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    Hundreds of cats rescued from pet hell hotel

    By Shannon Teoh

    KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 5 — Cat owners in the city planning their balik kampung trips over the Hari Raya period were at first delighted at discovering a promotion at a “pet hotel” offering to take their animals in for just RM3.95 a night.

    But peace of mind turned to horror last weekend as over 300 cats were found starved, dehydrated and covered in their own urine and faeces yesterday.

    Cat owners, who had sent their animals to a pet boarding centre known as Petknode, had wanted to reclaim their pets over the weekend but said they were told by the operators that the cats would be delivered to their homes instead.

    But when the cats did not arrive, some owners went to the boarding premises in Damansara Damai and found the place locked and calls to Petknode operators went unanswered.

    Along with volunteers and rescuers led by animal lover group Kucing Terbiar Anjing Jalanan (KTAJ), they reported the matter to the police. Volunteers said police decided to cut the locks and found hundreds of emaciated cats with up 16 already dead.

    One volunteer, Chan Kah Yein, said on a blog posting “she is all skin and bones,” of a cat that was found close to death. Some of the cats had spent nine days locked in the boarding centre.

    With the help of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter, the rescuers managed to rally enough volunteers to foster the cats until their actual owners returned from their balik kampung trips.

    Malaysian animal lovers expressed their outrage on both platforms, with some calling for the Petknode operators — who they called “babi”, “syaitan” and “bangsat” — to also be locked up and starved for a week.

    But as of late last night, at least another 100 cats remain locked in a detached home in Desa Moccis, Sungai Pelong. On a new Facebook group simply called “Petknode,” volunteers said that police were on the way there to free the cats.

    News reports said that Petaling Jaya deputy police chief Supt Meor Hamdan confirmed that nine police reports were lodged and the police decided to cut the lock and enter the premises.

    Volunteers on Facebook also said that the two owners of Petknode were questioned by police but then released and now want to sue the cat owners for trespass.

    “Did I hear correctly? The ***wipe running @petknode wants to sue the cat owners who bust into the premises to rescue their dying cats? ****,” said television personality Rina Omar on Twitter.

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    42 comments

    • ziba  •  8 months ago
      poor animals
    • ona  •  8 months ago
      thanks god i bring all my 7 cats home for hari raya... (my cats is my family, my son and my daughter)...for the cat owner who send their cat at that HELL PETKNODE i hope u all stay strong n sue them all....sue them all...and hope they will get punishment even in life and death...
    • Unlimited Sensitive Issue  •  8 months ago
      Cats have no soul.... meaning u cat slaughter and barbecue as these r just a poultry. Just serve as exotic food for those human attribute. To all those very decent culture dayie use it as a pet. To me is just a pest.....just like rodents.
      • Mohd Syafiq 8 months ago
        Go get your face acquainted with hydrochloric acid.
      • Speil 8 months ago
        they have more soul than you are. Go back to the asylum and sleep in your own shit.
    • Amran Samad  •  8 months ago
      Hai kucing pun kena seksa?
    • sahat z  •  8 months ago
      hampeh...betui...sekolah manalah depa ni....
    • Ken_G  •  8 months ago
      Of course, we take the shop owners to blame, but is it entirely their fault? How about the CAT OWNERS who taking care of this cat? It doesn't matter if the cat is a stray cat that you take from streets or the cat that you buy for hundreds of ringgit, but if you can't even taking care of it when you're 'balik kampung', don't bother having one.

      You guys gets angry when these things happen, but are you guys even care about it when you hit on these cats on the road when driving? Do you even care whether cats hungry or starve when you chase them with sticks and stones? Do you even bother? Do you? DO YOU?!!!!!
      • iz c 8 months ago
        What's your problem dude? Lashing out for the wrong reasons?
        People send the cats for boarding not because they don't care about the cats when they 'balik kampung', in fact it's quite the opposite. Any respectful cat owner would know that it is simply too stressful for cats to travel hours and hours in a car/any vehicle, which is why many resort to temporary cat boarding.

        And to answer your other lash-out, you are asking the wrong audience. Of course cat lovers care about cats and hate cat (or any animal for that matter) roadkill. Of course they care about the cats that are hungry (duh..that's why people bother enough to send their cats for boarding, so they get fed) and no cat lover will chase cats away with sticks and stones. So yes, cat lovers do bother. Again, your lashing out is pointless and aimed at the wrong people.
      • AngeLBeaR 8 months ago
        One cat, ok. How about owners who had more than 1? How about owners who had to go overseas? They are responsible owners because instead of leaving their pets at home with no one to attend to - feed them and give them temporary shelter and clean their litter - they are willing TO PAY FOR IT.

