Boy mauled to death by pit bull
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Cape Town 15-9-2020 Pet owners, especially those with ferocious guard dogs that could harm innocent passers-by, have to take responsibility for their animals’ behaviour. This was the message of five justices of the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA), who turned down the appeal of a man whose three mixed-breed pit bulls mauled a man so badly that he lost his arm pic on file
A little boy has succumbed to his injuries after he was mauled by a pit bull on Monday.
According to Netcare 911 media liaison Shawn Herbst, emergency teams responded to reports of a dog bite at a residence in Glenwood, Pietermaritzburg, just after 4pm.
He says: “Reports from the scene indicate that a three-year-old male had sustained serious injuries after being mauled by a pitbull.”
Herbst said that the boy had suffered severe facial trauma and was bitten on his neck, shoulders and on his hip.