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The Sizwe Kupelo Foundation will hand over a petition with more than 120,000 signatures calling for a ban on pit bulls to agriculture, land reform and rural development minister Thoko Didiza as soon as her department gives it a date.
Should pit bulls be banned or just better regulated?
The city has reacted to an NSPCA statement by throwing all its toys out of the cot and punishing the public it is supposed to serve by threatening to stop all baboon management.
I attended the meeting in person as a Councillor Appointed Representative for Baboons – at the time I believed I was the only rep for the Smitswinkel Troop of Baboons, which covers the area from Murdoch Valley through to Smitswinkel Bay, and did not know that Mike Gibson had been invited to take on this role in Murdoch Valley as well. Mr Gibson only came into the meeting via Zoom, once the meeting was already wrapping up due to his own technical issues, but he was still permitted to speak. After Mr Gibson’s call for more serious action to be taken against the Smits Troop, even if this res...
We publish Purchase’s response in full: I co-chaired the said CARBS meeting in person, on 9 March 2021, at the Fish Hoek council chambers. I want to state that the comments below are not a true reflection of the discussions that took place during that meeting. The meeting was attended by about 20 people, among them stakeholders, primate experts, City officials and residents who represent suburbs in the South that are in close proximity to baboons’ natural habitat. The version below (that you have sent to Mr Gibson for comment) does not reflect the spirit in which the meeting took place. T...