The furriest Singaporeans continue to deal with doggone inhumanity.
In the latest episode of animal mistreatment, a petrified brown poodle in for a trim was given the rough treatment by groomers at The Fur Room in Serangoon in making waves since last night. Its groomer appeared to repeatedly yank the dog鈥檚 tail, shake its head by the neck and let it fall off the table. Another went at it with a comb in a way that can only be described as 鈥渙uch.鈥
Shopowner Victoria today to the poodle, a regular, and its owner, saying it was treated that way for not cooperating.
鈥淚 would like to apologise to A鈥檚 owner and A for how we have treated A. A has been our regular customer and while it has been challenging to groom him due to his hyper-activeness, we took for granted this familiarity with A and was rougher with him during this particular grooming session as he wasn鈥檛 cooperating with us,鈥 she wrote.
She added that they were 鈥渦nprofessional鈥 and should have saved the poodle from falling off the table claiming that the events showed were a 鈥渙ne-off negligence.鈥
They are also cooperating with the Animal Veterinary Services on investigations.
According to Wake Up, Singapore, the video was filmed Saturday evening by the owner of another dog which appears in the video. When confronted, a staffer, possibly the owner, said: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e not [a] dog groomer, you don鈥檛 understand one,鈥 according to the post.
People have called for a boycott of the shop, which had many five-star reviews on Google prior to the video鈥檚 release.
鈥淲e often judge base on good reviews on their social sites but not knowing what鈥檚 behind the scene. It Breaks my heart to see such rough handling on the poor poodle. Won鈥檛 patronise them anymore!鈥 Lisi.pezzy wrote.
鈥淲tf is wrong with them?!?! If [they鈥檙e] like this, then [don鈥檛] open up a pet grooming business,鈥 Optimushwang_zzzn9 wrote.
It is the latest in a series of Singaporean pet enterprises called out for mistreating animals in their care.
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