Nigerian dog rights activist has told the BBC's Newsday programme that there is "uproar" over the killing of a pet dog called Roxie in her owner's es
Nigerian dog rights activist has told the BBC’s Newsday programme that there is “uproar” over the killing of a pet dog called Roxie in her owner’s estate.
“Roxie was a beautiful well-bred pet dog,” Jackie Idimogu, who runs a dog charity called My Dog & I Group, in Lagos said.
She “happened to stray out of her home in the middle of the night”, Ms Idimogu said, after which her owner alerted the estate security.
Roxie was later found on someone else’s compound and her owner was on the way to collect her, but an estate security officer then allegedly proceeded to shoot her “three times” right “in front of” the owner.
People are upset over Roxie’s death and have been “rising up” and want justice.
The estate management were not available for comment at the time of Newsday’s interview.
The estate’s rules said that a dog can be killed if it is dangerous or had attacked someone, but Ms Idimogu said this did not apply to Roxie.
You can listen to the full Newsday here (scroll 49 minutes into the audio).
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