Peka vice-president Dr Kartini Farah Rahim said the report was lodged against UPM, the veterinary services department (DVS), and the third-party contractor allegedly hired by the university to carry out the killings.
She said the group also submitted evidence that a staff member from the university’s occupational safety and health management (OSHM) office signed and reviewed the documents of the contractor’s two operations.
“We also have evidence that the director of UPM’s OSHM office gave instructions during a meeting for the dogs to be captured and disposed of by shooting,” she told a press conference outside the Petaling Jaya police headquarters.
Peka president Rajesh Nagarajan told reporters he was shocked that UPM had yet to lodge a police report on the matter.
“There is no longer any dispute, it is clear that the shooting took place at the UPM campus. What are they waiting for?” he said.
He also questioned the DVS’s silence, noting that it had not issued any statement on its Facebook page or website regarding the incident, and urged the department to bring the perpetrators to justice.
Rajesh gave the university until this Friday to take action against the perpetrators, failing which he said a protest would be held at the university’s main gate next week.
Last week, FMT reported Peka as claiming that the university had killed 18 dogs and five puppies on its campus in two operations in late 2024 and early 2025.
Kartini claimed that the university had outsourced the operations to a third-party contractor, citing an alleged invoice between the company and the university for the culling of between 20 and 30 stray dogs.
Rajesh today said he had contacted the contractor involved and was told that the rate was RM220 per dog killed, while UPM was allegedly charged RM400.
“So where did the extra RM180 go? Both the contractor and UPM must answer these questions,” he said.
UPM said on Friday that it had formed a committee to investigate Peka’s claim, adding that it took feedback on its stray management seriously.