Crossbreed dogs shot, killed in Wyebank
The tan and black crossbreed dogs which were shot were unsterilised. The tan dog had a thick webbing collar and a heavy chain, which weighed 2.8kgs and was about 1.75 metres long, around its neck.
KLOOF and Highway SPCA are investigating a case involving two crossbreed dogs which were shot by the community in Circle Drive in Wyebank on Tuesday, 1 November.
According to Lisa Mörck, public relations and outreach officer at the Kloof and Highway SPCA, they received a call from a concerned member of the Wyebank community around 10.10am yesterday to say that a man had been attacked by two aggressive crossbreed dogs while walking on Circle Drive in Wyebank.
Inspector Petros Simamane immediately responded to the call. “On arrival at the scene, inspector Simamane found a deceased unsterilised tan crossbreed male dog which had been shot. The dog had a thick webbing collar and a heavy chain, which weighed 2.8kgs and was about 1.75 metres long, around its neck,” said Mörck.
Members of the Wyebank Community Policing Forum, SAPS, Metro Police and community members were at the scene. The second dog, an unsterilised black male dog, was confined in a property. Inspector Simamane contacted his office at the Kloof and Highway SPCA Inspectorate to request assistance in catching the remaining dog. He was worried that the dog would escape from the property.
Mörck said four staff from the Kloof and Highway SPCA Inspectorate team went immediately to the property to assist Inspector Simamane. They tried to catch the dog which unfortunately escaped from the property into nearby bush. Inspector Simamane was able to catch the dog using a net with assistance from a member from the Metro Police and trainee inspector, Eric Simamane. Unfortunately, before the dog was restrained it chewed through the net, tried to bite inspector Simamane and ran towards the crowd of people who had gathered. A second round of gunshots were heard.
“When Inspector Simamane reached the dog, he was unable to do anything to save the dog which died. Inspector Petra Abrams and trainee inspector Pamela Zondi were told that there was an injured Maltese Poodle inside a house which had also been attacked by these dogs earlier on the same day. Upon investigation, a badly injured Maltese Poodle was found and was immediately rushed to the SPCA clinic. The tan and black crossbreed deceased dogs bodies were also taken back to the Kloof and Highway SPCA clinic for post-mortems and will also be sent for rabies testing,” added Mörck.
Mörck said that the SAPS are investigating the incident.
