DOG FIGHTING IS ILLEGAL!
PLEASE send a letter that we can take to court that you are agents Dog Fighting. The Pit Bull Federation will be there to give the judges the documents
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Protests as 'pit bull fight' men face trial
2011-05-20 09:35:01.0 | Janine Oelofse, The Herald | 0 comments
EIGHT of the 10 men arrested for illegal pit bull fighting in Plettenberg Bay at the weekend appeared in the town's magistrate's court yesterday amid angry protests by animal rights activists
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Billy Marais, 23, Anthony Blake, 41, Donald Wall, 37, Rudi Wall, 51, Peter Wall, 45, Owen Butler, 37, Yorick Grobbelaar, 30, and Anton van Blerk, 41, were all crammed into the dock in a packed court.
Defence attorney John Gillespie told magistrate Len Goosen that the other two accused - Johannes Joubert, 43, and Ferdinand Endemann, 40 - were unable to attend court.
Magistrate Goosen ruled that the men would temporarily forfeit their R1500 bail until their next appearance on July 15. He held over a warrant of arrest until then.
The fight took place at Marais' home on a smallholding in Ladywood outside Plett last Saturday night. According to Southern Cape police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie, KwaNokuthula police were alerted to the fight by a member of the public and raided the plot along with animal anti-cruelty organisations.
Once they had breached a locked gate on the property, they found the suspects in the lounge where a 12x12m cage had been erected and two pit bulls were fighting. Both dogs were badly injured and had to be taken to the George SPCA for treatment.
Another six pit bulls were found chained outside, awaiting their turn to fight.
Pojie said police also confiscated illegal veterinary drugs used to euthanise severely injured dogs. After their brief appearance, the men left the court with their leather jackets and hoodies pulled over their faces, while the protesters shouted at them and called them names.
"We have come here to stand together to see that these (alleged) criminals are held accountable in the harshest possible fashion for what they have done and what they are doing," one woman, who refused to be named, told the media.
Send letter to: [email protected]
Protests as 'pit bull fight' men face trial
2011-05-20 09:35:01.0 | Janine Oelofse, The Herald | 0 comments
EIGHT of the 10 men arrested for illegal pit bull fighting in Plettenberg Bay at the weekend appeared in the town's magistrate's court yesterday amid angry protests by animal rights activists
Tweet
Billy Marais, 23, Anthony Blake, 41, Donald Wall, 37, Rudi Wall, 51, Peter Wall, 45, Owen Butler, 37, Yorick Grobbelaar, 30, and Anton van Blerk, 41, were all crammed into the dock in a packed court.
Defence attorney John Gillespie told magistrate Len Goosen that the other two accused - Johannes Joubert, 43, and Ferdinand Endemann, 40 - were unable to attend court.
Magistrate Goosen ruled that the men would temporarily forfeit their R1500 bail until their next appearance on July 15. He held over a warrant of arrest until then.
The fight took place at Marais' home on a smallholding in Ladywood outside Plett last Saturday night. According to Southern Cape police spokesperson Captain Malcolm Pojie, KwaNokuthula police were alerted to the fight by a member of the public and raided the plot along with animal anti-cruelty organisations.
Once they had breached a locked gate on the property, they found the suspects in the lounge where a 12x12m cage had been erected and two pit bulls were fighting. Both dogs were badly injured and had to be taken to the George SPCA for treatment.
Another six pit bulls were found chained outside, awaiting their turn to fight.
Pojie said police also confiscated illegal veterinary drugs used to euthanise severely injured dogs. After their brief appearance, the men left the court with their leather jackets and hoodies pulled over their faces, while the protesters shouted at them and called them names.
"We have come here to stand together to see that these (alleged) criminals are held accountable in the harshest possible fashion for what they have done and what they are doing," one woman, who refused to be named, told the media.
