In August 2023, a video circulated showing a man allegedly throwing a corgi from a high place and filming it. Public reports said the dog did not resist and was even wagging its tail before being thrown. A circulating claim said the man posted the video with the words “finally dead.” On August 17, Zhuji police in Zhejiang said Wang, male, 22, had thrown his own corgi from a height and had been subjected to criminal coercive measures on suspicion of the crime of throwing objects from height.

A dog still wagging its tail was thrown down

Public reports reposted by The Paper and CNR said that in August 2023 a man threw a small dog from a high building and filmed it. The video still shows the corgi near the edge of a high place.

The most painful detail is that the dog reportedly did not resist and was still wagging its tail. It could not understand that the person beside it was about to turn trust into death.

Police notice: criminal measures for suspected high-altitude throwing

Zhuji police said that after online information about a man killing a dog drew attention, officers investigated. They found that on the morning of August 17, Wang, male, 22, threw his own corgi from a height.

Police said Wang was subjected to criminal coercive measures on suspicion of the crime of throwing objects from height, and the case remained under handling. The legal entry point was public-safety risk, but the animal’s suffering remains the moral center of the case.

Showing off made the harm colder

Reports noted a circulating claim that the man posted the video with the caption “finally dead.” If accurate, the harm was not followed by silence but by display.

For a family corgi, the edge of a height was already terrifying. The dog may still have treated the person nearby as someone to rely on. That is what makes the tail-wagging detail so hard to forget.

Why this case is recorded

This case combines animal harm with public-safety risk. The law intervened through high-altitude throwing, yet public anger came also from seeing a small life deliberately pushed to death.

This archive records the corgi who did not resist and still wagged its tail. Harm that turns animal life into an outlet or spectacle should not disappear after a brief moment of attention.

Timeline

• Morning of 2023-08-17: Zhuji police said Wang threw his own corgi from a height.
• 2023-08-17: The video and alleged social-media caption drew public attention; police investigated.
• Around 2023-08-18: Public reports cited the police notice that Wang had been subjected to criminal coercive measures.

Public Sources

This file is based on The Paper’s government-affairs repost, CNR’s reposted report and the Zhuji police notice. The social-media caption and video details are recorded as reported by media; coercive measures and case status are recorded from the police notice.

• The Paper government-affairs repost: Zhuji police notice
• CNR report: 22-year-old man threw a dog from a high building