the end, so she could only let her go comfortably.”
Stanley told the newspaper that they had already told the cat on the spot that the cat “can’t wait” and even provided information on the clinic to which it would go, but the firefighter insisted that they would not be allowed to take it away, saying that they were not cat owners, and they had to wait for the love association first. Come to the hospital.
Mao Shou Kent, who assisted the cat to see the veterinarian, said that the cat went into shock as soon as blood was drawn. We asked the doctor to rescue the cat, but the doctor gave the cat a cardiac shot and performed CPR to no avail. “Because all the cats were dead, so The doctor didn’t do a test, but he thought there was a chance it was poisoning.”
In response to this newspaper’s enquiry, the Ai Association stated that the Ai Association did not have any instructions to wait for the Ai Association staff to arrive before sending them to the hospital, and did not make any relevant requests to the firefighters in this case, emphasizing that if the existing citizens or informants are willing to immediately When bringing an animal to a veterinary clinic for medical treatment, the welfare and physical condition of the animal should be the primary consideration. The Association also stated that due to the limited manpower, manpower arrangements will be made according to the criticality of the case. When the Association received the relevant assistance yesterday, since all the inspectors were dealing with other animal injury cases, they had already explained to the informant that they would not be able to do so within a short period of time. arrived.
The Association said that there were only about 3 to 4 inspectors on duty recently, but on average, nearly 40 cases were received every day, so they may not be able to go to the scene immediately when they receive help. This newspaper is inquiring with the Fire Services Department to understand the reasons why the firefighters have to wait for the Ai Xie inspector to arrive at the scene.
Stanley changed the name of Catwoman to “Alian”, and admitted that if he had brought her to the clinic more than ten minutes earlier, the result might have been different.
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