On the morning of July 8, 2025, residents in San Uk Tsuen, Tin Ha Road, Tin Shui Wai, reported a foul smell from a ground-floor village-house unit. HK01 reported that police found two dog bodies and three living dogs inside. The unit was in poor condition, with no food or water. SPCA personnel later removed the three surviving dogs and the two bodies.

Five dogs locked behind the door

The shared core across reports is clear: five dogs were found in the unit, two died and three survived. Some reports differed on the exact breeds of individual dogs, so this archive does not treat breed labels as the central confirmed fact. The important record is that five dogs had been left in an environment without food or water, and two did not survive.

HK01 described the scene as a ground-floor unit in a three-storey village house, with a glass door left ajar, scattered objects outside and a strong stench once the door opened. This was not a sudden accident. The dogs appear to have weakened over time in a place where care had stopped.

Police treated it as a cruelty-to-animals case

Later the same day, HK01 reported that police arrested a 24-year-old man surnamed Jim and a 26-year-old woman surnamed Leung on suspicion of cruelty to animals. The report said they were former partners and former tenants of the village house, and police were investigating whether they were the owners.

Orange News likewise reported that the dogs had long lacked food and water and that two had died. What began as a neighbor’s report about smell became a public case about sustained responsibility, animal welfare and criminal accountability.

Survivors and the dogs who died

The SPCA said its inspectors brought the three surviving dogs and the two bodies to its Tsing Yi centre. Veterinarians immediately examined and treated the surviving dogs, while the bodies were to be sent for further post-mortem examination.

The three survivors still had a chance to receive treatment, cleaning and care. The two dead dogs entered the next stage only as bodies and case evidence. Long-term deprivation of food and water is not a small lapse in care; it is a slow form of suffering.

Do not leave silent suffering behind a door

The most painful part of this case is that the animals may have been unable to ask anyone outside for help for a long time. They were locked in a human dwelling, dependent on human supply and care, yet left with no food or water until smell and neighbors finally exposed what was behind the door.

Keeping animals means continuous responsibility. When care is no longer possible, the humane choices are to seek help, transfer care or arrange placement, not to lock lives indoors and let hunger and thirst consume them. This record remembers the two dogs who did not live to be rescued, and reminds us that long-term neglect and abandonment of companion animals are also cruelty.

Timeline

• July 8, 2025, 8:47 a.m.: Residents in San Uk Tsuen, Tin Shui Wai reported a foul smell from a ground-floor village-house unit.
• After police arrived: Five dogs were found inside; two were dead and three survived in poor conditions without food or water.
• Same day: SPCA inspectors removed the three surviving dogs and two bodies to the SPCA Tsing Yi centre.
• Afternoon of July 8, 2025: Police arrested a 24-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman on suspicion of cruelty to animals.

Public Sources

• HK01: Tin Shui Wai animal-cruelty case, five dogs abandoned in village house, only three survived
• HK01 earlier report: five dogs without food or water, two dead, police classified case as animal cruelty
• Orange News: five dogs in Tin Shui Wai village house lacked food and water; two died; man and woman arrested
• Hong Kong Animal Post: five dogs abused in Tin Shui Wai village house; two dead, three sent for care