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<\/a> (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n HONG KONG\u2013\u2013<\/strong>A second dog attack fatality within three weeks,\u00a0 after none in ten years,\u00a0 has Hong Kong asking whether the dog rescue efforts of Kent Luk Ka-chit and Paws Guardian Rescue are the cause of \u201cdog menace,\u201d\u00a0 the solution for it,\u00a0 or a bit of both.<\/p>\n What is clear is that Kent Luk Ka-chit for at least ten years has been leading spay\/neuter and dog rescue efforts in the rapidly developing New Territories between old Hong Kong and mainland China,\u00a0 trying to draw attention to the need for more effective official animal care and control response to dog and cat abandonments in the New Territories,\u00a0 yet is now facing charges resulting from the investigation of the latest dog attack death.<\/p>\n <\/a> Kent Luk Ka-chit,\u00a0 founder of Paws Rescue Guardians.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em>(Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n According to South China Morning Post<\/em> writer Danny Mok on September 23,\u00a0 2026,\u00a0 \u201cHong Kong authorities have charged an animal welfare activist after a stray dog captured during an investigation into a suspected fatal canine attack on a cyclist in Yuen Long was found to have a microchip registered in his name.\u00a0 One of five strays caught in Yuen Long was registered to Kent Luk, founder of Paws Guardian Rescue Shelter.\u201d<\/p>\n But a much longer report by Erwin Wong of the online newspaper Dim Sum Daily<\/em>, \u00a0posted two hours later on September 23, 2026,\u00a0 offers a somewhat different perspective.<\/p>\n \u201cHong Kong Agriculture, \u00a0Fisheries & Conservation Department officers staged a fourth consecutive day of dog catches in Yuen Long,\u201d\u00a0 Erwin Wong began, \u00a0after \u201ca 27-year-old woman,\u201d\u00a0 whose name has not been released, \u00a0\u201cwas found dead early on Sunday on a path along Po Wai South Road,\u201d\u00a0 a main commuter route between a railway station and a nearby residential neighborhood, \u201cbearing multiple bite and scratch wounds.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> Three dogs rounded up near scene believed to be the strays that killed woman bicyclist.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n \u201cCheung Chun-tong, \u00a0Yuen Long acting assistant district commander for crime,\u201d\u00a0 reported Hillary Leung for the Hong Kong Free Press<\/em>,\u00a0 \u201ctold media that closed circuit television footage filmed at around 11:40 p.m. on Saturday showed the woman leaving the Yuen Long Mass Transit Railway station and getting on a rental bike.<\/p>\n \u201cClosed circuit television footage 15 minutes later showed three dogs chasing her while she was riding along Pok Wai South Road, Cheung said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were no suspicious persons or vehicles in the area. \u00a0The woman\u2019s belongings, \u00a0including her wallet and phone, \u00a0were intact.<\/p>\n \u201cShe was found with injuries to her head, face, neck, legs and arms, \u00a0Cheung said.\u201d<\/p>\n Added China Daily<\/em> correspondent Wang Zhan,\u00a0 \u201cShe was pronounced dead after being taken to Pok Oi Hospital.\u201d<\/p>\n Eight free-roaming dogs in all have reportedly been caught around warehouses in the area.<\/p>\n <\/a> (Beth Clifton photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit \u201ctold reporters that of three dogs seized on Monday,\u201d\u00a0 Erwin Wong continued,\u00a0 \u201ctwo carried microchips and one was in his name.<\/p>\n \u201cHe said the Hong Kong Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department had charged him with failing to keep a dog under proper control and keeping a dog with an expired license.\u201d<\/p>\n The dog,\u00a0 Erwin Wong continued,\u00a0 \u201cnamed Dai B, \u00a0is a 13-year-old mongrel of about 26 kilograms [circa 50 pounds]. \u00a0Kent said he rescued the dog in 2018 after the dog was hurt fighting other warehouse dogs while living with a scavenger woman,\u201d\u00a0 meaning a homeless woman,\u00a0 \u201cregistered the dog under his name, \u00a0arranged sterilization through a Hong Kong SPCA mongrel program, \u00a0and returned the dog to her care, \u00a0because she would not put a chip in her own name.