"The greatness of a nation
and its moral progress
can be judged
by the way its animals are treated!"
and its moral progress
can be judged
by the way its animals are treated!"
Chained and malnourished. This is the state in which a Greyton animal welfare activist found a dog belonging to the family of a prominent DA councillor.
But councillor Caroline Wood has claimed that her husband Norman Wood owns the female dog. Police have charged him with animal neglect.
Wood said the dog had become emaciated when it refused the food which had been offered to it. (I wonder if her children will also become emaciated if they refuse to eat? I wonder if it would occur to her that there might just be something wrong if her children did not want to eat? What a pathetic excuse.)
Ann Andrews, chairperson of the Greyton Animal Welfare Society, said she had received an anonymous tip-off about the dog and her puppies a week ago. She had then visited the house in Khunel Street, Genadendal, with another worker of the society.
'There was no water for her to drink'
"There was no one at home. At the back of the home we found an emaciated female dog chained to the door frame of a disused outside toilet," Andrews said.
She said the chain, attached to the dog, had been too short for her to reach her three puppies.
"There was no water for her to drink," Andrews said.
"There was a dog's dish with a considerable amount of vegetable peels in it. (nice one! vegetarian dog?)
"The chain was fastened around the dog's neck with wire. (what kind of person uses a WIRE to tie up a live being?) There was no roof on the toilet."
Along with these conditions, Andrews said she and her colleague also found dog faeces covering the entrance to the toilet.
Later in the day the Woods couple was still not at home. Andrews gave a letter to the couple's daughter, informing the family of what she had found on the property.
Andrews also photographed the dog and gave it food to entice it out of the toilet.
On Monday when she returned to the home, Andrews said there had been signs that the dog had been fed since her previous visit, but a nail was being used to shut the toilet in which the dog was kept. (nice one! keep going. you are gaining popularity here lady!)
Wood said she could not make any excuses for the state in which the family's dog was found.
"I'm making no excuses but she (Andrews) has to understand, I'm hardly at home (to see to the condition of the dog) and recently I had been away for eight days in the Eastern Cape." (Let me guess: Treated like a queen, living the high life of a Parliamentarian with our money? )
In a sworn statement, Norman declared only that he was the owner of the dog, but did not go into further detail as to why it had been kept in such a neglected condition. ("Dont worry hunny, I will say the bitch is mine - to help keep you out of the scandal - they will be too stupid to realise we live together and under the same roof." sure dude. Us dummies, we get it. Its all your fault.)
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This article was originally published on page 5 of Cape Times on June 04, 2009
Source: www.iol.co.za
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And to think 'IT' is in a position of power!! Makes one want to puke with utter disgust! You can tell from the pic that this poor dog has been neglected and abused for a long time. I can think of some human beings that should be chained to a toilet door without food or water...
Yes, this is an horrific incident.
The DA has called on the national board of the SPCA to do whatever is necessary to save the dog and charge the owner. The DA will pursue immediate disciplinary action against the councilor. In the mean time Mayor Chris Punt has issued a letter to the Councillor requesting her to undertake certain immediate steps to save the animal.
We very much regret this incident and that a DA representative was involved.
Yours sincerely,
Anthea Serritslev
Chief Whip
City of Cape Town
fire the bitch and chain her to a door frame in Soweto somewhere. As for Norman, execution by public flogging?
It's not over yet. D.A. hearing commenced yesterday and will continue on 12 October. No decision yet taken on Cllr Wood's future. Please keep the D.A. informed that we really do care about our pets and we don't find it acceptable to ill treat animals or to have our representatives allow such abuse. Ann Andrews, Greyton.
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