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U.K. & South Africa let the meter run on pit bull attacks while doing nothing

April 30, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Breeding, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Europe, Feature Home Bottom, Isles, South Africa, United Kingdom Tagged With: Caerphilly, Gary Stevens, Jack Lis, Merritt Clifton, Sizwe Kupelo, Thoko Didiza, Wayne Stevens, Zibele Liyakhanya Mthi

Second South African pit bull fatality of 2023 builds pressure for national ban

April 5, 2023 By Merritt Clifton

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 […]

Filed Under: Africa, Dog attacks, Dogs, Dogs & Cats, Feature Home Bottom, South Africa Tagged With: Graham Woodman, Merritt Clifton, Olga Grill, Philemon Mulalaon, Shafieka Du Plooy, Sizwe Kupelo, Thoko Didiza

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

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