KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 -- A stray dog with what appeared to be a severed limb was found in Bukit Beruntung last week, according to carers who lodged a police report alleging animal abuse.

The dog's feeders, Yip Huey-Wen and Kenneth Yeoh, told Malay Mail that the animal is part of a pack of stray dogs which they routinely feed in their neighbourhood.

They discovered the dog with its limb apparently amputated, raising suspicions of deliberate abuse.

"This is not the first case of such in this area," Yip Huey-Wen, who lodged the report, said.

"We are working closely with the veterinary doctor. He is a stray and it is hard to catch him. He only comes out during feeding times and we usually put the needed medication into his food whenever ...