Miss Hong Kong 2020 winner Lisa-Marie Tse with her dog Leo. The animal was taken to the vet after licking poisoned meat. - Photo: Instagram/lisamarie_tse
HONG KONG: A former Hong Kong beauty queen has said her third and sole surviving dog is at risk of “bleeding out” after the animal was believed to have licked poison-laced meat that had killed the pageant winner’s two other canines.
Miss Hong Kong 2020 winner Lisa-Marie Tse Ga-ye told her social media followers on Tuesday evening she had discovered that her pet dog Leo had urinated blood while walking home, with a vet revealing the animal had ingested traces of poison.
“The poison in his body and his blood now can’t clot. So for the next few weeks, until we can get that fixed, we have to be very careful as he is at risk of bleeding out,” she wrote.
“So although he is still there, he isn’t safe yet. The nightmare seems to not be ending.”
Tse also wrote that she had spent Tuesday afternoon with Leo and had noticed he was bleeding as they walked home. The former beauty winner rushed her dog to a vet, who suspected the dog had licked some of the poison, she added.
A day earlier, Tse wrote on social media that her two other dogs had died after she took the trio for a walk in She Shan village in Lam Tsuen on Sunday.
She said that a “very disgusting, horrible and unforgivable person” had left “meat feast laced with poison” on a path, which two of her dogs, Peachy and Summer, had eaten.
Tse said she is already mourning the tragic loss of two of her beloved dogs, Summer and Peachy, who died after ingesting poisoned meat during a walk in Tai Po.
In a heart-wrenching Instagram post, Tse described the harrowing ordeal. “Yesterday afternoon I set out on a walk with my 3 babies, yet I was only able to return home with just Leo,” she wrote. “We tried a new path at SHE SHAN village, Lam Tsuen. Where some very disgusting, horrible and unforgivable person had decided to leave a meat feast laced with poison on the route.”
Tse recounted how she discovered her dogs suffering from seizures after consuming the toxic meat. Despite desperate efforts to save them, both dogs tragically passed away.
“I am so utterly confused and destroyed, why didn’t my girls make it home with me? Why did I wake up today with two huge holes in my heart?” she questioned.
Tse expressed her anger and disbelief at the deliberate act of cruelty, stating, “What was the need to kill two innocent little girls? And whilst I am destroyed, the person who did this is just carrying on their day as normal, probably heading to see if any animal took the bait.”
The Former Miss Hong Kong winner also had reported to the police that her two dogs died after eating meat suspected to be laced with poison in Lam Tsuen, Tai Po.
Officers received her report on Monday that the incident occurred while she was walking her three dogs in She Shan Village, where two dogs ate chicken and sausages found by the roadside.
Tse wrote in a social media post that the dog named Peachy died immediately after the neurotoxins in the meat affected its brain, while the other dog, Summer, died shortly after receiving treatment.
Following a preliminary investigation, the case has been classified as cruelty to animals and is being handled by the Tai Po District’s Animal Crime Police Team. No arrests have been made so far.
Police also reiterated their commitment to preventing and investigating crime regarding cruelty to animals using a multi-agency cooperation model.
The incident has sparked widespread public outrage and condemnation. Many have expressed their sympathy for Tse and called for stricter measures to prevent such cruel acts.
Tse has also called on the public to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity to the authorities. She hopes that by raising awareness of this issue, she can help prevent similar tragedies from happening in the future. - Agencies