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> (Beth Clifton collage)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit on September 23,\u00a0 2026 visited the New Territories North Animal Management Centre \u201cto give a statement,\u201d\u00a0 Erwin Wong wrote, \u201cand learned Dai B was wandering alone, \u00a0slowly, \u00a0when caught, \u00a0seemed gentle, \u00a0and was secured with a rope around his neck.<\/p>\n \u201cDai B remains detained pending DNA saliva tests to establish whether he joined the attack; \u00a0a match could bring extra charges.\u201d<\/p>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit said he had been unable to locate Dai B\u2019s owner,\u00a0 \u201cand that Paws Guardian Rescue Shelter would take Dai B if he is released.<\/p>\n \u201cRoughly 10 dogs around Po Wai are registered under Kent\u2019s name and more than 10 under other animal-group volunteers, he said,\u201d\u00a0 according to Edwin Wong.<\/p>\n Edwin Wong updated that estimate on September 24,\u00a0 2026.\u00a0 \u201cLuk put the total [number of dogs] under his license at roughly 4,000 \u2014 \u2018if not 4,000, then more than 3,000\u2019 \u2014 after Paws Guardian had rescued about 5,000 dogs over the years,\u201d\u00a0 Wong wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cProsecutions,\u00a0 Luk said, are common and every volunteer knows the legal risk:\u00a0 if something goes wrong with a dog, \u2018you take the hit.\u201d\u00a0 \u00a0They still register so accidents can be chased up rather than ending in silence.\u00a0 Waiting in fear after sterilizing and healing a dog,\u00a0 then handing it back to an elderly carer,\u00a0 without any departmental alert if trouble returns,\u00a0 could mean the animal dies unnoticed,\u201d\u00a0 Edwin Wong paraphrased Kent Luk Ka-chit.<\/p>\n <\/a> Paws Guardian Rescue Shelter.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n \u201cChip holders must be individuals rather than organizations,\u201d\u00a0 Edwin Wong explained,\u00a0 \u201cand unchipped strays seized by the Agriculture, \u00a0Fisheries & Conservation Department are often destroyed after four days,\u00a0 so volunteers commonly pay for sterilization and vaccines and register animals themselves when warehouse keepers [guards who keep watchdogs] or scavengers refuse chips.\u201d<\/p>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit \u201ccalled the four-day DNA-driven hunt fair,\u201d\u00a0 Edwin Wong wrote, \u00a0\u201cso investigators can identify the true attackers, \u00a0and said dogs shown to have harmed people should be destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit \u201calso claimed,\u201d\u00a0 Edwin Wong continued,\u00a0 that \u201cwarehouse owners near Po Wai, under public pressure, \u00a0had started surrendering packs of dogs to the Agriculture, \u00a0Fisheries & Conservation Department,\u00a0 and feared those animals face a dead end, \u00a0criticizing weak enforcement against abandonment, \u00a0the absence of a full trap-neuter-return program [for street dogs and cats], and the need for tighter checks on pets smuggled from the mainland.<\/p>\n <\/a> Stray dog paw prints near Pok Wai South Road in Hong Kong.<\/strong><\/em> Hong Kong secretary for environment & ecology Tse Chin-wan \u201cvowed to review government policies on handling stray dogs\u201d after the fatal attack on the 27-year-old woman,\u201d\u00a0 reported Leopold Chen, Theodora Yu, \u00a0and Danny Mok for the South China Morning Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n Additional surveillance cameras were also installed in the vicinity,\u00a0 Chen wrote,\u00a0 \u201cin a bid to completely remove safety risks in the neighborhood.\u201d<\/p>\n Recalled Hong Kong Free Press<\/em> writer Hillary Leung,\u00a0 \u201cThe incident comes after fatal dog attacks last month made headlines and prompted authorities to review the city\u2019s regulations relating to canines.<\/p>\n \u201cIn August,\u201d\u00a0 Hilary Leung summarized,\u00a0 \u201ca dog \u2013 reportedly a Spanish mastiff \u2013 killed two smaller dogs in separate incidents in Yuen Long.<\/p>\n <\/a> Wong Cho-Yee (Jojo) (Facebook photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n \u201cA woman working at a dog shelter in Ta Kwu Ling was also killed by a dog that the Agriculture, \u00a0Fisheries & Conservation Department later said was a \u2018fighting dog,\u2019 \u00a0a legal term that refers to specific dog types with a history of being bred for dog fighting.