Cape Town – North West police have opened an inquest docket after a 60-year-old man was reportedly mauled to death by his three dogs on Saturday.
The Lichtenburg man was declared dead at the scene while the three dogs, two staffie pitbull crossings and one unknown breed dog were removed from the premises by the SPCA, police said in a statement.
“It is alleged during load-shedding the deceased’s wife was on the other side of their house when she heard the dogs barking. She didn’t go and check what was wrong as their house is situated on a busy street and the dogs frequently bark at passing pedestrians and vehicles,” said police spokesperson Capt Sam Tselanyane.
After the electricity was restored, she allegedly went inside the house looking for her husband, but could not find him.
“Upon continuing with the search, the woman saw her husband lying motionless outside in the garden, she then quickly went outside only to find that her husband was bitten by their dogs, two staffie/pitbull crossings and one unknown breed dog,” said Tselanyane.
He said that police and Emergency Medical Rescue Services (EMRS) were called and the man was certified dead at the scene and the dogs were removed from the premises by the SPCA.
An inquest docket has been opened and an investigation into the matter continues, said Tselanyane.
In another incident, a 15-month-old toddler was mauled to death by a pit bull on Wednesday, November 23 at Gonubie Farm in East London, police confirmed in a statement.
Late last year, the Sizwe Kupelo Foundation started a petition to ban people from having pit bulls as pets in South Africa, “following years of vicious attacks on innocent citizens”.
The petition was directed towards the Minister of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development, Thoko Didizato.
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Compiled by Olwethu Mpeshe
