Blogger Says This Is The “Truth” About MIAR President Who Rescued Dogs From Uncle Lee
A blogpost published on 4 January 2015 exposes what is said to be the truth behind dog rescuer Puspa Rani, and how she allegedly raided a house to rescue abused dogs from a puppy mill. Here's a deep dive into the case.
Cover image via Sin Chew Daily/The Rakyat PostIn the middle of December 2014, local media ran a story on how almost 100 animals were rescued from an alleged dog abuser and breeder in Subang
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The raid was conducted by Puspa Rani, the president of the animal rights group Malaysia Independent Animal Rescue (MIAR) together with other authorities. She claimed that this was one of the "biggest and worst cases of animal abuse" in Malaysia.
The house in question belonged to a Mr Lee, a 52-year old mechanic who lived with his wife and his 3-year-old daughter
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"Alright, I have read about the case, but what seems to be the problem?"
On 4 January, a blog post written by Carol Ng, a dog lover, made rounds on social media with evidence claiming that Puspa Rani's allegations on the dog breeder was grossly exaggerated or falsified so she could pursue her own hidden agenda
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What were the allegations made by Puspa Rani? And how did Carol find out?
A few days before the raid, a member of the Facebook group Dog Lovers of Malaysia posted pictures of Mr Lee's place, indicating that he might be a dog breeder. The group invited people to investigate if the conditions in the photos were true.
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A screenshot of Carol Ng's conversation before they went to investigate Mr Lee's house.
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**Screenshot above added on 7 January 2014**
Carol heeded the call to visit Mr Lee's house, expecting to see the horrible conditions depicted in the photo. However, she was surprised to see the dogs happy and well-fed with no signs of abuse.
A few days later, Mr Lee's house was raided. Carol was shocked to see Puspa making claims that Mr Lee was a cruel man and that the place was a puppy mill, contrary to what she had seen with her own eyes.
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Carol responded to Puspa Rani's allegations with her own evidence. These were the 3 main claims made:
1. Three days before the raid on 14 December 2014, Puspa claimed that the dogs had been suffering. Carol questioned where did she get confirmation, and if so from whom?
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2. On the MIAR page, there was an appeal for donations after claims that the dogs ate their own faeces out of hunger. This was contrary to what Carol had seen and therefore requested for evidence. Carol provided photo evidence of packets of dog food she saw on her visit.
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3. Puspa stated that the house was a puppy mill. This was debunked by Carol, who claimed that in order to have a puppy mill, there has to be pregnant dogs. In Mr Lee's place, there was only one pregnant poodle and no nursing dogs. She also stated one of the tell-tale signs of overbred dogs were saggy breasts, which were not found.
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WATCH the slideshow put together by Carol:
In a video made by Free Malaysia Today, a screenshot provided by MIAR showed a dog with saggy breasts. However, Carol provided evidence that the photo was taken on 11 August 2014, months before the raid.
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Besides that, typical puppy mills are cramped with many dogs in a cage. This is not the case with Mr Lee's dogs.
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To further strengthen her argument, Carol stated that a dog breeder would not take in mongrels because they are worthless. Mr Lee's house had plenty of them.
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"Wow, that's a lot to take in. Carol looks like she really did her homework. What else?"
Carol raised some interesting questions: When the raid was conducted, Puspa took with her 31 dogs, most of which were poodles. Carol asked if she were a champion for dogs, why did she leave the other dogs behind?
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The legality of the raid was also questioned. Although a police report was lodged, there were no search warrant.
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"Alright, maybe this could have been a big misunderstanding. It could just be a slight overreaction from Puspa when she made the post."
Though that may be true, the fact that Puspa Rani had previously been accused by her ex-committee members for misusing MIAR's shelter funds for her personal use raises eyebrows
"This is interesting. But this is a separate case from Mr Lee. Why mix the two?"
Shortly after the raid, a flash flood hit Puspa Rani's shelter, which caused an unaccounted number of dogs to go missing, a few of which could have been Mr Lee's dogs.
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In addition to that, her ex-committee members have said that with the large amount of money, she could have upgraded the facilities or moved the dogs to a better shelter
When questioned, Puspa claimed that her critics are only jealous of her and demanded proof that she has embezzled money from the bank account
Furthermore, Puspa has come out to reassure that Mr Lee's dogs are still alive according to a statement on Sin Chew Daily that was published 2 weeks after the flood occurred
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But supporters of Mr Lee are not convinced. They want evidence that they are alive and not replaced by any other dogs.
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"Well, how do we know Carol doesn't have a personal agenda against Puspa when she wrote all this?"
7 January: According to her new blog post, she explained that she used to be a follower of Puspa before the case. She provided evidence of her conversation with another dog lover before they went to investigate Mr Lee's house.
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**Excerpt added on 7 January 2014**:
She went on to explain that through her screenshots and conversation, it was clear that she did not know Uncle Lee before this and only wants justice for him after false accusations were made against him.
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The case is still plagued with questions as investigations are ongoing: What was Mr Lee doing with a gibbon and so many dogs? Are allegations of MIAR's negligence and embezzlement true? Is Carol Ng speaking the truth?
SAYS has reached out to Puspa Rani via email for official statements and await her reply.
