On May 9, 2025, Hong Kong Animal Post, republished by Yahoo News, reported that a citizen named Nana found a dying spotted dove outside the market at Sheung Tak Estate in Tseung Kwan O. The report said the bird’s feet had been tied with string, its tail had been forcibly removed, and it eventually died of its injuries. Nana called police at the scene and hoped the perpetrator would be traced.

A spotted dove collapsed outside a market

The report said Nana saw residents moving a dove to the grass outside Sheung Tak Estate market at about noon. When she checked, she found the bird’s feet tied with string and its tail severely damaged. Residents had moved it aside because they feared it would be injured further while lying on the ground.

Nana then went to buy water for the bird, but when she returned, the dove had died. She called police at the scene and quoted officers as saying the method was cruel and would be investigated. This archive records the public account without presuming a suspect’s identity or expanding into unverified details.

Cruelty to wild birds is not lesser because they are not pets

The spotted dove is a common wild bird in Hong Kong. Because it is common, it is often overlooked: people pass by, feed, dislike or ignore it, and someone may treat such a small bird as an object that can be harmed at will. Tying a bird’s feet so it cannot flee and causing severe tail injury shows disregard for the most basic sense of life.

This case has no large legal narrative. It is simply a scene outside a market: a bird that should have been feeding, flying and avoiding danger at the city’s edge was forced to die in pain. This archive records the case to remember a small but extreme cruelty, and to remind readers that kindness to living beings is not limited to household pets.

Timeline

• Around noon, May 9, 2025: Citizen Nana found a dying spotted dove outside Sheung Tak Estate market in Tseung Kwan O.
• At the scene: The report said the dove’s feet were tied with string and its tail was suspected to have been forcibly torn off; residents moved it to the grass to avoid further harm.
• Afterward: Nana returned with water and found the bird had died, then called police at the scene.
• May 9, 2025: Hong Kong Animal Post published the report, preserved through Yahoo News, and called for witnesses to provide information.

Public Sources

• Yahoo News reposting Hong Kong Animal Post: Tseung Kwan O animal cruelty case, dove tied by the feet and tail torn off
• Hong Kong Animal Post Instagram post on the Tseung Kwan O spotted dove case
• Hong Kong bird records: species profile of the spotted dove in Hong Kong