Pit bulls' owner case postponed as woman attacked by his dogs dies
AS THE country is celebrating the New Year, a Limpopo family is in mourning after a woman was attacked by pit bulls on Friday, 30 December.
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AS THE country is celebrating the New Year, a Limpopo family is in mourning after a woman was attacked by pit bulls on Friday, 30 December.
The distraught mother of Reuben Le Roux, a 15-month-old Gonubie toddler who was mauled to death recently by a neighbour’s pit bull, fully supports calls for the banning of the breed. Reuben’s death rocked the country, with mounting calls for a ban on pit bulls in SA. Maryke van der Mescht, 37, of Hollows Farm, on Friday said her family was devastated by the sudden death of Reuben late last month.
There has been another death caused by a pit bull mauling a toddler in the Eastern Cape.
Yet another child has been been mauled to death by a pitbull in the Eastern Cape. Police spokesperson Brig Tembinkosi Kinana said the 15-month-old boy was killed by a pitbull in Gonubie, East London, on Wednesday.
South Africans have reportedly called on the government to ban the keeping of pitbull dogs at home within the country because of the danger the god poses to the