Martin Welz: Baboon and the porcupine case now headed for the ConCourt
The ConCourt is being asked to weigh the issues arising from the unfortunate demise of a baboon and a porcupine on an Alicedale farm.
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The ConCourt is being asked to weigh the issues arising from the unfortunate demise of a baboon and a porcupine on an Alicedale farm.
The battle over an Eastern Cape farm owner’s right to privacy and an animal activist’s freedom of expression, could soon be headed to the Constitutional Court.
The Supreme Court of Appeal ("SCA") recently dealt with the tension between the right to privacy and the right to freedom of expression in the matter of Bool Smuts and another v Herman Botha.
The Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed a farm owner's claim to the right to privacy after he was 'named and shamed' on Facebook for the alleged mistreatment of animals.
An animal rights activist who habitually names and shames offenders on Facebook has won the right to keep doing so after being challenged by a farmer who trapped and killed animals he regarded as vermin.