animalman | February 8, 2010
(It’s great when the public respond to situations, and it’s even better when the animal escapes what would have been a slow and agonising death. What kind of person does this to an animal? In my opinion they should be behind bars, since they are a threat to society. I would like to point out [...]
animalman | February 1, 2010
(Often, it is only a series of fortuitous events that leads to the discovery of cruelty, and this may well have gone unnoticed had it not been for the chance meeting of rescue workers with an unknown man. In many cases, it is only rescue workers that stand in the gap between cruelty and justice, [...]
animalman | January 18, 2010
(There are some tough women working in animal welfare in South Africa, and they don’t come any tougher than Nikki Botha. Here is a copy of her recent response to some of the weakest justifications I have ever seen from a political party. If you want to see the letter from Geordin Hill-Lewis that prompted [...]
animalman | November 12, 2009
(I have for some time been an advocate for the principle “Let the Punishment fit the Crime” wih regard to crimes against te animal community. Hannelie Carstens, our new offline Spokesperson wrote this provocative essay, and it goes to the very core of the Hopeful Initiative – animalman)
The problem with living as a human being [...]
animalman | October 14, 2009
(The article below is typical of what many animal welfare and rescue workers face daily – the ignorance of the general public and the fear it drives are a large part of the challenge we face – animalman)
On Saturday afternoon, 3rd September I received an S.O.S. call.
A lady residing in Northriding had a badly injured [...]
