Animal welfare groups who say wild pig hunters are stealing and mutilating dogs in western Fiji are calling for tighter laws and greater awareness to help protect people's pets. WARNING: Distressing content.
Ms Nacagilevu, who volunteers with the Greater Good Foundation, posted photos of the dogs to Facebook and her community quickly took action.
"What we have seen is some of the pig hunters doing some cruel things to dogs like chopping off ears or cutting off tails," she said.She said the hunters believed that cutting ears helps the dogs hear better, "which is totally not scientifically based and false."The Greater Good Foundation is trying to educate people about the proper treatment of animals.
Fiji Ministry of Agriculture Permanent Secretary Vinesh Kumar said the authorities were aware of animal cruelty cases, but he insisted they were isolated events."Also, in certain cases, when dogs are taken from communities, it's not only for pig hunting.Mr Kumar said pig hunting was culturally important to certain sectors of Fiji's society, but the government was monitoring the situation to ensure that all animals were treated humanely.
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