        Travelling can be tiring for cats...they will get stressed and restless.
      • Speil 8 months ago
        Oi, READ well before lashing out nonsense and look stupid. Because they care that they sent them to pet hotel when they need to go someplace far for holiday or business trips. Pet hotel is where pets are taken care of and being fed while owners are away. Kan dah kena cop bodoh.
    • nida  •  8 months ago
      THOSE WHO WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS ACT SHOULD B TREATED D SAME...CAGE THEM N LET THEM STARVED...NO NEED JAIL..IT B 2 CROWDED N FOR EACH DEATH RM5000 PENALTY!!!!!!!!
    • Guybelle  •  8 months ago
      The world is going through market uncertainties, inflation, and 9.1% joblessness in the USA, uncertainties in Europe and the fate of Euro, the Arab Spring rising (finally the Ishmalites realised that no point in feeding the authoritharian dictators), etc, etc, etc, etc,. My point is is this NEWS WORTHY REPORTING - cats covered and ate their own shit, now the Malaysian police has a new job, helping the shitty animals, only Malaysia can do this, i shudder at the Malaysian Insider's IQ capabilities - are the journalists from University Malaya?
      • Clarence 8 months ago
        Yes, you are concern about the big picture, so what did you do for all these things you mentioned? Nothing i guess, except worrying for your own well being! We need people who have compassion and care for others with ACTION. Caring for animal is the first step you can do as a individual, before you talk about international issues. Without compassion to others, we are just a bunch of selfish people. Nothing's wrong with the journalist, but those who read it.
      • Quddus 8 months ago
        yes i agreed...hehehe
      • MerhJmbu 8 months ago
        another NATO's member(No Action Talk Only)
    • Nurjazilah  •  8 months ago
      PETKNODE....penipu!!!!!!!!!!
    • ChevalierCourageux71  •  8 months ago
      I hate people who are cruel to my furry friends.
    • Jennifer  •  8 months ago
      We have to abide the constitution and seriously speaking, if these committers were to sentenced according to the Malaysian law, justice will never prevail.Never. If you think that these are just cats, well, it is still a life. Humans are no higher. All living things deserve to live. When you torture something, the pain felt will be just the same.
    • First  •  8 months ago
      My heart sinks everytime I read about this Petknode. I would love to give this 2 morons a slap in the face with my shoe!!!
    • may  •  8 months ago
      Kalau sampai ada yg mati, mmg melampau. harap polis buat siasatan & tangkap org yg x bertanggungjawab tu walaupun yg mnjadi mangsa hanyalah kucing. hanya pemilik kucing yg tahu apa perasaannya bila kucing kesayangan mrk diperlakukan sewenangnya.
    • Rafiuddin  •  8 months ago
      it's funny how the owner did a significant crime yet been released and allowed to sue people... sounds very fishy,perhaps we should feed the fish to the starving cats
    • Ija Wardah  •  8 months ago
      Kesiannyer..ngape dia orang wat camne..kalau x bleh ambik tanggungjwb nak jaga haiwan tu... jgn ler buat bisnes camtu..itukan amanah yg orang berikan..sampai ati mereka..
    • Emily Rose  •  8 months ago
      They can be charged for negligence and cruelty to animals, and a breach of trust...Bring them to trial and face the consequences...
    • Saadiahsuluhee Saadiah  •  8 months ago
      to the petnode mai sini nak sue trespasing mai tengok sapa sue sapa....kesian tengok kucing tu.kalau dpt petnode kurung mcm kucing 2 juga.....
    • AkmalH  •  8 months ago
      WHAT THE HECK? they want to sue back the cat owners for saving their own beloved pets from DYING and called it as trespassing????????????? What is on their freaking brain?? a skull that is EMPTY?
    • A Yahoo! User  •  8 months ago
      screw petknode!!!!!stupid place should be destroyed!!!send them 2 jail for life!!!
    • AngeLBeaR  •  8 months ago
      sue for TRESSPASSING? Sue them back for cheating/scamming and the loss of their beloved pets, trauma that the owners went thru after seeing their family members being treated that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Those 2 morons can go to hell!

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