animalman | February 14, 2010
(Yet another case of neglect makes the headlines, and it’s too easy to blame the economy or say it’s an isolated incident. There are too many of these, and the situation is not improving. It’s time somebody took action, since clearly our SAPS do not intend to. – animalman)
<<Hi there,
Yesterday I was on my [...]
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 | January 25, 2010
(We have a serious problem when the police, the people assigned the duty of upholding the law, seem to look the other way when it comes to animals. Whether it is in ignoring the lawbreakers who light fireworks in the presence of animals, or obvious abuse in the cased detailed below, it seems the rule [...]
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 | 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 [...]
