Dog dies instantly after dog daycare director throws phone at it ... and the daycare then falsely claims it “fell down the stairs”

[Financial News] A dog died after being hit by a cellphone thrown by the director of a dog daycare in Seoul, but the daycare falsely told the owner that the dog had fallen down the stairs and died, it has emerged.
According to a KBS report on the 28th, the accident occurred on the 12th at a dog daycare in Seoul. At the time, director A was caring for the dogs while holding a cellphone.
When two dogs started fighting nearby, A threw the cellphone A was holding at them. The scene was captured in full on the daycare’s internal CCTV footage.
One dog hit by the cellphone collapsed on the spot. A ran over and picked it up, but it did not move.
The dog’s owner, B, reportedly received a call from the daycare about an hour after the accident saying that the dog had suddenly died after falling from a height of two or three steps.
B said, “It wasn’t the kind of dog to die like that,” and asked the daycare for CCTV footage two days later. The daycare reportedly admitted only then that it had given a false explanation.
B filed a complaint with police against A on suspicion of violating the Animal Protection Act, among other offenses. 
Even when KBS reporters visited the daycare about two weeks after the accident, it was still operating and caring for a large number of dogs. A declined the reporters’ request for an interview, saying they were in the middle of caring for the dogs.
Analysts in legal circles say the actual penalty is likely to amount to no more than a fine. Under the current Animal Protection Act, causing an animal’s death without justifiable reason is punishable by up to three years in prison or a fine of up to 30 million won, but actual trials most often result in fines.
More than 6,000 reports of animal abuse are filed each year, but courts impose prison sentences in only around six cases annually on average, it was found.
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