Parliaments of both U.K. & South Africa allow pit bull advocates to filibuster while the bodies pile up LONDON, England; CAPE TOWN, South Africa––If the pit bull body count was a taxi meter, the Parliaments of the United Kingdom and South Africa might be worried about letting it run while deliberating over whether even to […]
Second South African pit bull fatality of 2023 builds pressure for national ban
Cabinet minister finally agrees to accept 139,000 signature petition seeking ban CAPE TOWN, South Africa––Olga Grill, 88, of Bonteheuwel, South Africa, would have celebrated her 89th birthday on April 4, 2023. Instead, Grill on March 28, 2023 “was mauled by a neighbor’s two pit bulls when they jumped over a makeshift boundary wall between […]
Pit bull owner charged with culpable homicide in South Africa
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 […]
“We can’t live like this in a world where dogs eat children”
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 […]
Baby is 3rd South African killed by pit bull in 9 days; calls for ban rise
“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 […]
87,570 South Africans petition for pit bull ban after most recent fatalities
Firefighter leads response to deaths of eight-year-old and 10-year-old BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa––The two most recent South African pit bull fatalities differed little from dozens of others, both in South Africa and around the world, in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, India, and South America. This time, though, the South African response, though, has […]