A nine-year-old mongrel dog (or tong gau) is being cared for by the SPCA after possibly being hit by a West Rail train at Kam Sheung Station.
At around 11.40pm yesterday evening, the dog was seen on the tracks of Kam Sheung Road Station in Yuen Long. A train headed towards Tuen Mun, which had just stopped at the station, was told to slow down by a traffic controller as staff went onto the tracks to search for the dog.
The train was stopped after staff found the dog and carried it onto the platform at around midnight. Firefighters and SPCA personnel were called to the scene as MTR staff comforted the mongrel, who was reportedly suffering from nosebleeds and had sustained “serious injuries” to its pelvis, according to Hong Kong Animal Post.
The dog, a nine-year-old female mongrel, was taken to the SPCA’s centre in Wan Chai, where she is currently receiving treatment for her injuries. Her owners have been found via a microchip, and are in contact with the SPCA about further treatment. Whether the dog’s injuries were caused by a train collision is “hard to tell”, according to the SPCA.
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