6 days ago
Killer autogate case sparks pet safety debate
Compiled by JUNAID IBRAHIM, C. ARUNO and R. ARAVINTHAN
A VIDEO of a cat that was crushed to death by an automatic gate has sparked concern, with many calling for owners to install sensors and other safety features, reported Sin Chew Daily.
The CCTV footage was shared by an Internet user named Mas Intan and showed a cat named Tofu strolling out of a front porch just as the automatic gate was closing.
Before the cat could leave, the gate closed on it, crushing the feline to death.
'The cat had wandered into the house and when the owner closed the auto-gate, Tofu ran out and got trapped by it,' she said.
Saying it was not the house owner's fault, Mas Intan said she was saddened by the incident.
She advised pet owners to keep closer tabs on their pets and stop them from wandering about.
Some netizens suggested that house owners install sensors that will stop such gates from moving once it came close to an object.
This will prevent pets and children from being crushed, a netizen wrote.
> A student in Thailand who was asked to do 200 squats for submitting his homework late ended up in the hospital for kidney damage, reported China Press.
The report stated that a school teacher had ordered the secondary school student to do the squats.
In the next four days, the student experienced intense pain in one of his legs.
He was rushed to hospital after finding that his urine had turned dark.
Doctors diagnosed him with rhabdomyolysis, a condition caused by severe muscle injury or over-exertion, leading to muscle cell death and release of toxins into the bloodstream.
Doctors said it was fortunate that the student's kidney damage was not severe.
He is being monitored closely and doctors are considering dialysis if his condition worsens.
The teacher is said to have been temporarily suspended and authorities are investigating the matter.
The above articles are compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with a, it denotes a separate news item.
