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Animal cruelty

NSPCA lauds 8-year sentence handed to man for bestiality

By Lauren Isaacs

This comes after a Soweto man was found guilty of bestiality and sentenced to eight years direct imprisonment.

  • FILE: West Ham and France defender Kurt Zouma. Picture: @WestHam/Twitter.

    West Ham donate to animal charities after Zouma cat abuse

    Kurt Zouma was charged by the RSPCA after social media footage emerged last month showing the centre-back kicking and slapping the cat.

    135 days ago
  • FILE: The former Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise on 11 June 2019. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Speaker Thandi Modise acquitted on all 6 charges of animal neglect

    Lobby group AfriForum privately prosecuted National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise on behalf of the NSPCA - after carcasses of sheep, ducks and 50 pigs were found on her Modderfontein farm in the North West in 2014.

    464 days ago
  • FILE: Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter.

    Court hears from witnesses about animal cruelty at Thandi Modise's farm

    In 2014, carcasses were found on Modise's farm where it appeared animals were left unattended without food or water for about two weeks.

    465 days ago
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    EC court allows livestock trader to ship over 50k live sheep to Middle East

    NSPCA is opposed to the live export of livestock via sea, claiming high summer temperatures around the Equator ‘cook’ and kill the animals.

    711 days ago
  • FILE: The NSPCA has also appealed to pet owners to be aware of the animals’ stress and anxiety brought on by change in routine, especially with restricted movements. Picture: Supplied.

    NSPCA: Intake of animals during lockdown continues to increase

    The animal welfare organisation relies on donations and the latest developments have put further strain on its resources.

    836 days ago
  • Pitbull Cooper and his new owner Suné Human (R) and the Animal Welfare Society's Allan Perrins (L). Picture: Lizell Persens/EWN

    'Match made in heaven': Abused pitbull Cooper gets adopted

    The one-year-old dog was tortured and disfigured a month ago when his ears were hacked off and sewn back on in Mitchells Plain.

    898 days ago
  • Cooper is safe and will find a new home soon after being rescued. Picture: The Animal Welfare Society of South Africa

    Rescued pitbull who had ears cut off looking for new, forever home

    One-year-old Cooper was admitted to the Animal Welfare Society last month after two teenagers allegedly cut off his ears with scissors before sewing them back on.

    913 days ago
  • Cooper is safe and will find a new home soon after being rescued. Picture: The Animal Welfare Society of South Africa

    ‘There can be no excuse for this’: Pitbull rescued after ears cut off

    Cooper, as the dog is known, was admitted to the Animal Welfare Society by his owner on 20 January.

    914 days ago
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    NSPCA lays criminal complaint against NW game farm

    It said 51 tigers and 13 lions were found on the premises in Klerksdorp to be living in severe conditions.

    969 days ago
  • Picture: Pexels

    Man handed 8 months in jail for abuse, cruel treatment of 32 dogs

    The NSPCA found the animals in a dire condition at a farm owned by Pieter Steyn in Protea Glen in January 2017.

    993 days ago
  • FILE: National Assembly Speaker Thandi Modise. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    National Assembly Speaker Modise to stand trial for animal cruelty

    Lobby group AfriForum wants her to answer for allegedly neglecting her North West farm in 2014 which resulted in the deaths of more than 50 pigs and other animals.

    1012 days ago
  • Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise delivers her speech during Parliament's budget vote on 16 July 2019. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter.

    AfriForum: Modise can't use connections to duck animal cruelty charges

    Speaker Thandi Modise faces charges of animal cruelty after she was accused of leaving her North West farm unattended, causing the death of more than 50 pigs and other animals, five years ago.

    1112 days ago
  • FILE: The former Speaker of the National Assembly Thandi Modise on 11 June 2019. Picture: @ParliamentofRSA/Twitter

    Animal abuse case against Thandi Modise postponed to October

    Speaker of Parliament Thandi Modise faces charges of animal cruelty after she was accused of leaving her North West farm unattended causing the death of more than 50 pigs and other animals, five years ago.

    1112 days ago
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    SPCA concerned with recent rise in dog attacks

    This came as a 50-year-old woman recovers from severe dog bites sustained while protecting a woman pushing twins in a pram.

    1138 days ago
  • NCOP Chair Thandi Modise (L) and National Assembly Speaker Baleka Mbete (R) announcing the postponement of the State of the Nation Address outside Parliament on 6 February 2018. Picture: AFP.

    Thandi Modise's animal cruelty case postponed to July

    Modise failed to make an appearance at the Potchefstroom court in the North West on Friday.

    1143 days ago
  • Dame Judi Dench. Picture: AFP.

    Dame Judi Dench slams 'cruel' dog meat festival

    The 'Skyfall' actress has lent her support to a petition which was calling for an end to the event - which was started in 2009 to boost flagging sales of dog meat.

    1143 days ago
  • Community members contacted the SPCA and shared concerns about the animals found in the parking lot at a local shopping centre in Gauteng. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    [WATCH] SPCA removes goat, sheep from parking lot

    Concerned community members contacted the Roodepoort SPCA when a goat and a sheep were found tied to a tree in the parking lot of a local shopping centre.

    1297 days ago
  • Community members contacted the SPCA and shared concerns about the animals found in the parking lot at a local shopping centre in Gauteng. Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    SPCA remove animals from shopping centre parking lot

    Community groups on social media lit up on Friday morning when a goat and a sheep were found tied up to a tree in the parking lot of the Devon Valley Shopping Centre in Weltevreden Park, Johannesburg.

    1297 days ago
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