{
  "id": 14421922,
  "title": "Nearly 1 in 3 unattended dogs captured in Hong Kong euthanised this year",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/nearly-1-in-3-unattended-dogs-captured-in-hong-kong-euthanised-this-14421922",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T09:45:55.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3370886/nearly-1-3-unattended-dogs-captured-hong-kong-euthanised-year"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Roughly one in three unattended dogs captured by Hong Kong authorities had been euthanised as of May this year, a sharp rise from 18 per cent in 2021, according to the latest legislative documents. The proportion of captured unattended dogs later reclaimed by their owners or transferred to animal welfare groups for rehoming has also fallen over the past five years, the Environment and Ecology…",
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        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/thai-women-among-16-arrested-in-hong-kong-prostitution-network",
        "published": "2026-10-14T03:00:15.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}