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HORRENDOUS CROSS-BORDER PUPPY TRADE
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Vigilance on the part of all role players relating to the sale and transportation of animals is urgently called for by the National Council of SPCAs following a breakthrough in the horrific trade in live puppies being transported overland from South Africa to Angola. 24 large-breed puppies were confiscated from Angolan nationals at the Vioolsdrift border post.
Appreciation is expressed to officials at the border post from SARS and the SAPS who were alert and discovered the puppies. They are thanked for contacting the NSPCA for advice and assistance. Captain Sontsi of the SAPS and his team are specifically thanked as is Maryke Kayster from SARS. Thanks are also due to the SPCA in Upington for responding and taking the puppies to safety for their onward journey to the NSPCA.
Inspections and close monitoring at the OR Tambo International airport by NSPCA personnel on an ongoing basis may have led to individuals involved in the trade of live animals to seek alternate routes to transport the hapless pets.
But the NSPCA was ahead of this development and had already presented a workshop in Bloemfontein regarding the raising of awareness in relation to animals (welfare issues and documentation) at all ports of entry. This obviously paid dividends and led to the discovery of the puppies in this case.
The names of those involved are known to the NSPCA, one of whom has been found to be a repeat offender. A docket has been opened and criminal charges laid. All the accused are Angolan nationals.
NSPCA Inspector Wendy Willson advises that this trade is “huge and not confined to Angola.”
The NSPCA has received an e-mail from a resident in Angola stating that “some people in Lusaka have started importing cats (I`m not sure if they are Chinchillas or Persians or both) from South Africa and transporting them up to Zambia with the trucks that regularly come up here.
The cats will be having a horrific time of it on the road: you can reckon on at least seven days in the truck with the delays at the borders and they will have to endure the incredible heat at this time of the year whilst parked there.”
The National Council of SPCAs reiterates our ongoing warnings to individuals regarding the advertising of pets for sale on web sites which is where brokers source the animals.
Appreciation is expressed to officials at the border post from SARS and the SAPS who were alert and discovered the puppies. They are thanked for contacting the NSPCA for advice and assistance. Captain Sontsi of the SAPS and his team are specifically thanked as is Maryke Kayster from SARS. Thanks are also due to the SPCA in Upington for responding and taking the puppies to safety for their onward journey to the NSPCA.
Inspections and close monitoring at the OR Tambo International airport by NSPCA personnel on an ongoing basis may have led to individuals involved in the trade of live animals to seek alternate routes to transport the hapless pets.
But the NSPCA was ahead of this development and had already presented a workshop in Bloemfontein regarding the raising of awareness in relation to animals (welfare issues and documentation) at all ports of entry. This obviously paid dividends and led to the discovery of the puppies in this case.
The names of those involved are known to the NSPCA, one of whom has been found to be a repeat offender. A docket has been opened and criminal charges laid. All the accused are Angolan nationals.
NSPCA Inspector Wendy Willson advises that this trade is “huge and not confined to Angola.”
The NSPCA has received an e-mail from a resident in Angola stating that “some people in Lusaka have started importing cats (I`m not sure if they are Chinchillas or Persians or both) from South Africa and transporting them up to Zambia with the trucks that regularly come up here.
The cats will be having a horrific time of it on the road: you can reckon on at least seven days in the truck with the delays at the borders and they will have to endure the incredible heat at this time of the year whilst parked there.”
The National Council of SPCAs reiterates our ongoing warnings to individuals regarding the advertising of pets for sale on web sites which is where brokers source the animals.
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