18 strays caught in Kuala Penyu, one in Penampang
Published on: Thursday, August 08, 2024
By: Sidney Skinner
Municipal Council staff caught one dog in this carpark at Beverly Hills Plaza.
The District Council has succeeded in catching a total of 18 strays from around Kuala Penyu over the past four months, while the Penampang Municipal Council managed to snare one canine at a carpark in Beverly Hills Plaza earlier this week.
Health Division (HD) staff with the latter have also been on the look out for any dogs wandering about unsupervised on housing roads in Taman Rodamas.
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A rate-payer from the neighbourhood spoke out about the nuisance created by a pack of canines which had been worrying the public in the area on and off since the beginning of the year.
Another group of strays, meanwhile, left diners at separate eateries in Kuala Penyu and in the Beverly Hills area ill at ease.
The dogs apparently approached the tables outside the premises in the hopes of getting scraps from customers who were sitting there.
These individuals provided Hotline with the pertinent details regarding to their canine encounters. This information was forwarded to the relevant agencies.
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A spokesman for the Kuala Penyu District Council said one stray was nabbed near a school in the area last month.
“A month earlier, 10 of our personnel joined forces with their peers from the Department of Veterinary Services (DVS) to mount a dog-catching exercise in the town,” he said.
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“About seven canines were caught on this occasion.”
He said another 10 strays were apprehended around the district just before the Harvest Festival public holidays in May.
The spokesman said the Council’s personnel went around the shops in the town regularly to try and catch dogs wandering around these premises.
The spokesman said the task of tackling these canines at times proved challenging for the agency.
“The strays come into Kuala Penyu from the surrounding villages. They have a penchant for roaming around the stalls in the Monsoi area.
“Any canines which fall into our hands are dealt with accordingly.”
The District Council’s personnel succeeded in snaring this stray near a school in Kuala Penyu.
The Penampang Municipal Council, on the other hand, is keeping up its surveillance of the roads around Taman Rodamas, as well as those around the Beverly Hills Plaza.
A Council spokesman said HD personnel went to both locations earlier this week, after being contacted by the media.
“We were made to understand that a dog-owner recently vacated his/ her house Taman Rodamas and left his/ her pets behind,” he said.
“Some of rate-payers in the neighbourhood had apparently caught sight of these canines on the housing roads here.”
He said a trap was set up at one section of Lorong Hiburan on Tuesday night to try and catch these strays.
Similar cages were also placed around the Plaza later that same night, according to him.
“A stray was caught in one of these devices in this instance.”
The spokesman explained that this was the second time that its staff had gone to The Plaza. He said this was last done only July 23.
Where Taman Rodamas was concerned, one inspection was made in July and two others a month earlier, according to him.
Prior to this, he said, HD staff went to the neighbourhood in March.
The spokesman said its dog-catchers would make periodic inspections of the housing area and the Plaza to ensure that the public were not unduly troubled by any canines there.
A cage was set up in this part of Taman Rodamas on Tuesday.
“Our staff are authorised to catch any dogs found roaming about by themselves.
“Those wearing a tag will be held in our keeping, with their owners given a grace-period to claim them.”
The spokesman said rate-payers would have to settle a compound, under the Council’s Registration and Control of Dogs By-laws 1987, before their pets could be returned to them.
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