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Pit bull owner charged with culpable homicide in South Africa

January 3, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

Rare criminal case filed after six fatal pit bull attacks in 45 days SENWABARWANA, South Africa––Walking to work at about 5:00 a.m.,  two days before Christmas,  Melitta Sekole,  43,  of Senwabarwana,  Limpopo state,  South Africa,  was on a heavily traveled footpath through Ga-Makgato village,  heading toward Vivo village,  ten miles away,  when two pit bulls […]

Filed Under: Africa, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Obits & Memorials, Obituaries (human), South Africa Tagged With: Keketso Innocent Saule, Lebohang Pali, Melitta Sekole, Merritt Clifton, Nchabeleng Charles Masebe, Sizwe Kupelo, Storm Nuku, Thoko Didiza

“We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children”

November 28, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

Fourth South African pit bull fatality in 10 days News analysis by Beth Clifton “We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children,”  pit bull owner Mokete Selebano of Phomolong township,  South Africa,  told BBC News reporter Vumani Mkhize,  a week after Selebano on November 21,  2022 saw a neighbor’s two pit […]

Filed Under: Africa, Animal organizations, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, Laws & politics, South Africa, Sub-Saharan, USA Tagged With: Beth Clifton, Keketso Innocent Saule, Mokete Selebano, Pit Bull Federation of South Africa, Sizwe Kupelo, Zimkhitha Brenda Gaga

Baby is 3rd South African killed by pit bull in 9 days; calls for ban rise

November 26, 2022 By Merritt Clifton

“Never aggressive to me,  but killed two other dogs,”  says owner EAST LONDON,  South Africa––Fifteen-month-old Reuben le Roux on November 23,  2022 became the third South African child killed by pit bulls in nine days. The attack whetted public demands for a national pit bull ban and further mobilized pit bull advocates in defense of […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa, Sub-Saharan Tagged With: Bennie le Roux, Keketso Innocent Saule, Lebohang Pali, Merieke van der Nescht, Merritt Clifton, Noleen Fourie, Reuben le Roux, Sizwe Kupelo

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