The interim order bars the Kluang municipal council from destroying stray dogs or other animals in any manner inconsistent with the housing and local government ministry’s standard operating procedures.PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has restrained the Kluang municipal council (MPK) from destroying stray dogs or other animals in breach of procedures prescribed under the 2014 standard operating procedures (SOPs).
A three-member bench chaired by Justice Alwi Abdul Wahab, with Justices Shahnaz Sulaiman and Alice Loke, granted the interim order sought by Persatuan Perlindungan Haiwan Kluang without an order as to costs.
The order bars MPK from destroying stray dogs or other animals in any manner inconsistent with the housing and local government ministry’s SOPs governing the trapping and disposal of stray dogs by local authorities.
