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China man kills off-leash dog by throwing it to ground after chasing scares granddaughter

Owner thinks pet was just playing with young childen so did not intervene to stop the chasing

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A Chinese man kills an off-leash dog by throwing it to the ground after it chased and frightened his granddaughter. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
Yating Yangin Beijing

An elderly man in eastern China killed an unleashed dog that chased his granddaughter, sparking intense debate on social media.

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According to an online post on September 4, a young woman walking her dog in a Zhejiang residential area failed to leash it, leading the dog to chase a girl playing with other children nearby.

To protect his granddaughter, the unnamed man picked up the dog and slammed it to the ground, resulting in its death.

The viral video showed the dog’s owner crying as she crouched next to her dead dog, saying: “You killed my dog! Come over here.”

Two onlookers retorted: “Your dog was chasing all of these kids, scaring them. The kids were being chased from one side of the neighbourhood to the other. Look how scared they are!”

The viral video captures the dog’s owner in tears, kneeling beside her deceased pet. Photo: Weibo
The viral video captures the dog’s owner in tears, kneeling beside her deceased pet. Photo: Weibo

The owner shot back: “But it didn’t bite her!”

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