MAN RISK LIFE TO SAVE MONGREL
July 16, 2004 THE MALAY MAIL
KUALA LUMPUR : A life is a life and it needs to be saved.
This is what spurred K. Balasupramaniam, an occupational safety
and health trainer from Taman Bukit Anggerik in Cheras here, to save
a drowning dog from flooded monsoon drain on Wednesday.
He said: I was driving home to Kuala Lumpur from Subang Jaya
around 4.30pm. As I was passing the Jalan Sungai Besi TUDM Airport,
i noticed a small. Brown and black dog struggling in the monsoon
drain.
Balasupramaniam and his friends who were in the car, Miachael
Chong and Rohaszi Kanafih, decided to save te dog.
I climbed into the monsoon drain, and waded in the muddy water
while Michael and Rohazmi helped me pull the dog out. He said.
We wrapped the dog in some canvas cloth in my car and drove it
to the nearest veterinary hospital.
When the trio arrived at the Cheras Veterinary Hospital, they
were told be staff that the doctor was not around.
Disappointed, Balasupramaniam telephoned one of his company
assistances and told him to telephone the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelly to Animals (SPCA).
Sadly, he SPCA told my assistant that the dog would have to put to
sleep. He said.
I was determined to save it.
Balasupramaniam, Chong and Rohazmi were in luck. They took the
dog to a veterinary clinic in Taman Segar, Cheras where doctors
examined the dog, and fed it.
We learnt that dog had fractured its right hind leg and hod not
been eating for three days. He said.
It is now recuperating at clinic, and will undergo surgery.
He said the dog is a male about three years old.
Balasuprmaniam said saving animals was important to him. We
have to love and care for all animals, because they too are God
creatures, he said, adding that it was not the first time he had
rescued dogs.
He said he hoped more Malaysians would be caring and
compassionate towards animals, and not ignore their suffering.
He said he would be taking care of the dog once it recovered from
its injury. If the public has information on the dog or its owner,,
they can contact him at 016 222 3853.
A spokesman for the SPCA said they did not have sufficient
medical equipment to perform surgery on the dog if Balasupramaniam
sent it to their office.
Thus, It was likely to have been put to sleep if he send it to
them.
The spokesman, however, commended Balasupramaniam for this
kindness in rescuing the dog and sending it to the veterinary clinic.
