‘I missed you so much, Furby’
In the end, it’s all kisses and tail wagging as canine reunited with family
It all began with a video of an angry man violently abusing a mongrel that went viral. That was 10 months ago. Now, the friendly, playful Furby is finally home – back in the arms of his owner.
SHAH ALAM: It was a happy reunion, about 10 months in the making.
Now, Furby is finally back home with its owner, head security guard M. Siva, and his wife G. Rita.
“After so long, I’m really happy to see my dog again. What’s more, it looks good and appears to have no problems,” said a delighted Siva, 40.
When Siva held the white-orange male mongrel in his arms for the first time in months, Furby immediately showered its owner with kisses.
“They will pick up right where they left off,” said Siva, a guard at Taman Melody in Bandar Kinrara, Puchong.
Siva will be registering for a pet dog licence and also looking for a landed property to rent so as to enable Furby to be kept at home with his family, instead of at the guardhouse.
“For the next two or three months, Furby will be kept at the guard post.”
Before April last year, Furby, who will turn four this year, had been at the guardhouse for more than a year.
“But I don’t want what happened to Furby to ever happen again,” Siva said.
On Jan 8, Singaporean businessman Yee Kok Chew, 57, was fined RM8,000 by a Petaling Jaya magistrate’s court after he admitted to beating, hurting and abusing Furby at the Taman Melody security post on April 2 last year.
The clip of him bashing Furby with a crash helmet quickly went viral, sparking widespread outrage.
All throughout court trial, Furby was kept at the Petaling district Veterinary Services Department, and Siva was not permitted to see the dog.
In an interview on Tuesday, Yee said he knew his actions were wrong and apologised during his guilty plea in court.
Siva said he harboured no ill feelings towards Yee.
“He understands the feelings of a dog owner because he is one. All that matters is that Furby is alive.”
Furby was a gift to Siva from his mother-in-law, who took care of Furby’s mother.
Rita, 28, said Furby was still its playful and childlike self, unlike its three other siblings who were more docile.
“Furby loves to eat ice-cream and sweets,” said Rita, who runs a flower business.
Siva also got to collect Furby without having to pay the veterinary care bill.
“Usually the owner would have to pay the bill, but the court ordered otherwise,” said one of the department’s investigating officers.
According to him, Furby was a hit with many, including the Deputy Public Prosecutors (DPPs) who handled the case.
NGO Malaysian Dogs Deserve Better adoption coordinator Christine Lai was present to help transport Furby back to Taman Melody from the department’s Kompleks Abatoir Shah Alam.