The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) will file criminal charges against the individual seen in a recent viral video pouring an alcoholic beverage, suspected to be beer, down the mouth of a common carp. The individual, who publishes as Lethabo Sebapo on TikTok, has been tracked and contacted, and the compilation of a docket is […]
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The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) provided a report to the government on 23 September 2019, outlining the welfare concerns and foreseeable contraventions of the Animals Protection Act No 71 of 1962. These contraventions are already happening on board the Al-Shuwaikh which is only on day three of loading. 30 000 animals have already been loaded.
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Inspectors from the National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) wildlife protection unit obtained a warrant after receiving a complaint regarding lions that were in a shocking condition in the North West Province. Upon arrival, the inspectors were horrified to find two lion cubs that were unable to walk and appeared to be showing signs that they
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The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) was appalled to hear about the two cheetahs that had been illegally captured, and severely compromised to the point that one of the cheetahs succumbed to death. On 3 March 2019, two suspects were arrested by members of the South African Police Service (SAPS) K9 Unit for being in
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The National Council of SPCAs (NSPCA) investigated a case of deliberate cruelty to a tortoise by Letiya Mercy Lebakeng who was sentenced in the Palm Ridge Magistrate Court on 5 November 2018. Lebakeng was accused of deliberately and forcefully throwing the tortoise against a rock in the road as it had apparently wondered into her
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Inspectors from the NSPCA and SAPS officers from the West Rand K9 Unit recently arrested five suspects and rescued eight injured animal victims of dog fighting. The area of Tshepisong in Roodepoort is one of many communities suffering from the dog fighting epidemic that has spread rapidly throughout South Africa. The people of Tshepisong had
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Press release from NSPCA The National Council of SPCAs reports with disappointment that the case relating to the beating to death of Max, the husky, has been withdrawn after the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) mediated the matter. This was communicated to the NSPCA by Senior Public Prosecutor, Ms C Mortlock. Max was beaten to death
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