\u201d<\/p>\n Under Hong Kong law, \u00a0based on the British Dangerous Dogs Act 1991,\u00a0 explained Leopold Chen for the South China Morning Post<\/em> earlier, \u00a0\u201cFour types of dogs \u2013 Pit Bull Terrier, Dogo Argentino,\u00a0 Japanese Tosa and Fila Brasileiro \u2013 and their crossbreeds are classified as fighting dogs,\u00a0 whose importation and breeding are banned in the city.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/a> Believed to be the pit bull who killed Wong Cho-yee.<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n Those already in Hong Kong,\u00a0 Hilary Leung wrote\u00a0 \u201care subject to strict rules, including having to be muzzled in public. \u00a0They are also barred from dog-friendly restaurants.\u201d<\/p>\n At least seven dogs were impounded as illegally kept fighting dogs after the previous fatality.<\/p>\n The victim then,\u00a0 Wong Cho-yee,\u00a0 33,\u00a0 dog rescuer and trainer,\u00a0 \u201cJoJo\u201d to her friends,\u00a0 was killed on August 27,\u00a0 2026 at her own \u201cPawsgate\u201d boarding kennel on Ping Yuen Road,\u00a0 the main route through Ta Kwu Ling village,\u00a0 also in Hong Kong\u2019s still semi-rural New Territories.<\/p>\n Wong Cho-yee had just fed a Sharpei\/pit bull mix.\u00a0 That attack was also captured by a closed circuit television security camera.<\/p>\n (See 1st Hong Kong fatal pit bull attack in 10 years rouses public more than 41 in U.S.<\/a>)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a> Larry the \u201cSpanish mastiff.\u201d<\/strong><\/em> Yuen Long resident Ng Shui-ting, 52, \u00a0charged with failing to properly control his unleashed \u201cSpanish mastiff\u201d named Larry in connection with the mauling deaths of two smaller dogs and injuries to a third smaller dog,\u00a0 \u201chas been barred from leaving Hong Kong pending trial,\u201d\u00a0 reported Brian Wong and Wynna Wong for the Hong Kong Standard.<\/em><\/p>\n The victims were a 17-year-old miniature poodle and a four-year-old bichon frise.<\/p>\n Ng Shui-ting \u201callegedly failed to keep the 132-pound dog securely restrained, \u00a0allowing it to enter and remain in the open area of Yoho Mall on July 10 and August 17,\u00a0 2026,\u201d\u00a0 Brian Wong and Wynna Wong continued.<\/p>\n \u201cActing principal magistrate Daniel Tang Siu-hung adjourned the case to October 29,\u00a0 2026.\u201d and granted Ng bail [of $383 in U.S. dollars] on the conditions that he remain in Hong Kong, \u00a0live at the Yuen Long address he provided to the court and avoid contact with prosecution witnesses.<\/p>\n <\/a> (Beth Clifton photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n \u201cUnder the Hong Kong Dangerous Dogs Regulation,\u201d\u00a0 Brian Wong and Wynna Wong explained,\u00a0 \u201cowners of dogs weighing 40 pounds or more must keep them securely restrained on a leash no longer than six and a half feet in public places. \u00a0Violators face a maximum fine of HK$25,000 \u00a0(about $3,200 in U.S. dollars),\u00a0 and up to three months\u2019 imprisonment.\u201d<\/p>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit, \u00a0now charged after the dog Dai B was found running at large in proximity to the 27-year-old woman\u2019s death in Yuen Long,\u00a0 told media that Lali the \u201cSpanish mastiff\u201d was \u201cinitially taken in by a wealthy family as a guard dog, \u00a0but was later given away after struggling to get along with another dog in the household.\u201d<\/p>\n Kent Luk Ka-chit did not say how he knew this,\u00a0 but cautioned,\u00a0 Brian Wong and Wynna Wong paraphrased,\u00a0 \u201cthat such large,\u00a0 powerful animals require experienced handling and secure containment.\u201d<\/p>\nKent Luk Ka-chit has tried to help,\u00a0 but licensing dogs for others has landed him in deep do-do<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p>\nStray dog was registered to Kent Luk Ka-chit<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\n<\/p>\nKent Luk licensed dog for homeless woman<\/h2>\n
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(Screen shot from news video.)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\nReviewing regulations<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p>\nAugust 2026 fatality<\/h2>\n
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(Paws Guardian Rescue Center photo)<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n\u201cSpanish mastiff\u201d killed poodle & bichon frise<\/h2>\n
<\/p>\n<\/p>\nDogs over 40 pounds must be leashed in public<\/h2>\n