Second missing dog from Hong Kong’s Po Lin Monastery found and returned home

Po Lin Monastery says Dai Mui has now ‘returned to her original habitat’ and will continue to be observed and receive treatment

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The monastery on Sunday released pictures of the two dogs together again. Photo: Po Lin Monastery

Published: 11:52pm, 22 Sep 2024

The second of two dogs that went missing from Hong Kong’s Po Lin Monastery last month has been found, 10 days after the first was rescued.

The Buddhist monastery on Lantau Island announced that it had been notified by police on Saturday evening that a dog resembling Dai Mui had been located.

Dai Mui and Sai Mui – or “big sister” and “little sister” in Chinese – were allegedly taken from the monastery before being abandoned on a Lantau hillside. Sai Mui was found on September 11 along a catchwater near Sham Wat Road on the outlying island.

“After preliminary blood tests, she was taken to the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty [SPCA] in Wan Chai to confirm that she is Dai Mui,” the monastery said in a Facebook post on Sunday.

“The SPCA has examined and treated Dai Mui and she has now returned to her original habitat at the temple and will continue to be observed and receive treatment in the future.”

The dogs were allegedly taken from the Po Lin Monastery and abandoned on a hillside. Photo: Robert Ng

The monastery thanked organisations, volunteers and other caring individuals who had searched for the dog. It also shared two photos of Dai Mui with Sai Mui.