A total of seven animal cruelty cases at animal care centre, Petnode Online Pet Store, last September have been referred to the Public Prosecutor (PP).

Deputy Agriculture and Agro-Based Industries Minister Chua Tee Yong said the investigation officer would refer three of the seven cases, involving six cats, to the Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court to register a suit, in two days, as witnesses had been found.

“One case was ordered to be closed as the owner had withdrawn his police report, another case requires the recording of a statement of a private sector doctor while two other cases are waiting feedback the PP,” he said in a statement today.

He said the investigating officer was continuing investigations on 41 more cases including getting evidence from cat owners.

The two operators of the care centre were still in hiding and had not been detected by police, he added.

- Bernama