UAE royal steps in to save two dogs tied up in scorching heat with no food, water

UAE royal steps in to save two dogs tied up in scorching heat with no food, water

Blue-collar worker was supposed to look after the animals, which belonged to his boss

Published: Wed 10 Aug 2022, 6:35 PM

After yet another shocking incident of animal cruelty, a member from the Sharjah royal family has stepped in to save two dogs tied up in the heat.

Earlier this morning, the Stray Dog Centre UAQ (SDC-UAQ) received an alert on a Whatsapp group about two dogs being neglected. Immediately a volunteer of SDC-UAQ reached the area in Sharjah’s Sajaa industrial area to find two dogs- a Black Shepherd and a German Shepherd- who had been tied up with no food and water.

“The caretaker of the dogs was a blue-collar employee,” said Amirah William, founder of SDC-UAQ. “The dog belonged to his boss, and he absolutely refused to hand over the dog to our volunteer. That is when I reached out to a member of the royal family for help.”

Once William reached out, the royal family member arranged for the concerned authorities to get in touch with the employer, who was the owner of the dogs.

“The owner was heartbroken to find his dogs being ill-treated like this,” she said. “He had left the dogs in the care of this employee but had never