Wendy Willson News Today

It has taken two animal organisations and a local community working together to halt the trade in reptiles, puppies and other animals on the side of a Johannesburg intersection

On Monday morning reports came in of another tiger on the streets in Johannesburg, the second one this month.

A family’s relentless determination finally got the wheels of justice turning on behalf of their beloved dog, and helped turn the spotlight on the dangerous link between child rape and sex crimes involving animals.

Magistrate Samuel Maboho sentenced each of the accused to a R50 000 fine or five years imprisonment

<p>Dog fighting is a thriving underground criminal activity in both urban and rural areas across the country.</p>