Almost three years after the NSPCA’s special investigations unit inspected a farm in Protea Glen, Johannesburg, and found 32 dogs in dire conditions, the case has concluded with the farm owner ordered to pay R40 000. CapeTimesSA
Cape Town – Almost three years after the NSPCA’s special investigations unit inspected a farm in Protea Glen, Johannesburg, and found 32 dogs in dire conditions, the case has concluded with the farm owner ordered to pay R40 000. He was also sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment, suspended for five years, on the condition that he does not contravene the Animals Protection Act.
In January 2017, the NSPCA, assisted by the Roodepoort SPCA, inspected the farm owned by Pieter Steyn, where they found 32 dogs. A wide variety of breeds, including many pit bull terriers, were being kept in cages and hidden in locked rooms filled with dog faeces, rotting meat and old bones, the NSPCA said in a statement.
“The water containers were covered with green scum and tested positive for dangerous bacteria that can also infect humans. The dogs were fed raw, rotting chicken carcasses and many of the animals were sick and injured,” the NSPCA said
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