After the Germiston SPCA confiscated a dog which had been beaten with a metal pipe, on January 21, in Rondebult (GCN, January 31), many members of the community expressed their outrage.<\/p>\n
Laurence Kingston, manager of the Germiston SPCA, told the GCN that they are still obtaining reports and witness statements concerning the case.<\/p>
“The witnesses are children, so the matter is not an easy task; we have to get the parents involved in obtaining their statements,” he said.<\/p>\n
“As soon as this has been done the SPCA can move forward.”<\/p>
Kingston did, however, furnish the GCN with a preliminary report from the veterinarian who saw to the severely beaten dog.<\/p>\n
The report states, among other things, that the female cross-breed dog was unconscious and non-responsive to painful stimuli when she was brought in.<\/p>\n
This indicates severe cranial trauma (brain damage).<\/p>\n
Her right eye was proptosed (hanging out of the socket), there was blood in her throat and she had difficulty breathing.<\/p>\n
There was a large haematoma in the area of her left lower jaw, as well as a laceration on her tongue approximately two centimetres in length.<\/p>\n
She had blood coming out of her nose (epistaxis) and a fractured lower jaw was palpable.<\/p>\n
There was an open wound on her left shoulder, approximately 5cm long.<\/p>\n
The community of Germiston has expressed its horror at the incident.<\/p>\n
One resident said: “When you see something as heartbreaking as this, you don’t know what to think of the person involved.<\/p>\n
“How can a ‘normal’ human being do something like this?<\/p>\n
“This abnormal person should be put in the same situation as this dog and let’s see if they enjoy being beaten with a steel pipe.”<\/p>\n
Another resident said: “I am speechless; I don’t have words to describe what I am feeling inside.<\/p>\n
“God created animals to be our friends; what kind of person can be so brutal?<\/p>\n
“They must give people like this to the community to deal with.”<\/p>\n
Someone else said that the perpetrator needs to be locked up and the same done to him.<\/p>\n
“I am so disgusted and sick to my stomach just imagining what went through the dog’s mind,” she added.<\/p>\n
“For what you have done to this poor animal, may you be punished; you make me sick,” said another resident.<\/p>\n
Another angry reader asked: “How can anyone be so cruel to animals?<\/p>\n
“I truly believe that any person who can hurt any living creature of God like this cannot have a heart or feelings.<\/p>\n
“This is extremely sad.”<\/p>\n
A Lambton resident said that she hoped the same thing would happen to the perpetrator and that he would go to jail and be given a harsh sentence.<\/p>\n
Karin van Heerden told the GCN she was outraged and shocked at the story.<\/p>\n
“Who and what type of person does this to an animal?” she asked.<\/p>\n
“If a person can do this to an animal, he should not be in society.<\/p>\n
“This is unacceptable; a person who do this must be locked up in jail and a picture of his face should be shown to the public.”<\/p>\n
For the original article about the case: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1i9FLbH<\/p>\n
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