IPOH: The Perak Veterinary Services Department is investigating the case where eight dogs were found dead at a row of shoplots in Lahat Mines near here.

       Its director Dr Ahmad Shafri Hassan said statements from complainants and other parties involved have been recorded.

       “A post-mortem has been done on and samples taken from the dogs found at the site for further action,” he said, adding that there were claims that the dogs had been poisoned.

       Gurdip Singh, 57, said he and a few others had been feeding more than 40 strays in the area for nearly three years.

       He said when he went to feed the dogs on Monday (Feb 7), a man informed him that eight dogs were found dead by the roadside on Saturday (Feb 5).

       Gurdip claimed that a few days before, two men had told him to stop feeding the strays.

       He said in May last year, some 17 strays were found dead at the same site.