The horrible incident occurred Tuesday afternoon.
Trigger warning: Death and animal cruelty
An animal cruelty incident occurred at the SM City North EDSA mall in Quezon City. In a post on Facebook by the Animal Kingdom Foundation, the puppy was accompanied by “kids,” who were said to have been asked to leave the premises due to undisclosed reasons.
The post continued, detailing that a certain security guard for the establishment picked the puppy and threw it from the footbridge. “Worst, this act of violence was done in front of the owners who werw just kids,” the foundation also shared. A personnel working in the mall kindly helped the kids to bring the dog to a veterinarian, but it was declared dead on arrival.
Due to the incident, SM City North EDSA issued a strong statement through their social media page. The mall says that it sympathizes with the youngsters and it has dismissed the security guard, who is now banned from working with any SM mall nationwide.
SM North EDSA
Official StatementWith extreme sadness, we sympathize with the group of youngsters regarding the incident that happened outside our mall today.
We have called the attention of the security agency to conduct an immediate and thorough investigation into the matter. The Security Guard has been dismissed and is no longer allowed to service any of our malls nationwide.
As a pet-friendly establishment, we strongly condemn any acts that endanger or harm the lives of animals.
SM City North EDSA official statement