Man drags dog behind car
- by: Carolyn Mullin, No More Homeless Animals
- recipient: Sarentha
A man from Faerie Glen in Pretoria might face a prison sentence
after dragging a dog with a nylon rope at 30km/h behind his Mercedes-Benz.
"It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen," said Kim Leslie, who saw it
happening.
"He first dragged the dog down Manitoba Drive [in Faerie Glen] on its
feet. I turned my car around and followed him. The dog fell over and the man
dragged her while she was lying on her back and rolling all over the
road. The worst was that the man was smiling all the time," he said.
This man deserves to go to jail for the longest term possible.
Alet van Zyl , Beeld:
Pretoria - A man from Faerie Glen in Pretoria might face a prison sentence
after dragging a dog with a nylon rope at 30km/h behind his Mercedes-Benz.
"It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen," said Kim Leslie, who saw it
happening.
"He first dragged the dog down Manitoba Drive [in Faerie Glen] on its
feet. I turned my car around and followed him. The dog fell over and the man
dragged her while she was lying on her back and rolling all over the
road. The worst was that the man was smiling all the time," he said.
Eventually, the man stopped in Kentucky Street, where Leslie and other
witnesses confronted him. Leslie said: "The man just shrugged his shoulders as
if he couldn't understand what the all fuss was about." Leslie told the
Wetnose animal-rescue centre and the SPCA about the incident, and took the
dog, Lamina, to a vet. The dog's paw pads had worn away.
A charge of animal abuse was laid against the man with Garsfontein
police. Diale Ratsela of the SPCA said he suspected the man was angry about
the dog leaving his yard all the time and wanted to teach her a lesson by
dragging her back home.
Dr Pieter Bosch, a veterinarian at Glen Animal Clinic in Faerie Glen, said
the pads on the dog's paws were worn away. When Beeld visited the animal
clinic, there were large, bloody wounds on her sides where the skin had been
rubbed off. "There were also severe bruises on her neck where the rope had
been tied," said Bosch.
Trudie Wessels, director of Wetnose, said it was clear that the dog had
been abused in the past. "It was clear that these were old wounds, that it was
not the first time," confirmed Bosch. He expected the dog to recover within
a month. "I is only a matter of strong antibiotics, pain killers and
cortisone for a month. Fortunately, the tissue underneath a dog's feet
recovers quickly," he said. She would afterwards be taken to Wetnose for
adoption.
Should he ever be allowed to own an
animal again? Should he get away with this if he gets an excellent lawyer I
believe the story has also been aired on Radio 702 this morning and will
hopefully be followed up.
I believe we have to speak up on behalf of those who can't speak for
themselves.
PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME & SEND THIS TO AS MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THIS MAN DOES NOT GET AWAY WITH ONLY A FINE, HE MUST GO TO JAIL!
Sign PetitionSign PetitionPretoria - A man from Faerie Glen in Pretoria might face a prison sentence
after dragging a dog with a nylon rope at 30km/h behind his Mercedes-Benz.
"It was the ugliest thing I have ever seen," said Kim Leslie, who saw it
happening.
"He first dragged the dog down Manitoba Drive [in Faerie Glen] on its
feet. I turned my car around and followed him. The dog fell over and the man
dragged her while she was lying on her back and rolling all over the
road. The worst was that the man was smiling all the time," he said.
Eventually, the man stopped in Kentucky Street, where Leslie and other
witnesses confronted him. Leslie said: "The man just shrugged his shoulders as
if he couldn't understand what the all fuss was about." Leslie told the
Wetnose animal-rescue centre and the SPCA about the incident, and took the
dog, Lamina, to a vet. The dog's paw pads had worn away.
A charge of animal abuse was laid against the man with Garsfontein
police. Diale Ratsela of the SPCA said he suspected the man was angry about
the dog leaving his yard all the time and wanted to teach her a lesson by
dragging her back home.
Dr Pieter Bosch, a veterinarian at Glen Animal Clinic in Faerie Glen, said
the pads on the dog's paws were worn away. When Beeld visited the animal
clinic, there were large, bloody wounds on her sides where the skin had been
rubbed off. "There were also severe bruises on her neck where the rope had
been tied," said Bosch.
Trudie Wessels, director of Wetnose, said it was clear that the dog had
been abused in the past. "It was clear that these were old wounds, that it was
not the first time," confirmed Bosch. He expected the dog to recover within
a month. "I is only a matter of strong antibiotics, pain killers and
cortisone for a month. Fortunately, the tissue underneath a dog's feet
recovers quickly," he said. She would afterwards be taken to Wetnose for
adoption.
Should he ever be allowed to own an
animal again? Should he get away with this if he gets an excellent lawyer I
believe the story has also been aired on Radio 702 this morning and will
hopefully be followed up.
I believe we have to speak up on behalf of those who can't speak for
themselves.
PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME & SEND THIS TO AS MANY OF YOUR FRIENDS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THIS MAN DOES NOT GET AWAY WITH ONLY A FINE, HE MUST GO TO JAIL!
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